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Yeah it does not make any sense.

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I wonder if the A side is an edit or the full version?

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Eamonn wrote:

Giles Acrylic is reporting that a 7" single of Spike Island is coming out on May 23rd. There is a b-side, Open Strings which is the bonus track on the Japanese edition of More.

A pity they couldn't have released this when the digital version started streaming. It might have got into the proper charts. Also, I wonder does it mean we have to wait til after the album comes out for a second single (if there is one).

 

There isn't an effective single chart any more.  It doesn't mean anything. They are just 'drops' to promote album sales. 



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It's been described differently on the Bandcamp page: "The Spike Island 7" single is out on May 23, and what's more it will be backed on its B-side by a brand new track that won't feature on the band's forthcoming album. A gently building, melodic meditation, Open Strings will initially only be available on the reverse of the single."

Doesn't look like it will be available digitally at the moment, just on vinyl. (And the Japanese CD, of course)

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I wonder did they record any more bonus material. Three weeks in the studio isn't a lot of time, especially with so many musicians involved, so I guess anything else is a bonus bonus.

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Boo, they've updated the press-release to say that Open Strings is the only OTHER song completed in the album sessions so I guess that answers that!

A further physical single seems less likely now (although maybe not if they get best pal Alexis Hot Chip to do a remix of Got To Have Love etc.).

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7" was described variously by retailers as very / super / extremely limited, etc. which I assumed was hyperbole... yet already showing sold out at Resident, Bear Tree, Vinilo, Mixed Up, South.

Which then triggered me to panic buy from Rough Trade, then when I looked on Jumbo Records they had it a quid cheaper, and less P&P. Nuts.

I guess RT will have loads of copies, but if you feel you need a plastic copy, probably better to order now.

Edit: charging £6.51pp for a 7", which seems as swizz, since they're only charging me £6.51pp for 3 More LPs, CD, cassette, and all the stickers, posters, signs and t-shirts they come with. Wish I could learn to think about money before spending it. Instead, I wander insouciantly away from the bar, and my friend says 'do you know you just paid £9 for a pint?'... then I need another to get over the shock.



-- Edited by inspirit on Wednesday 7th of May 2025 01:06:11 AM

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I'm tight (also semi unemployed) so walking 6 miles to rough trade to pick mine up

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inspirit wrote:

7" was described variously by retailers as very / super / extremely limited, etc. which I assumed was hyperbole... yet already showing sold out at Resident, Bear Tree, Vinilo, Mixed Up, South.

 


-- Edited by inspirit on Wednesday 7th of May 2025 01:06:11 AM

 

I expect they get the pre-orders in, then manufacture say about 20% more.  So if they only get 5 pre-orders, it will actually be 'super limited' to 6.  Whereas if they get 10,000 pre-orders, it will be 'super limited' to 12,000.  



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weener wrote:

I'm tight (also semi unemployed) so walking 6 miles to rough trade to pick mine up

 Respect



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Shipping to the US for the preorder cost almost as much as the single itself but here I am, the fool who paid it.

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weener wrote:

I'm tight (also semi unemployed) so walking 6 miles to rough trade to pick mine up

 I'm also tight, and also semi-unemployed this year, but the nearest record shop that sells 7" is 41 miles away, so that's nixed the walking. It's daft for me to spend all that money on physical music, but with Pulp it's obsession, I think.



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I'd buy if it was on CD. I think I'll take the day off work to go and buy the album on CD in a bricks and mortar shop. Don't have a record player and just not awash with money right now. I'll buy CDs or other useful things like the tea caddy from the last tour

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Spike Island is still on Radio 2's A-List playlist.
It's not on 6 Music's playlist at all, presumably they change it more frequently.

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