Abilene Discography Vinyl Box Set/Digital Release Out Now
LandLand Colportage and 795 Media are proud to announce the vinyl and digital release of the Abilene discography, “Endee Burial”. You can listen to it below now....
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Abilene was a Chicago-based indie rock/post rock band formed in 1998, originally consisting of Alex Dunham on guitar & vocals, Scott Adamson behind drums, and bassist Craig Ackerman. They recorded and released a six-song self-titled slow-burner on the now-defunct Slowdime label in 2000. Before writing and recording "Two Guns, Twin Arrows," Dunham's former Hoover bandmate Fred Erskine (June of '44, Hoover) joined to play trumpet, and the band evolved musically into something more dense, equally brooding, yet still ambient and subtle in nature. That album was released on the also-defunct 54º40' or Fight! in 2002.
Abilene's members have a prestigious musical past which has included such bands as June of '44, Hoover, Lustre King, Chisel.Drill.Hammer, Just a Fire, Radio Flyer and Regulator Watts.
“Endee Burial” collects the entirety of Abilene's recorded output on vinyl for the FIRST TIME: The aforementioned two full-lengths, as well as a previously unreleased third LP of finished demos, unreleased songs, and songs that appeared on long-out-of-print compilations.
LIMITED EDITION VINYL • First & only pressing • 502 total box sets (details below).
200 copies on "Half & Half" 2-color vinyl to coordinate with the album art:
"s/t" on Opaque Baby Blue & Opaque Dark Blue
"Two Guns, Twin Arrows" on White & Opaque Purple
"Demos, Unreleased and Compilation Tracks" on Opaque Grey & Pure Clear
200 copies on "A-side/B-side" 3-color vinyl:
"s/t" on Transparent Dark Blue w/ Transparent Coke Bottle Green & Opaque Olive Green
"Two Guns..." on Opaque Grey with Cloudy Clear & Transparent Dark Blue
"Demos..." on Pure Clear
102 copies on heavy 180g Black for all three records.
502 total box sets, housed in thick casewrapped bookboard slipcases with a 12pg hand-screenprinted booklet of extensive interviews with Abilene members, with each LP packaged in its own casewrapped "tip-on" jacket (gatefolds for "s/t" & "TGTA," and an open pocket for "Demos...").
You can also find limited edition vinyl, cassettes, prints & more over at landlandcolportage.com.
