bongripper record #4 in my collection and the second full length in their discography. what i hold in hands here is the recent colour re-press from december of the bygone year 2015. i heard news of it just a few days after burning world records, which has a distribution deal with the ripper, posted a respecitive message with pre-order informations on their facebook page. i instantly hit the web-store.
once there i could only see pre-order options for 'miserable', which got re-issued, too. at this point i freaked a little. could it be that all the copies burning world would recieve had already been sold, or was it some flaw on the site that made 'hippie killer' currently unavailable? i checked the bongripper big cartel store and found copies still available. i thought to and fro if i should get a copy from overseas, or wait for burning world to put some up.
i mean, i just couldn't imagine that all copies were gone so soon but in the end i was too frightened to miss out and bought a coloured copy directly from the band. fuck them oversea shipping costs! surprisingly my copy arrived even before christmas and didn't get delayed because of the increased package traffic in this time of year. while i was waiting for the vinyl to show up, burning world offered copies after all. typical.
i listened to this record a few times since and have to say that it was the hardest to get into yet. the first half is brilliant but the second half wears thin in comparison. maybe further listens will change my opinion but for now 'hippie killer' is the weakest of the four albums i know. still a great listen though. the artwork is absolutely stunning. mike miller did a great job to transfer the title into disturbing and yet funny images. the vinyl colour is lovely, too. 250 copies on luna green. great barrier records. 2007/2015.