Rockin' four-piece Fightstar are to release their new single, 'Deathcar', on a fancy new format: VinylDisc.
Yes, that is literally what the name implies: a CD on one side and a record on the other, with three tracks on the new side and one on its old flip.
Tracks, listed (released December 3):
CD side
'Deathcar'
'99' (live at Koko)
'Nerv/Seele'
Vinyl side
'Shinji Ikari'
Only 4,000 copies will be available and all have been signed by the band. Who, as it happens, will tour with Coheed and Cambria next year:
January 2008
23 Belfast Mandela Hall
24 Dublin Ambassadors
26 Southampton Guildhall
27 Bristol Academy
28 Nottingham Rock City
30 Cardiff University
31 Norwich UEA
February 2008 (Kerrang! Tour)
1 Manchester Academy
3 Leeds University
4 Glasgow Barrowlands
5 Newcastle Academy
7 Birmingham Academy
8 London Brixton Academy
I can't wait for the Kerrang tour.
And I've heard Shinji Ikari is ace, so might investigate this.
what's the point?
vinyl is dead
long live CDs and Mp3
That's quite funny.
Last time I checked CD sales were dying more every week and vinyl was in resurgence.
What are the %vinyl sales to CD sales out of interest?
Anyone know this kind of dull statistical information that no-one but me would care about?
...
Pretention is in resurgence.
I will stick with my chosen method of "pressing J,, typing the name of the song I want to listen to, and immediately hearing that song", thanks.
If "Shinji Ikari"
Is not the angstiest song ever written, then they've failed again.
^
it has raised a smile from me though.
That picture...
... of them. I really hate it. What's he looking at up there? Also, get some non band-branded clothing you twats. booooo!
A zeppelin.
Hydrogen?
Bad choice, motherfucker.
Don't you know it burns with a squeaky pop?
:D
Nice Bowling For Soup hoodie
though
i'm speechless.
...
I think it's great
that each disc needs a rubber adapter because of the difference in vinyl/CD centre-hole size.
couldn't they
just have different size holes on each side?
I think my next single (!)
is going to be released in some kind of cartridge, which is 8-track on one side, and betamax on the other.
It'd be awesome.
Oh my word.
They've got a song called Shinji Ikari.
They've.. there's.. I..
..fuck.
ARE THEY WRITING THIS MUSIC FOR ME
IS THIS 'MY' MUSIC NOW
I NEED TO SIT DOWN AND HAVE A THINK
^
WANK
bf
I'd almost buy this out of curiosity. I just can't see how the vinyl side of this isn't gonna be totally trashed by being played as a cd
vinyl will never die
It doesn't sound better, it can't be played in your car, but the art work is fucking great and you can share it rather than burn it.
MP3 en mass is a format and formula for people with short attention spans.
I would agree with bf, surely the vinyl end will totally fuck the CD Deck.