it was a day somewhere in this year's summer, as i opened my
blogger dashboard to check what new posts of my fellow bloggers might came
around with this time. i looked through them and then it hit me like a sledge
hammer. was that a freaking coloured version of one of my favourite nyhc
records staring back at me? i hit the page and read my way through the post. and yes it was true! the re-issue gods had been gracious in my behalf. finally
a coloured version of life of agony's 'river runs red'.
the post i was getting these great news from is an entry by
lenny. check his words to it by clicking here. it told me that it had been some
kind of black friday record store day release by brookvale records. never heard
of this event or of the record label either. but anyway it was there and my
task was to get hold of a copy. anyhow it wasn't going to be that easy though.
i could have easily ordered a copy directly through
brookvale records or some other american retailers, but man, these damned
shipping rates. the record alone wasn't a cheapo but together with shipping it
was too much to me. so i seaked a german distro to have a copy in stock. the
only option i found was an ebay seller. the price was pretty high and all in
all i would have to pay the same amount as buying from the states.
after some weeks of thinking to and fro, i bit the bullet
because they had some other stuff to offer and i made the order worthwhile to me. the ebay store i'm talking about is called hhv. it has its own internet address
as well and seems to be an big ass store, that has all kinds of vinyl and some
really cool distributed titles. i bought some more stuff from them recently. but that's another story.
musically i don't have to tell any more about this pearl of
an album. such an intense piece of music. lyrically and sound-wise. this
suicide story that holds the album together, sends shivers down my spine
everytime i listen to this record. i saw life of agony recently play live at
this years elbriot festival in hamburg. for those not in the know, keith is not
keith anymore. mina is the name and he is a she right now. so i was very
excited to see them. the change was remarkable concerning her look, the sound
however, didn't change a bit. she still has this bone chilling singing voice
and they played almost exclusively 'river runs red' songs. i really had a
blast, as well as everybody in the crowd. brookvale records. 2013.
