Description
3 (mostly) unknown tracks from the time between ‘s/t’ and ‘unreleased’, an alternate version of ‘anywhere’ and 3 rare acoustic demos.
listen to the record here:
wishes on a plane are back with another posthumous release of their distinctive and raw sound of mid 90’s diy emo, inspired by and reminiscent of earlier releases of mineral, the get up kids, penfold and elliott .
first up are three songs from local compilations that are mostly unknown. starting off with ‘untitled’, which had easily fit with their later songs that ended up on ‘unreleased’. it’s mostly distorted and rocking, except for a few lighter parts. next is the even more upbeat and simple ‘tide’ as heard on last year’s compilation on slow down records. very catchy, almost radio-friendly. my all time favorite ends side a, the twinkly, almost ballad-esque ‘what’s left of what is…’
side b features an alternate version of ‘anywhere’ that has a lot more ‘ooomph’ than the original version from their s/t EP, which was arranged very sparsely. here we get spooky layers of vocals, multiple kinda odd acoustic guitars throughout the verses and layers of distorted ones in the choruses. side b then seeks closure over three lo-fi acoustic demos recorded in the early years of the band, potentially when we hadn’t been a full band yet. we are happy to be finally able to offer the last missing bits of the band’s body of work
the LP is being pressed on dark red marbled or light gray marbled vinyl, limited to 110 copies each, and is being co-released with old kids records in germany, rufen publishings in japan and new knee records in the us. it comes in a plain gray jacket, bound by a red stripe, stickered in the front and back. the main imagery depicts wood prints of weathered growth rings. subtle, yet powerful, they remind us that time leaves marks and memories. fitting with a posthumous collection, I’d say. various prints of the same slice of wood are spread over 8 sheets of paper, housed in a small gray envelope, which is handnumbered. those sheets feature lyrics and liner notes on their flipside.
songs 1-4 were remixed and remastered, songs 5-7 were remastered for this release. mixed and mastered by roland wiegner at tonmeisterei, oldenburg.
tracklist:
untitled
tide
what’s left of what is…
anywhere (goldfish version)
yesterday’s another day (acoustic demo)
a story called love (acoustic demo)
new year’s eve (acoustic demo)
