VINYL FORMAT. 180 GRAM. The high quality 180-gram vinyl version of John Vanderslice's Emerald City will make you never want to listen to a CD again. The already amazing tracks from the CD sound stunningly gorgeous on vinyl, due in large part to the mastering of renowned engineer John Golden. The album takes its title from the term used by those on the ground to refer to the "Green Zone" in Iraq, but its themes are broad.

LP $18.99

Emerald City finds John Vanderslice moving in a more organic direction, relying less on electronic studio trickery and more on the weight of lyrics in his songs, in the vein of the Decemberists or Neutral Milk Hotel. According to a press statement by Barsuk Records, Emerald City was supposedly written as John Vanderslice dealt with legal issues due to an incident where his Parisian girlfriend's visa immigration was rejected by U.S. Immigration. Of course, with Vanderslice it's hard ...   [ read more ]

CD $13.99