Essential But Out of Print / The Sound "From the Lion's Mouth"

You'll notice I have retagged some old posts with "essential but out of print." Speaks for itself right? If you click on that tag the majority of my previous music link posts will show up.

This isn't a music blog but I do like to link to posts elsewhere when it comes to obscure albums I love.

Anyhow, The Sound's "From the Lion's Mouth" is yet another fucking amazing release that is out of print (and not on iTunes) for no apparent reason. If you like dark post punk at all you NEED this. Thanks again to Mark Solotroff for turning me onto this gem in the first place. Mark is a human music encyclopedia.

You can get a lossless version of the 2002 reissue here at Flaclossless. Enjoy.

On the subject of The Sound, I got my copy of their side project 2nd Layer's "World of Rubber" CD reissue in the mail yesterday. It is excellent! The mastering job is spotless and sounds like it's from the original master tapes. The CD also comes with a bonus track that isn't 2nd Layer per-say but is very good anyhow. It also has some brief but cool liner notes that make this release well worth shelling out for.

The CD is missing the 2nd Layer EPs but they are part of this download link mentioned here previously. Trust me though, if you grab that download, trash the "World of Rubber" tracks and buy the CD - the sound quality difference is HUGE.