✨ IC Community Updates: Bandcamp Friday Edition (Feb 3rd)
ft. a name your price sale at Sahel Sounds, Catapult's 4-year label anniversary megasale, ltd. edition vinyl variants from Fire Talk, the stunning new Parannoul record, and a lovely Czech folk reissue
Every indie music lovers’ favorite promo day Bandcamp Friday is once again upon us. As a reminder: it’s the day where all Bandcamp fees are waived so 93 percent goes to the artist or label on average (with the rest going to payment processing fees), compared to an average of 82 percent the rest of the time.
So, what are we buying here at IC?
Adam has his eye on the new 파란노을 (Parannoul) album After The Magic on Topshelf Records, of which Pitchfork said in their 8.4 review “It’s an album that might make one hour of our lives so powerful that we spend the rest of our days trying to remember it.” He’s also very tempted by The Collected Works of Neutral Milk Hotel (Merge Records), the new reissue of a box set originally available only through the band’s online store.
Ari has the self titled record by Funkycan (Tax Free Records) in his sights, as well as the Amber Meulenijzer record Saab Fanfare (Edições CN), a composition made in collaboration with the local fanfare bands of Pelt, a small municipality in the green east of Belgium.
& Austin is planning to get a lovely Czech folk reissue - Smetana by Richter Band (Infinite Expanse)
And what are the community doing?
Sahel Sounds is making its back catalog available as Name Your Price downloads until Midnight PST
Catapult Recordings is having a 4-year label anniversary megasale including test pressings and misprints (CDs and tapes)
Lights and Lines have released 4 pre-orders & 1 EP to mark the event, including new stuff from Gozer Goodspeed and Shaun Panda Nicolson.
Fire Talk are adding a bunch of stuff to their Bandcamp, including a massive color vinyl bundle of all their 2023 releases for one low price, some limited edition variants like a bone white vinyl of Cola Deep in View (limited to 300) and Mamalarky’s record Pocket Fantasy on bright blue vinyl (limited to 100), as well as rarities and test pressings
Oh, and when are the next Bandcamp Fridays?
Bandcamp thankfully announced the entire run for the rest of the year this week.
Those dates for your diary are: March 3rd, April 7th, May 5th, August 4th, September 1st, October 6th, November 3rd, and December 1st.