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New Releases in 2017!

Burnt Toast Vinyl is alive and well, lots of activity in the background. We have four releases set to come out over the next couple of months including the cd and vinyl release of The Collection’s Listen to the River, Soporus’ new full-length Windscale Pile No. 1, Low Lumens’ full-length The Distant, Everyday, and a one-sided LP release that we’re really excited about. :::scott:::

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Williams Shift : We Were Wonderers

Williams Shift’s debut album We Were Wonderers is released digitally and on cd today! Williams Shift is a new project from Matthew Stone (Soporus, Saxon Shore) and Stephen Roessner (Saxon Shore, Small Signals). We Were Wonderers was recorded in various home studios, produced and mixed by Grammy award winning producer Roessner in conjunction with Stone, and features the vocalist Jill Purdy. Williams Shift comes to life as an outgrowth of the poppiest elements incorporated in songs recorded as members of the instrumental band Saxon Shore combined with the concept of the “Williams Shift” where defenders would align themselves to better field naturally pulled hits from Boston slugger Ted Williams. The band blends soaring synth pop influences with an ever-expanding and spiraling Williams mythology and weight of the Cosmos. Captivated by theories of human cryonic suspension and the cagey details post-Williams mortem, the band embraces an actively dreaming suspended head and an alternate future of Williams’ awakening. His frozen head orbits the earth on a satellite with other cryonically frozen beings, a tragic Greek chorus echoing Williams’ thoughts through Brian Wilson-esque (musician, not reliever) melodies. This is an ode to melody, love lost, remembrance, baseball, Ted Williams’ legacy, and the universe…Continue readingWilliams Shift : We Were Wonderers

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The Holidays Don’t Have To Be So Rotten, Vol. 4

Our friends at Flannelgraph Records have continued the yearly tradition and have released The Holidays Don’t Have To Be So Rotten, Vol. 4. The compilation benefits Amethyst House, an addiction recovery center in Bloomington. The compilation features our very good friends Soporus along with Mike Adams, Octagrape, Candy Claws, and more. If you do head over to buy the compilation, might I also suggest buying a copy of the excellent Don Muro LP? :::scott:::