Dirty Projectors' breakthrough 2009 LP, Bitte Orca, was featured as January 2020's Essentials Record of the Month. It's pressed on Blue and Red Color in Clear vinyl at GZ Vinyl and will arrive in a case-wrapped jacket with spot gloss.
The Lonesome Crowded West is the second studio album by the seminal Pacific Northwest indie rock band Modest Mouse, and was featured as the Essentials Record of the Month for March 2022. It's pressed on on “Bottom of the Sky” colored vinyl at GZ Vinyl with lacquers cut by Bob Weston of Chicago Mastering Service. It includes Listening Notes by Scott Swayze, who produced the album, and an art print by Violet Aveline. The record will arrive in a foil stamped, tip-on, gatefold jacket.
I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning, the indie rock classic from Bright Eyes, was featured as the Essentials Record of the Month for July 2022. It's pressed on exclusive 180g Red Marble vinyl at GZ Vinyl with lacquers cut by Cicely Balston at Alchemy Mastering at AIR. It includes a Listening Notes booklet featuring Conor Oberst and Nate Walcott of Bright Eyes along with an art print by Butch Hogan. The record will arrive in a foil stamped, tip-on, gatefold jacket.
Turn on the Bright Lights, the era and genre-defying 2002 breakout debut from Interpol, was the Essentials Record of the Month for September 2022 for its 20th anniversary. It's pressed on exclusive Red vinyl at GZ Vinyl, on 2LPs for the very first time, with lacquers cut by Barry Grint of Alchemy Mastering at AIR. It includes a Listening Notes booklet by Danielle Chelosky and an art print by Nicholas Law. The record will arrive in a tip-on, double gatefold jacket.
