Since its release on CD a month or so ago we’ve been playing Zond a lot in the store and have had a whole heap of customers asking “is it coming out of vinyl?”.  Well the wait is over; the monolithic album that is the self-titled debut by ZOND is finally available on vinyl. Here’s some of the best bits from the reviews we’ve read….

ZOND’s debut album is a milestone in the rise of one of Australia’s most exhilarating, singular and deafening bands.

- Rene Schaefer, Mess & Noise. http://www.messandnoise.com/releases/2000646

This album attempts to unify immense experimental noise/drone with subtle shoegaze melody, while playing in a state of menacing urgency throughout. The sound of ZOND’s success is unique and unequaled.

- Lee Parker, FourThousand. http://www.fourthousand.com.au/hear/zond-self-titled-debut/

Musical connections to modern noise groups like Sun O))), Boris, OM, and so forth are evident, but what is really comes down to is Zond aren’t in the same league; they aren’t even on the same planet…. You can barely hear any of the vocals, which is clearly intended – think of My Bloody Valentine’s Loveless, but with hatred rather than romance. It could actually be the soundtrack to the annihilation of your Valentine for that matter.

- Nathan Roche, The AuReview.  http://www.theaureview.com/albums/zond-zond-album-2010

It’s actually quite difficult to put this record into words, as it challenges you to try and describe it in a way that doesn’t come off as being as just a blanket of noise. The problem being that it most certainly is, but defies the whole noise label in a manner that bands like My Bloody Valentine, Goslings, and maybe a handful of others have over the years. There is just as much melody and beauty to uncover when all of the feedback collides to form the immense and powerful sound that ZOND creates. I’ve listened to this record a handful of times through now and the amount of different sounds and directions the instruments take on throughout the disc are impossible to count.

-  Built On A Weak Spot. http://www.builtonaweakspot.com/2010/07/zond-zond.html

LP A TRIBE CALLED Q LOW END
LP A TRIBE CALLED Q PEOPLE’S INSTINCTIVE
LP AC/DC            CAPITAL OF SIN (LIVE
CD  ANGRY SAMOANS    THE UNBOXED
LP  AT THE DRIVE-IN  LIVE IN TOKYO JANUAR
LP  BELLE & SEBASTIA IF YOU’RE FEELING
LP  BLACK FLAG       SLIP IT IN
LP  BLACK KEYS, THE  BROTHERS
LP  BORIS            ABSOLUTEGO (180 GR)
LP  BORIS            AMPLIFIER WORSHIP
LP  BURNSIDE, R.L.   A ASS POCKET OF WHIS
LP  CHROME           ALIEN SOUNDTRACKS
CD  CHROME           ANTHOLOGY 1978-1983
LP  CIRCLE JERKS     GROUP SEX (REISSUE)
LP  COHEN, LEONARD   SONGS OF LEONARD COH
LP  COHEN, LEONARD   SONGS OF LOVE AND HA
LP  DANGERDOOM       THE MOUSE AND THE MASK
LP  DEAD KENNEDYS    GIVE ME CONVENIENCE
LP  DEAD KENNEDYS    IN GOD WE TRUST
LP  DEAD MEADOW      OLD GROWTH
LP  DEAD MEADOW      THREE KINGS
LP  DESERT SESSIONS  DESERT SESSIONS
LP  DIRTY THREE      HORSE STORIES
LP  DIRTY THREE      OCEAN SONGS
LP  DIRTY THREE      SHE HAS NO STRINGS A
LP  DIRTY THREE      WHATEVER YOU LOVE, Y
LP  DOOMRIDERS       BLACK THUNDER
LP  EARTH            EARTH 2
LP  FLIPPER          ALBUM GENERIC FLIPPE
LP  FLYING LOTUS     COSMOGRAMMA
LP  FUNKADELIC       MAGGOT BRAIN (180 GR
LP  GANG OF FOUR     ENTERTAINMENT (180 G
LP  GREYMACHINE      DISCONNECTED

LP  GUIDED BY VOICES ALIEN LANES (180 GR)
LP  HENDRIX, JIMI    ELECTRIC LADYLAND
LP  ICE CUBE         AMERIKKA’S MOST WANT
LP  JESUS LIZARD     GOAT
LP  JESUS LIZARD     LIAR
LP  JOY DIVISION     COMPLETE PEEL SESSIO
LP  KING KHAN & THE  THE SUPREME GENIUS O
LP  KING KHAN & THE  WHAT’S FOR DINNER?
LP  LIBERTINES       UP THE BRACKET
LP  MARLEY, BOB & TH LEGEND
LP  MARS VOLTA       LIVE AT THE ELECTRIC
LP  MEAT PUPPETS     MEAT PUPPETS II
LP  METALLICA        KILL ’EM ALL
LP  METALLICA        RIDE THE LIGHTNING
LP  MISFITS          COLLECTION
LP  MISFITS          STATIC AGE
LP  MY BLOODY VALENT ISN’T ANYTHING
LP  NEU              NEU!
LP  NINE INCH NAILS  THE DOWNWARD SPIRAL
LP  NOFX             MAXIMUM ROCK’N'ROLL
LP  O.S.T.           LA PLANETE SAUVAGE (
LP  PAVEMENT         SLANTED & ENCHANTED
LP  RAMONES, THE     LEAVE HOME (COLORED
LP  RAMONES, THE     THE RAMONES (COLORED
LP  REPLACEMENTS, TH TIM (180 GR)
LP  SIGUR ROS        MED SUD I EYRUM VID
LP  SPACEMEN 3       THE PERFECT PRESCRIP
LP  STROKES          IS THIS IT

Songs is finally in on sweet double vinyl. Due next week: Circle Pit on vinyl plus some Puffy Areolas, Cloudland Canyon, Doozer, Endtables, Quest for Fire, Personal and The Pizzas plus more Naked On The Vague, Fabulous Diamonds, Mike Rep and the Quotas.

The new UV Race 7″ is finally in on colored vinyl with artwork to make you whince. Plus, you Terminal Boredom trawling obscurity junkies, we got more 7″s in from Cola Freaks, Young Wasteners, PJ Bonneman, The Vicious, Holy Cobras, Homostupids, Home Blitz, Half Rats, Boys Club, Bare Wires, First Base and others.

Plus some minimal electronica/ Industrial / Experimental Lp’s from the Enfant Terrible label from Holland, 3 new issues of Distort punk zine, a Husker Du live album of dubious origins called “Spot’s Arcade”, of which there is only 250 worldwide. A load of 2nd hand LP’s in too at the moment.

Also, we have Party Platter LP from Florida’s Dying Records and some more Worlds Lousy with ideas Vol 8 on LP.

Over 100 new 2nd hand vinyls in.. X-Ray Spex, Pentangle, Richard and Linda Thompson, The Who, Buffalo Springfield, Miles Davis, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Henry Cow, Jethro Tull, Grateful Dead, War, Jeff Beck, Bobby Womack.. All look original and in sweet as condition.