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Start Date: February 17, 2019
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Iron Chic
IRON CHIC III (You Can't Stay Here)
Clear Vinyl Record
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For an album so anthemic, You Can’t Stay Here is almost relentlessly bleak. On top of the huge guitars and fist-pumping songs, frontman Jason Lubrano’s words radiate pain and grief compounded by the loss of founding guitarist Rob McAllister, who died suddenly in early 2016. All of that pain could make Iron Chic’s third album a slog, but the band’s tuneful, melodic punk never wallows—it explodes. You Can’t Stay Here is practically 40 straight minutes of catharsis, alternately resigned and defiant, all of it huge. Standout track “My Best Friend (Is A Nihilist)” nicely captures its best elements, turning despair into a sing-along: “It’s like driving a runaway hearse / And I can’t stop, I just make things worse / Come on and take the wheel from me / Put me out of my misery.” You Can’t Stay Here presents an album as coping strategy, and it succeeds magnificently.
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PACKING VINYL THE CORRECT WAY— I package each record to avoid bent corners and seam splits. Here’s how:
* All records are packaged in new vinyl mailer boxes and assembled using a variation of bubble wrap, shrink and cardboard flats.
* ALL records are put inside a 2-3 mm clear sleeve. (I use the soft sleeves, not the ones that sound like you’re opening a bag of Doritos when you work with them.)
* If the record is used or open, the vinyl and its inner sleeve will always be shipped outside the jacket but inside the same clear sleeve.
* I often einforce the corners of each box mailer (no matter what size it is) by using cardboard “planks” secured to each corner around the edge to prevent damage when tossed around in the mail. This makes a difference.
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