If you live in the US and were hoping to experience Faith No More‘s first new album since 1997 on vinyl around its May 19th release date, there’s some bad news. The US pressing of the effort has been delayed after the band were unhappy with the mixes. The following explanation was offered by the bands own Billy Gould as to the delay of the vinyl pressing, which should amount to around 4-6 weeks:
“Hey Guys, Billy here, I wanted to give you an update personally:
We received our test pressings for the vinyl lps and noticed something sounding odd about the US version. Odd, as in, not so good. We’ve since identified the problem and have decided to fix it. I don’t think anyone, especially a vinyl fan, wants an album that sounds anything less that what it should.
What this means, however is that the US version of the vinyl lp has been delayed by 4-6 weeks. All vinyl outside the US is still scheduled for release on May 19, as originally planned; this only affects the US vinyl. Also, for US vinyl purchasers, you still will be able to get a copy of the album via digital download on the release date.
Yeah, I know it’s a drag. sonically this will be a big improvement.
Hope you understand. Bill“
An exclusive clear vinyl pre-order and more are currently up for grabs here (US) and here (international).
