baroness and me had a difficult story. i had several tries in the past to get into their stuff. never crowned by success. so then i saw that relapse would re-press their first full length, the 'red album'. i knew that coloured versions of their records always go for a considerable chunk of money and this re-press would be a chance to get a nice new and shining copy for a regular price.
so with my latest obsession for high on fire and mastodon and with hindsight of how i came to like those bands, i wanted to bring clarity towards my feelings about baroness. on youtube i checked the 'blue record'. well, not bad. then i checked the 'red album' and was suddenly pulled in into their unique sound.
as i read my way through some information on the net about baroness, i came upon a term describing their musical style to one hundert percent for me: catchy weirdness. the basis of their sound is indie/stoner rock with good bits of progressive metal, everything arranged so eloquently and well thought out. just listen to it yourself and be overwhelmed.
as i saw for the first time what colour ways relapse would repress the red album on, i was divided on what to do. retail colour was bone white. so i could get a coloured copy hassle free from a german distributor. but the mailorder exclusive came on pink with white merge and looked just so good. those shipping rates be damned but i wanted the m.o. exclusive. fortunately it was black friday weekend in the states and so relapse had a 20% off on all titles. so i placed the overseas order with a good feeling. seventh press. 500 made. relapse records. 2014.
