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"ON MAY 5, 2013 THE NATIONAL COLLABORATED WITH ICELANDIC ARTIST RAGNAR KJARTANSSON ON A LOT OF SORROW, A DURATIONAL PERFORMANCE PRESENTED AS PART OF MOMA PS1’S SUNDAY SESSIONS. KJARTANSSON, WHO OFTEN USES REPETITIVE PERFORMANCE TO EXPLORE COLLECTIVE EXPERIENCE AND EMOTION, INVITED THE NATIONAL TO PLAY THEIR THREE-MINUTE, TWENTY-FIVE SECOND SONG “SORROW” LIVE ON STAGE, REPEATEDLY AND CONTINUOUSLY, FOR SIX HOURS. THIS INCREDIBLE FEAT OF ENDURANCE HAS BECOME LEGENDARY, AND THE AUDIO RECORDING OF THE PERFORMANCE WILL BE RELEASED AS A LIMITED EDITION 1,500 RUN VINYL BOXED SET BY 4AD ON JUNE 22, 2015.
FEATURING NINE PIECES OF CLEAR VINYL IN CLEAR SLEEVES HELD IN A TRANSLUCENT, SCREEN PRINTED BOX, A LOT OF SORROW IS NOW AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER. ALL PROFITS WILL BE DONATED TO PARTNERS IN HEALTH, AN ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF IMPOVERISHED PEOPLE WORLDWIDE."

how many bands do you think got their records delayed because the national needed 13,500 records pressed all with the same fucking song being played over and over again?

Blackened Soul wrote:what is a the national anyway? I have never heard of them. should I have ever heard of them? will now knowing that somewhere out there there is a the national harm me in anyway? why would a band that I have never heard of be able to delay other band's that I might have actually heard of releases? how can this happen? how can this kind of thing be stopped?

Kudos’ physical release schedule will be pretty quiet for the next few weeks.

This isn’t a seasonal issue. The early spring sunshine isn’t keeping shoppers away from the high street. In fact, March and April have traditionally been very strong trading months.

The cause of this new release drought might surprise you; Record Store Day.

Right now, we have 20+ manufacturing jobs in production, all of which have come to a grinding halt while the pressing plants make hay by pressing up umpteen thousand Oasis LP re-issues, Abba 7”s and REM Box sets. We have even had one vinyl plant refuse any order of less than 500 units until after Record Store Day.

So, for the next six weeks, we are effectively locked out of the vinyl business.

Achtane wrote:It's designed to be an emulation of the all-encompassing, hopeless grind that is daily life for billions of people worldwide, you fucking philistines.
Now cough up for the box set

Achtane wrote:It's designed to be an emulation of the all-encompassing, hopeless grind that is daily life for billions of people worldwide, you fucking philistines.
Now cough up for the box set

D.o.S. wrote:

Blackened Soul wrote:what is a the national anyway? I have never heard of them. should I have ever heard of them? will now knowing that somewhere out there there is a the national harm me in anyway? why would a band that I have never heard of be able to delay other band's that I might have actually heard of releases? how can this happen? how can this kind of thing be stopped?

This is a pretty good summary of the problem:
http://www.thefourohfive.com/news/artic ... labels-139

And here's the full letter from last year:
http://www.kudosdistribution.co.uk/reco ... ustration/

Kudos’ physical release schedule will be pretty quiet for the next few weeks.

This isn’t a seasonal issue. The early spring sunshine isn’t keeping shoppers away from the high street. In fact, March and April have traditionally been very strong trading months.

The cause of this new release drought might surprise you; Record Store Day.

Right now, we have 20+ manufacturing jobs in production, all of which have come to a grinding halt while the pressing plants make hay by pressing up umpteen thousand Oasis LP re-issues, Abba 7”s and REM Box sets. We have even had one vinyl plant refuse any order of less than 500 units until after Record Store Day.

So, for the next six weeks, we are effectively locked out of the vinyl business.

spacelordmother wrote:I heard of this performance and thought it weird, but dudes. The National are fucking fucking awesome awesome. Like for real.