ha i was just here to start a boris thread, just discovered them and was wondering which stuff people recommend most highly.

yv all got dronevil, right?

I want this LP, but the supposed "deluxe issue" of Earth Covers Earth by Current 93 that this same label did turned out to be very flimsy and disappointing when I finally saw it. I hope this one is not like that.

Yes. Highly recommended.

cool, how does pink measure up?

I'm really hoping that there's a band out there called Natascha that could tour with Boris. just to catch sight of a poster for that show would make me silly happy.

I love it!

"Pink", "Akuma No Uta", and "Soundtrack from film 'Mabuta No Ura'" are all essential boris albums.

i've got 'vein' and i must say, it didn't let me down. word on the street is that there's two versions of it. the version important sent out was a bunch of really intense harcore punk songs and the european version was borisey noise.

thanks folks, akuma no uta is the one with the nick drake cover isn't it? contender for best cover ever easy.

yeah, that's 'akuma no uta'

pretty close. all copies were released by important records, but all euro bought copies are 2trk noise low noise drone-y shit while the usa version is the 12trk hardcore punk you spoke of... tricky, tricky boris. john at important told me he is having a field day with emails...

i got it today! got the twelve tracker (i wasn't sure if they would ship me which since i'm in mexico) and i must say it's even more beautiful than i thought it would be...i'll listen to it latter.

yeah, someone in a livejournal boris community just mentioned that to me. if boris weren't so damn good, i'd say they're starting to get too big for their britches, but since they put so much time and cash into this record, i can't be mad.

it's like a nice warm loving punch in the face, isn't it?

they just like to release things that will become collectable. idont think they aer too big for their britches at all. they could make a shit load of cash if they did larger issues of their records, but they dont, and you know that when they are in japan, not so many people know them, and they work dayjobs. so i think its pretty kool that they sacrifice the cash for making good atractive records that will be very collectable.
they also despise ebay for that same reason. people buying the records as soon as they are available then selling them on for a large profit.
they are very much into making things perfect in terms of the artwork etc.
they are touring the us now, or did they just finish?

yeah they seem to be pretty loving with their artwork all their stuff looks beautiful..and the guy who seems to do most of it is called blood anal satan, seriously, who'd call their kid that? akuma no uta or hakuna ma tata?

vein rules! just listened to it today. pink and akuma are incredible albums tho.

i know what you're saying, but i was just reading that they were very demanding about this particular record, not only in terms of artwork (which is very understandable), but also about how much of a percentage they would be getting from the sales (which is also understandable, but a bit contradictory to the "we're in it for the music" approach they seem to take), so it's not like they're sacrificing that much in the way of how much they're actually making. especially since these limited releases usually cost upwards of $30-$50 USD.

they just finished touring the US.

oh wait. i see what you did there.

(ps. it's "fangsanalsatan")