Strawberry Hotel - new album out 25th Oct

[dubman]

I rarely hear about releases ahead of time, unless I have their insta added. Most of the time I'm pleasantly surprised by the custom RYM release calendar, which only goes ahead by a month or so. very "well how about that". It's kind of nice even if it makes me feel old. Music doesn't lead me by the nose like it used to. These are all artists, shifting in their own way, and you hope for an alignment. There isn't the absolutely toxic hoovering of material and aesthetics like it used to be.

[TheBang]

Originally Posted by negative1

this is by far the quietest release, and discussion i've seen for a new album from them.

Yeah, as mentioned, traditional web forums have been largely supplanted by social media and other outlets. But I can add some numbers to it. In the run-up to Barking, we were averaging about 80-100 (logged-in) users visiting the forums per day. For Barbara Barbara, it was about 30-50. For Drift, on each weekly release date (Thursday), we'd get about 40 users. It picked up to about 50 users when the whole Series 1 release date arrived. For Strawberry Hotel, so far, it was about 40 users on the announcement day, and about 25 users per day since then.

That said, I think part of the problem is that there just isn't much to discuss about the album yet. Even on Reddit and the socials and Discord, there just isn't much to discuss yet, after the initial comments about the artwork and tracklisting and such. We've already heard and discussed the songs that have been released so far over the past year.

[TheBang]

There's something new called Strawberry Hotel Listening Party on the store, but nothing new listed there yet:
https://store.underworldlive.com/col...istening-party

Also, Japan is, in fact, getting a bonus track ("Velvet Does") on their domestic CD release:
https://www.virginmusic.jp/underworld/
https://www.hmv.co.jp/artist_Underwo...HM-CD_15286332

[saintrik]

Thanks for the info on the Japanese CD, The Bang.

Looking forward to this one!

[ultradave]

Originally Posted by TheBang

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Also, Japan is, in fact, getting a bonus track ("Velvet Does") on their domestic CD release...

Of course I'd see this after I just pre-ordered the vinyl... . Nice to see an alternate version of the LP. Aside from the artwork, which I'm still not quite sure about - but I'll take back my statement as it being the worse... I was pissed (literally) when I posted that note. Much more hype is coming down the pike and now the UW fanboy in me is getting excited It was never a question about the music being good.

[iamneorev]

Originally Posted by TheBang

There's something new called Strawberry Hotel Listening Party on the store, but nothing new listed there yet:
https://store.underworldlive.com/col...istening-party

Also, Japan is, in fact, getting a bonus track ("Velvet Does") on their domestic CD release:
https://www.virginmusic.jp/underworld/
https://www.hmv.co.jp/artist_Underwo...HM-CD_15286332

I usually buy my Japanese CDs from these guys....
https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/UICB-1030

[Imagine a box]

Cdjapan are reliable and rather fast. Ordered the Strawberry Hotel with the bonus track from them this week.