Miles Away

Miles Away were one of the bands my wife and I wanted to see when we traveled to Berlin a few weeks back, and they didn't disappoint. Although there was only a handful of people at that show who'd probably agree. Anyway. Miles Away were the only band that had tour versions with them, so we gladly picked up a few variants. This was mainly my wife's doing, but I gladly obliged.

On a sidenote, is it just me or do not many bands nowadays not do tour variants anymore?

There were 125 copies with the black tour sleeve. This is #96.

There were also 125 copies with the white tour sleeve. Here you can see #42.

Last but not least we also bought a copy of the 7" that Miles Away (self-)released last year. One song is also on the Tides LP, the other one is exclusive to this 7" as far as I know.

Rebuy, Repeat

Another variant of Miles Away's 3rd LP. Black vinyl was part of the first pressing and there are only 216 copies. This one comes with a nice poster and a sticker.

Endless Roads, Miles Away

Sometimes making your significant other happy is pretty easy. Especially if she is into the same music and doesn't think buying vinyl isn't an odd thing to do in 2015, but rather encourages your collecting habit. When I showed her the list of vinyl up for sale of the person I bought the GIA LP from, she noticed that he was also selling a tour press of Miles Away's Endless Roads. The rest is pretty self-explanatory. In the picture you can see #141/161. I really like the red swirl vinyl.

Miles Away

I'm still catching up with the records I got before a big trip I did with my wife during summer. Travelling is a whole lot of fun, but it certainly gets in the way with keeping the blog going. Can't have everything I guess.

A few months back it was announced that Miles Away were about to release a new LP, called Tides. Seeing that I'd been turned onto the band by my wife recently and my wife really likes this band buying this was a no brainer. However, considering that my wife really likes this band, she talked me into pre-ordering this LP, which is something I rarely do nowadays, because shipping to Europe is quite expensive nowadays. But every once in a while you gotta do what you gotta do. Especially if you can make your wife happy. I must say though that I was a little disappointed by this LP. I really like some parts, others, erm, not so much. Especially the parts that are sung, not screamed. Doesn't work for me.  This is the pre-order variant on pink/purple swirl out 150.




I also picked up their Endless Roads LP, which was released in 2010. Overall I like this record better than Tides. Less singing equals better record in this case. This is the 4th press on coke bottle clear vinyl out of 500.

Miles Away

My wife has turned me onto quite a few bands these last few years, Miles Away from Australia is one of them. She's been really looking forward to their upcoming LP and since she doesn't have all the band's releases, I thought it'd be nice to make the waiting time a little bit more enjoyable by getting an old record. Memory Embraced came out in 2010 and was self-released by the band. Quite unusual for a band that has had records on labels like Bridge 9 or Six Feet Under on their resume by then, but it's also cool since the DIY spirit still shows. There's only one colour for this 7" as far as I could find out.