“i love it when a plan comes together,” is what john “hannibal” smith used to proclaim when one of his half-baked schemes actually came to fruition and with the motley crue he was working with im surprised anything ever got accomplished. thats right, i am talking about a tv show from the 80’s! but that one tv show would be known as the a-team. what does the a-team or mr hannibal have to do with this post? really nothing, but kinda something.

friends of captains dead, song by toad and its webmaster/label head matthew and bride jetted out to portland, or. sometime in the recent past and hooked up with a few folks that would lead to a split 12″ of two pretty awesome bands. during their trip to portland, they hit up the pickathon festival – a fest i have been wanting to hit up since its inception. they ended up hanging out with matt from the portland based, bladen county records and the two bands, which is how this split 12″ featuring the builders and the butchers and loch lomond came to be. i know its very sketchy, but thats where i was going with that a-team reference. you know, the whole people coming together, making plans, and actually following through on these plans. yeah, i know. i aint gonna lie, im pretty jealous of mr matthew and his accomplishment, cause this split is all kinds of awesome. if i didnt get it for free, full disclosure, i would definitely pony up and pay the 8 pounds, 10 bucks?, for it. its being lovingly pressed on vinyl, but with the purchase of said vinyl, they’re throwing in a cd-r, for those sans turntable.

purchase it here and the cover was done and colored by mr. toad himself, which im sure was a freakin pain in the arse.

vampire lake – the builders and the butchers
field report – loch lomond

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