Sparsely Packaged Magic

Okay, so we have delved a bunch into how cool packaging can be on this blog. However, have we ever gone into the depths of how thoughtless and lame packaging can be? Probably, and this is by no standards a benchmark on awful packaging; it just lacks a lot. I think what gets me more is this album (Or mini-album if you're one of those guys) is so good, and that it deserved a little more than it got. Also, whilst not going for silly money as such, it has fetched way more than it's original asking price recently. Crazy.

Thrash Magic by Playlounge. Not their debut appearance I don't think, a few things got released by this band in 2012? Mostly splits and comp tracks, but this is 7 tracks of complete Playlounge. All on Clear w/ Green splatter. When I first got this I thought the minimal splatter thing was really odd and not my deal, but I've warmed to it. It's definitely something a little different and adds to the whole minimalist thing going on here.

B-Side // Back Cover. On each side, one of the skull's eyes doubles up as a centre label which is pretty neat. Fear&Records put this out. In truth I only picked it up recently, along with a Chain of Flowers 7''. I think this 12'' was £2.50, and I would've happily paid full price. But such is life, it's long gone now and since Playlounge released their LP earlier this year so now have a little more (well deserved) hype. 

But seriously this is what you get here. A sleeve and a record. No download code, no insert, not even a bloody dust cover. Funny, as the full colour printed, well designed sleeve would suggest that their was a little bit of a budget here. Well never mind, I still enjoy these songs. Sweet Tooth is just incredible.