Record Store Day 2018

Record Store Day is just around the corner, tomorrow in fact! With a host of special events, acts, prizes, and so forth coming from records stores across the Country, and globe, so to speak. Find our special releases for Record Store Day 2018 below, along with some special in-store performances:

Courtney Barnett

Sunday Roast/City Looks – Pretty 12″
Featuring a brand new track ‘City Looks Pretty’  – about life on the road – as well as ‘Sunday Roast’ from her forthcoming second album Tell Me How You Really Feel, out May 18.

A Sea of Split Peas Double EP
Featuring a collection of Courtney Barnett’s two EPs ‘I’ve Got A Friend Called Emily Ferris’ and ‘How To Carve A Carrot Into A Rose’.

Parquet Courts

Mardis Gras Beads/Seems Kind of Silly 7″
Featuring two previously unreleased tracks, limited to 3,000 copies. ‘Mardi Gras Beads’ appears on the band’s forthcoming album Wide Awake!, out May 18. ‘Seems Kind Of Silly’ is a non album b-side.

Four Rare and unreleased recordings

Sigur Rós – Route One
Sigur Rós –Liminal Remixes
Alex Somers  – Untitled
Jonsí & Alex  – All Animals
Featuring a series of four limited-edition vinyl albums, originally released with handmade sleeves by icelandic artist sigga bjorg as part of the band’s norður og niður festival in iceland, the rare recordings can now be bought in a second limited edition run. More info here.

The National

Boxer Live In Brussels
To celebrate the 10-year anniversary of their acclaimed album Boxer, The National chose to perform the record from beginning to end at a very special show in Brussels, Belgium on 9 November 2017. Pressed on clear vinyl with a rainbow foil jacket. Record Store Day Exclusive – Limited to 4000 copies in the US.

Car Seat Headrest

Twin Fantasy (Mirror to Mirror) Double LP
Originally released on November 2nd, 2011, the album has been downloaded over 33K times on Bandcamp. Now available for the first time on vinyl as a Record Store Day Exclusive. Limited to an editon of 4000 copies.

Daughter

Music From Before The Storm – Double LP
The scored soundtrack to the video game Life Is Strange: Before the Storm. This will be the only limited edition physical release of the album.

The Lurkers

Fulham Fallout
40th Anniversary Record Store Day edition. The Lurkers were the first ever band on Beggars Banquet and the whole label history boils down to their existence. Pressed on orange vinyl.

RECORD STORE DAY IN-STORE PERFORMANCES

JAALA

1.30pm – Greville Records
152 Greville St, Prahran
3.30pm – Poison City Records
400 Brunswick St, Fitzroy
4.30pm – Northside Records
236 Gertrude St, Fitzroy
6.00pm – Record Paradise
15 Union St, Brunswick

EVELYN IDA MORRIS

1.00pm – Rocksteady Records
Level 1, Mitchell House
358 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne

DORSAL FINS

3.00pm – Rocksteady Records
Level 1, Mitchell House
358 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne

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