First up is their recent LP, When The Smoke Clears. I've already said how much the music rules and can add to that by saying this whole package does. A really thick, professional gatefold with great overall aesthetics, in particularly the slew of photos on the inside. The lyric card follows suit (click the photo to read the lyrics- I didn't compress the image). I pre-ordered this as soon as I heard it was available, yet somehow still missed out on the most limited colour, bummer. I did get the grey with blue and red splatter and red/white/black tricolour versions however. Despite the former being more limited, I definately prefer the tricolour, it looks amazing. As predicted (and in spite of my shitty record player) this sounds better on wax.
Next up is their At Your Mercy 7". This was released prior to the album as a promotion of sorts, typical of Bridge 9 records. It features two album tracks plus an unreleased cover. If it wasn't for my eagerness to hear their new material and collector tendencies, I wouldn't have bought this. Nonetheless, despite the cool music, I was actually kind of diappointed with the overall package. The sleeve just feels/looks lower quality than their other releases, it is apparently a clear/solid blue mix yet appears some kind of indistiguishable hybrid and the dust sleeve doesn't fit properly into the cover. Luckily, the sound quality never falters and there is a The Path of Resistance cover to sweeten the deal, and it's this reason we really buy records, right? The label and large hole are cool though. I tried to take a photo of it; I especially like the last line on the back.
Finally, here is their Hang Your Head 7" I ordered from Six Feet Under last year. It features 4 tracks off the release, the rest being CD exclusives from previoues releases, from what I understand? Plus the digital download of this included an extra song with guest vocals from the Trapped Under Ice frontman. I've already mentioned the music so I won't go into that, aside from reinforcing how much of a step up their new work is. The package is really neat and professionally completed, only bad thing I can say is the wax itself looks kind of weird, being supposedly orange with a white/blue splatter. I really like the lyric card again, especially that 3D looking grave. Rockin'
