No Tomorrow, “Nuclear Exposure” 7-inch

cover-no-tomorrowIn the span of two weeks, I received these slabs o’ wax with amazingly surprising levels of loving detail. The effort which has gone into the creation of these collections of music is absolutely phenomenal. Hand-screening jackets, stamping labels, numbering … it’s all a serious labor of love resulting in something that really defines what we like about vinyl.

Honestly, these are the purest, most tangible bit of music one can put their hands on in a digtal age such as ours. Live music may be more immediate, but it’s ephemeral. Once a show’s over, it’s done. No matter of documentation — be it visual, auditory, or otherwise — will recapture the pure raw experience of a live performance.
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