I've been following this pretty closely, and I don't believe we have 100 percent confirmed 2019 recordings. In fact some of the tracks labelled 2019 have metadata from 2012. Not that it matters all that much.
Thanks, much appreciated. Honestly, the only thing that interests me is if there really is a better quality version of the workprint, that Test Sequence 5 they mention. Everything else seems kind of ancillary.
finally got a hold of a copy. couple neat tracks but I dont feel like going out of my way to find more.
my brain saw the word vinyl, and for a brief moment, i thought they put up a preorder for TPK on vinyl (even though it'll never happen)
From an email I received: "Halt the descent into obscurity and become forever a champion of Draag, with The Official State-Issued Uniform Wear of The Draag National Team. For years we have endured the disregard of the National Committees for The Olympic Games. Persistent as we were— we remain uninvited to compete in the excessively ornate and frivolous Olympics. They claim our government lacks transparency— civility even, that our prisons lack running water and basic human necessities. And though we explained to them that we have no prisons in Draag, they refuse to visit our Complementary Reconditioning Facilities to examine our proof. Worst of all, they claim we hide a clandestine stockpile of extremely dangerous unsanctioned weapons of war. But it is obvious to Draag, and to its people, that the most certain defeat at the hands of our athletes would simply be too embarrassing for the other nations of the world. And since we as a people are uninterested in a game that lacks challenge— we created our own— a grand and proud spectacle of sport— The Contest of The Unfailing. A series of games where the citizens of Draag can finally compete against the only opponents who could match their skill and ferocity on the field. And who is that, you ask? Who are these mighty challengers that are at last capable of testing the passion for victory that runs in the veins of the Draagor? Other citizens of Draag. From Lehpka to Buhrz, athletes from all nine provinces of Draag converge upon it’s merciless and enduring Capital City— Dragred— to seek their glory beyond the statued Halls of Loyalty within it’s mighty Colosseum. Now it is time— Will you claim first place atop the cinderblocks of the Grand Display? Hoisting the Medallion of Burden above your head before draping its heavy glory upon your chest— ? Or will you crumple on The Field of Futile Attempts within the oppressively vast Colosseum of Dragred? So— eat your wheat— gather your team— and together show the world what it means to be Dragoshka."
It would be cool if all this Draag shit leads to a new concept album next year or something. I don't really mind what they're doing now, I love that they're active and being creative. Besides, we just a got a whole new (to us) album that I'm still processing lol.