“Admiral Fell Promises” vinyl pre-order info

Insound Records has pre-orders up on the two vinyl versions of Admiral Fell Promises, due out August 3. This 2LP set will have 2 bonus tracks: “Blue Orchids” and “Australian Winter,” both live in St. Malo, France.

edit: Insound pulled the pre-order links. Will update when they give new links.

• black double vinyl pre-order
• white double vinyl pre-order; 750 copies; exclusive liner notes

You can get 15% off if you spend $50 or more and use coupon code skmadmiral15.

“Admiral Fell Promises” reviews

Last updated: July 21

In case you missed any of these, here are some reviews of “Admiral Fell Promises”:

• AllMusic Guide 4.0/5
• Boston Phoenix 4 stars
• Consequence of Sound: 4.0/5
• Drowned in Sound 7/10
• Dusted
• The Onion A.V. Club B+
• Paste Magazine 7.3/10
• Pitchfork 7.0/10
• Prefix 6.5
• SF Gate
• Slant Magazine 3.5/5
• Spin Magazine 3.0/5
• Sputnik Music 3.0

Averaged out, according to Metacritic, it’s about a 78 out of 100.

Thanks to katondepena on the forums for gathering most of these!

Mark Kozelek is living the dream

There’s an interview with Mark Kozelek by Rob O’Connor over on Caldo Verde Records’ site. Mark talks about why he didn’t do any press for this album, running a record label, getting older, inspiration for the new album, the Gears of War III trailer (which used “Heron Blue” and gained a few new listeners) and lonely dudes in a van staring at their iPhones all day.

Here’s an excerpt:

Q: As you get older, what has changed? What are your priorities now vs. when you began?

A: To enjoy the moment. I’m 43 now and have seen people pass away from natural causes that aren’t much older than me, and some even younger than me. It’s a reality check. I try to take advantage of the day more, to do things that make me feel good, spend time with people I care about. I get up, do the email and phone stuff, go to the post office, run errands, and then walk 4 or 5 miles. No matter what I have to do, I find time to walk and enjoy my surroundings. I just try not to take my time for granted. Other than that, I’m the same as I was 15 years ago, just plugging away at my career.

“Sad reminders of what seems years ago..”

..almost four years ago, in fact, since the site was redesigned.

So without further ado, welcome to version 5 of sadreminders.com – a very sparsely-designed site, much like the new album Admiral Fell Promises, which comes out today on Caldo Verde Records! Gone are the days of coding by hand. I’ve finally given in and moved to WordPress 3, which is quite nice. I’m still digging into all the plugins and widgets (I literally started getting serious about this redesign only this last weekend), so consider this site a work in progress.

For those familiar with the site, you may notice a few things are missing: Contact (now a simple email down in the footer), Press (half of the links were dead; I might work some reviews into the discography) and Resources (old and outdated – I’ve kept the best and highlighted them on the front page now). If you’re new to the site, then welcome! I recommend joining the forum and saying hello.

Up top there, you’ll see the latest 2 releases, as well the latest sadreminders tweet. To the right, the latest tour dates and the latest discussions. The forum will also be getting an update very soon.

Known issue: search results are funky and show the page of your search term, and it’s cut off. Will look into a better display of search results.

Have a look around, and if anything’s wonky, let me know at the email in the footer or discuss it on the forum. Thanks!