FINALLY! a new record from my favorite band of the last 10 years.... Dirtnap released the U.S. version of Career Suicide's "Cherry Beach" ep, which was previously only released as a tour 7" in limited quantity. along with an altered track listing, this new version also comes at you with all new artwork and packaging! Dave Neeson is the man credited for all the naive illustrations here, and i think they're great! how fucking fantastic is this cover art!?!? surf's up little buddy...
also, can i just say (since this is the first Career Suicide record i've had the privilege of posting on this blog) how fucking epic the career suicide logo is! i mean, it's like perfectly clever without coming off forced at all. it conveys good design and punk attitude in one effortless motion, which is not easy to do.
these are professionally printed and glued covers on an uncoated cover stock. on the back cover, another great illustration! this one is an even more involved scene with even more ridiculous shit going on. i like the pop color, especially on the bottom of the layout, but the cascading track info is pretty cool too.....
these also come with a professionally printed and folded up 11" x 17" insert. on the front facing side is a poster version of the cover art....
flip it over for the liner notes and some tour photos. a couple more tiny illustration got sprinkled in here along with the hand written type! jonah and martin credit themselves for the layout, which i am always a huge fan of. DIY or die people.....
A side label is a bit of a miss for me. i can see where they were trying to go with this, but it feels really unbalanced.....
B side label might be my favorite illustration out of the whole bunch! fucking cops....
this is a great release, now go get it....
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