Condolences on Condolences

So this record was my first mail day of 2016 and in my eyes that gets this year off to a pretty good start on the record front. 

Touche Amore - Condolences // Available - Condolences - 1st Press - Black /1000 

This was self released through Touche Amore's own label, much in the same way the Live at WERS 7'' was. A giveaway sign is the centre label staying the same, with the old familiar noose logo. 

There are two tracks here, a re-recording of the song Condolences that first appeared on 'Parting The Sea...' as a piano led track. On recent tours this song has been played as a full band and it sounds great, I'm glad an official recording was made. 

Secondly is a cover of Available by The National that originally surfaced as a digital only bonus track on the No Sleep benefit comp 'A Comp For Mom'. Again it's nice to see this surface on a physical format. 

As flexi discs are prone to not sounding the best and perishing faster than a normal record (due to being made from a thing flexible vinyl sheet), I added a double to my order so I'd have one to play and one to keep the collection clean. Plus it seemed weird to have a new Touche Amore record come out and only order one. 

This is how it looks from the back, you can see how the grooves almost penetrate through the record. The record has a single moulded groove or something that causes this apparently. More weird though is that this is still available through TA's webstore.