Wednesday, May 20, 2009

In case you feel like blowing money on merch you'll never wear...

...Hydra Head has finally put out a shirt design worth a shit and that's not just utterly gay... BUT they've gone ahead and printed them on un-wearable fucking American Apparel again. I no longer buy shirts from ANYONE unless I know for a fact they are not American Apparel. Sizing is ALWAYS wrong, and quality is ALWAYS bad (seems coming undone, lengths inconsistent). OK, so they employ 20 "Americans" in order to apply a "Made in America" stamp and then go around touting that they are "sweat-shop free" clothing. Has anyone read about this guy from American Apparel? But that's not really the point. The point is I haven't bought a shirt from Hydra Head or Southern Lord in forever because they insist on using this company and we all end up with XL's that fit like mediums and XXL's that fit like tents. (This does not apply to Justin who is honest about his shirt's sizing and aims for the end result of a satisfied customer).

So if you want to throw your $20 bucks into something that will remain in your closet until you decide to rape someone on eBay with it, here's how to get your new Xasthur shirt.
Xasthur's All Reflections Drained CD + Bonus CD comes out next week, making this one of our most abbreviated pre-orders ever. Still, it's a title more than deserving of the pre-order treatment. All Relfections Drained is the first Xasthur release to feature guest vocalist M.H. The included bonus CD features close to an hour's worth of alternate versions, unreleased songs, and covers. All this packaged in a DVD-style digi-pack with art by Tim Lehi and photography from Faith Coloccia. Available separately is a new shirt, which will ship the following week. To check out both click here to visit the Xasthur page at the HydraHeadShop.

(((03)))

1 Comments:

Anonymous Adrian said...

Actually, I avoid buying merch unless it IS American Apparel or something of equivalent quality. Never had sizing problems - everything's fitted well.

Totally agree with you on their faux-human rights activism, however.

Also really against the hipster-ethos of the brand, too. Then again, a Xasthur shirt on AA is no surprise considering Pitchfork now review his work: http://pitchfork.com/artists/4941-xasthur/

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