It is sheer dumb luck
where you pick out a record of a band you don’t know only because you like the
cover and it turns out to be great! It was so with
The Saddest Landscape’s You Will Not Survive with this picture of a woman
wrapped in winter gear. It isn’t the most fetching image but I was drawn to it
nevertheless. That single featured the song “Declaring War on Nostalgia” on the
A-Side with “Statue of A Girl” on the flip side.
It was powerful. Intense. And I
liked it.
But that was it. I tried to
search for the bin of punk rock seven-inchers where I found The Saddest
Landscape but someone bought everything. Everything. For a huge amount of
money! Really! And these are really bands that no one knows. Save for that person
with an insane amount of money.
I didn’t lose sleep over it. It’s
fine. So that was it I thought with regards to the band.
That is until I heard that they
came over – and I missed the show because I didn’t know – and they were
releasing a single with Filipino post-punk band, Legarda. Now how is that for
double excitement? I like Legarda with their instrumental-driven spoken word
type of performances.
The single was being sold either
separately or with The Saddest Landscape’s Declaring War on Nostalgia vinyl box
set. I asked Legarda’s vocalist, Keith Dador, if I could buy a copy of the
single when they get their stocks. Fortuitously, I also asked a friend based in
New York to get the box set.
When Keith got back to me, he
said they got few copies. Just enough for the band and the promoter. I didn’t
feel bad because I had the box set on the way.
And boy, is it worth it.
I also truly enjoy the music of
The Saddest Landscape. It’s powerful and intense. I love that the three records
come in clear, gray splatter, and gray colors. I like the t-shirt that features
Kate Hudson from the film Almost famous, I love the pins, and of course, the
split single with Legarda of which only 50 copies were pressed. So I am one of
50 people with a copy of this!
Informative article, exactly what I needed.
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