...it's monday

Hamish's is just "H" Ryan's is an "R", Craig's is his usual

It's Monday in Sydney...
and they ARE hand signed? . sorry my eyes read things wrong all the time.

YAY it's here!!! *ripping open packaging*

Did you get two booklets?

yep! for free! love it. And there's a fingerprint on Craig's signature.. which must've happened when it was still wet.. so..

Haha! The booklet smells really nice, too.

Ugh.

*sniffs* you're right! *sniffs again* thanks for pointing that out and I really like the designs inside the booklet

still waitin huh

Ugh, yeah. It said that it will ship the 22nd or before..

i cant stop listening to true as the night.
over and over and over.
good stuff.

me neither that bit when it's stops and then he's starts singing "I stand alone.." is so great! and the string work is phenomenal

would someone please scan the booklet and post it here? I have zero chance to get the album

I finally got the album today from JB online. So happy, it's even been signed by Craig!

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That sucks! Everyone's got the album yet, and I'm keep on staring in an empty mailbox.
I mean I'd have bought it, no problem. But if they promise me to send some stuff and it's arriving a lot later than the release of the album, even if they had a whole week, man.. I don't know.

I just want the album

are there pictures in the booklet? like there were pictures in the booklet on vision valley???

NME are completely unaware that it's being released this week- it hasn't appeared in their 'out this week' article.

My CD came in the post today I've been listening to it all day. True as the Night, Braindead and Merrygoround are my favourites at the moment. I got the signed verison, but Brad's signature seems to be missing. There aren't any pics in the booklet, but I suppose there are enough on the cover. The designs in the book are really cool, and the handwriting looks like it could be Craigs. I even noticed some spelling mistakes

whats inside the booklet?

Have a look for yourself. These photos aren't very good, but you can get an idea.

awww....

rly rly coool...

thanks for the pics

oh thanx, it looks really good!!

when I opened the booklet I instantly loved the ink-like designs and the colours. Wonder if Craig played a part in the designs

I still dont know what my favorite song is but i know that i love Merrygoround,True As The Night is just beautiful ,Braindead is fucking great and i also have been listening to Hey and She Is Gone heaps as well.

The ad for Melodia was on again tonight here just after 7.30(prime time for viewers )

thanks Loaded Mind for the photos

Commercially, is Melodia bigger than Vision Valley was at this stage?

Thanks so much for posting those images of the booklet
It looks really, really good.

the inside of the booklet looks nice ...thanks for the photos, bridget! I don't get mine til I get back to Sydney next week

I'm glad someone posted the pics. The booklet looks cool!

And yeah, I forgot Australia was like, across the world from me. But it's 12:25pm Monday, here, and the mail should get here any minute. I hope it will come today, since it's the fourth mailing day since it shipped...

I really like those booklet pics! Hopefully my order comes in sometime this week.


I have to agree. Don't get me wrong, I appreciate Vision Valley but I don't believe it's the best they could have put out.

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Welcome

Haha I know, I keep getting excited like YEH I'M GONNA GET MINE SOON then I remember I'm on the EAST COAST of the United States, so it's probably going to take a million years to reach me.

Then again...I can hope...*sneaks off to the mailbox*

welcome!

I listened to vision valley for the first time in ages the other day and I had forgotten quite how much I liked it and it made me super excited for melodia. All the vines albums have a little 'something' about them, some people might not like it but they're all special in their own way.

I think the thing that made me appreciate VV so much more the other day is knowing what a dark place it was written from and what a dark album it actually is, and then having melodia to contrast with it and knowing how far craig and the boys have come along since it's release at incredibly uncertain times for the band.

spelling mistakes

Wow.
It's been a year since I've posted on this forum.
The new album rocks, and True As The Night is on repeat. Those violins really get me.
I got the album on iTunes, but the layout for the booklet is quite groovy.

Melodia STILL hasn't come!
I'm going absolutly crazy!
Still havn't heard it...
I thought if you pre-order you get it before it's released.
I'm thinking of just going out and buying it.
It's released in Ireland now I think

dont worry ive preordered mine and I live in england and still havent got it.
it was only shipped out a few days ago and probably is gona take a couple of weeks.
my advice is to just listen to the album on myspace till it comes, thats what im doing!


have u got an email btw telling u its been shipped? if u have its too l8 to cancel ur order!

Day six since ship date... still nothing. Thing is, I have no idea what to expect. I'm in the US and I've never ordered anything from that far away.

Well, I did order a movie from, Taiwan, but I don't remember how long it took...

From the Red Eye website:



I waaaant it!

Aaw, it's precious! But I wouldn't use it as a handbag, too small. My makeup alone would fill it up.

I've ordered a fair few things from the US and just last month i ordered a CD on a Tuesday and got it here in Australia on the Tuesday the following week... but i think you guys have an extra day that the post operates there. JB hifi mailed Melodia on Thursday according to their email but i don't think that's true 'cause i woulda got it the next day like all my other orders from them but i got it on Monday... so they really mailed it Friday. Which means taking into account no mail on weekends in Aus, you should get it on Monday July 21... or i could be wrong.

International people it will probably take about 7-10 days to arrive.

Regarding international deliveries: I believe most companies have the policy that if the item doesn't arrive in 21 days you get a refund, so the maximum wait would be 3 weeks. It usually takes a week for intercontinental airmail to arrive, I think.

In other news, New Zealand's 3 News aired a segment reviewing Melodia, and you can watch it here. It's got a review of Beck's new album at the beginning and the part about The Vines starts about 2 minutes in, I think.

Also, here's a review by Twelve Major Chords.

I like the new album, though it seems to lack consistancy, it doesnt flow as well as the other albums. Orange Amber, she is gone, true as the night and merry go round are reminders of why we stuck by the band for this long but sadly songs like braindead, hes a rocker, scream, get out and AS3 are a painful reminder that this band is pretty much stuck in a rut musically and are practically dead and buried in the u.k and u.s.

I have listened to the album quite a bit and i do enjoy it there are some extremely catchy tunes on there, yet theres something about it that bugs me. For the first time im actually getting bored of listening to it thats never happened before! I'll support the band and i can't wait to see them live, perhaps lack of media over here makes them less exciting.

Recently i have bought all the supergrass albums and the vines are quite similar, the difference is that supergrass can pull a fantastic album out of there arse (diamond hoo ha man) and the vines just stick to a formula that is slowly dying.

i haven't been on here in so long but I was reading a couple messages back about how 'a girl i knew' is about Harry or something? heh I think this is bananas, It possibly could be but right away everyone jumps at the thought that it HAS to be her, i mean, who's to say it is a girl we don't know of or just a made up song.. I don't know, I just think some people will grab at anything.. even if it's about her then whats the big deal? haha Everyone writes about relationships, why can't Craig?

what is said at the begining of True as the night?

Such an impressive record.

Merrygoround is like the new In The Jungle. I can't get enough of it.
I've even really love He's A Rocker now.

It's a very even record.

Just 'four, five', I think, nothing mysterious or satanic, I'm afraid.