another, yet delayed christmas gift. we met up with my father-in-law a week after christmas to attend the sixtieth wedding day(!) of my wife's grandparents. on this occasion we exchanged some gifts and i got this wonderful looking record. my dillinger escape plan record collection is only a half-decent affair. i had three out of six full lengths to this point and so the recent relapse re-pressings came in handy.
when i was asked by my father-in-law what i was wishing for, i kindly forwarded a link to an amazon offering of the latest splatter pressing of "calculating infinity", which was originally released in 1999. thus it wasn't such a big surprise to unwrapp the vinyl but very pleasing nevertheless. musically this is the most raw dillinger escape plan record i know so far. that might be the case because it is the earliest of the albums i have.
the wild, chaotic side of the band is pretty prominent and the catchy melodies, which are to be found in equal measures on further releases, are pretty rare here. i really like that because the album is such a heavy kick to the head. it took me a few spins to fully comprehend but now i cannot get enough. love the uv spot gloss print on the cover sleeve. the vinyl looks ace on orange with silver and black splatter out of 1.000 copies. relapse records. 1999/2018.
