Strawberry Hotel - new album out 25th Oct

[TheBang]

And now we know what happened to the track formerly known as "Strawberry Hotel":

[aphasein]

YEEESSS! Was hoping this was the case and figured it was the most likely title for it. Glad to see it alive and kicking, and sounds like they re-thought the beginning somehow. Great news and this track sequence is pretty banging so far! Figured there would be more downtempo changes, but that's probably still to come.

[aphasein]

Also - we're only 7 tracks in right now; on other UW albums that would be most of the album done (and all of it for Barbara). And yet we still have just over half still to go. Think it's about to get even more interesting...

[TheBang]

[kensey]

Genuinely excited for this album - I enjoyed some of Drift, but so far this seems more consistently compelling to me. After the RAH gig I've been waiting for those tracks to drop, and it looks like this will be something special.

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everything's sounding amazing so far

[lament]

Looks like there's going to be a SHM-CD with an extra track releasing November 1. Listing doesn't have the extra track listed. Assuming it'll be Japanese as I don't think I've seen SHM CDs that aren't? Listing is from Australia though.

[woofmute]

interested in if anyone finds somewhere to buy that extra track in lossless once its out, doubt i'll be able to sort importing a copy.

[TheBang]

Originally Posted by Resolute

interested in if anyone finds somewhere to buy that extra track in lossless once its out, doubt i'll be able to sort importing a copy.

My preferred digital vendor is Ototoy:
https://ototoy.jp/_/default/a/281302

You do need a Japanese VPN in order to add the items to your Cart. Once they're actually in your cart, I don't think you need the VPN anymore. You should have no problems checking out with a foreign credit card (at least, I didn't the last time I used them in 2021). And you don't need a VPN to download or re-download the tracks once they're purchased and in your account's purchase history.

Sometimes, the bonus tracks are "album-only", meaning that you can't purchase the track a la carte, and must purchase the whole album. We won't know if that's the case here until release. Also, it's slightly possible that the bonus track doesn't get a digital release. The iTunes Store is the only place right now that has the album listed as a preorder, but it does not include the bonus track (yet).

[potatobroth]

Hoping it follows the trend of great tracks that only Japan gets. Twenty Three Blue was so good on Barbara Barbara. I have it right after Santiago Cuatro in my hybrid version of that album.