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Record Store Day weekend came in hot: like a needle drop on side A of The Queen Is Dead — so we’re doing the only sensible thing: we’re extending the RSD sale through end of day Monday, April 20th.
Use code RSD2026 at checkout for 20% off.
Because sometimes the encore is better than the setlist.
Here’s what just landed:
Indie / alt / the-people’s-champion tier
The Smiths The Queen Is Dead will, God willing, outlive us all. An album so funny and sad it kind of ruins your twenties on purpose. Joined this week by Yeah Yeah Yeahs Fever to Tell and It’s Blitz! (the “Maps” years and the “Heads Will Roll” years, respectively: two distinct Karen O eras, both undefeated), The Last Dinner Party From the Pyre on glow-in-the-dark vinyl, Mitski Nothing’s About to Happen to Me on tansy yellow, and Stereolab Sound-Dust on a limited 2LP — a record that sounded like the future in 2001 and still kind of does.
- The Smiths – The Queen Is Dead
- Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Fever to Tell
- Yeah Yeah Yeahs – It’s Blitz!
- The Last Dinner Party – From the Pyre (glow in the dark)
- Mitski – Nothing’s About to Happen to Me (tansy yellow)
- Stereolab – Sound-Dust (limited 2LP)
- The Format – Boycott Heaven (translucent swiss coffee)
- Khruangbin – The Universe Smiles Upon You II (white 2LP)
- Khruangbin & Toro y Moi – Live at The Fillmore Miami (Vinyl LP)
The quiet stuff (headphones recommended)
Ichiko Aoba’s Windswept Adan is one of those records you put on at 11pm and then it’s somehow 2am and you’ve been staring at the ceiling for three hours reorganizing your entire emotional life. Also here: Masahiro Takahashi’s In Another — Toronto-based, Japanese-born, chamber-pop leanings (think High Llamas, Free Design), co-produced by Joseph Shabason. A genuine local-ish treasure on Telephone Explosion. Last but not the least: Everything But The Girl’s The Best Of on 180g vinyl, because you contain multitudes and some of those multitudes need Tracey Thorn.
- Ichiko Aoba – Windswept Adan (2LP)
- Masahiro Takahashi – In Another
- Everything But The Girl – The Best Of (180g 2LP)
Film scores + soundtracks
A small heaven for people who watch the credits. Two Wong Kar-wai companion pieces: 2046 on eternal yellow splatter with a memory picture vinyl, and My Blueberry Nights on, of course, blueberry pie vinyl (special scented card included!). The Royal Tenenbaums OST on apple red / baby pink 2LP, because Wes Anderson is in fact just a colorway at this point. Pretty In Pink celebrates its 40th (we are all very old now). The Twilight Saga: Eclipse gets a milky clear / black ice 2LP that is, improbably, kind of beautiful.
- 2046 – OST (limited 2LP eternal yellow splatter + memory picture vinyl)
- My Blueberry Nights – OST (blueberry pie vinyl)
- The Royal Tenenbaums – OST (apple red / baby pink 2LP)
- Pretty In Pink – OST (40th anniversary)
- The Twilight Saga: Eclipse – OST (milky clear / black ice 2LP)
Video game scores
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach arrives as a 3LP color + zoetrope set — Kojima continues his quest to make every object in his universe an art object. Mass Effect Andromeda on 3LP purple. Atomfall on coke bottle clear (for the post-apocalyptic British nuclear vibes).
- Death Stranding 2: On the Beach – OST (3LP color + zoetrope)
- Mass Effect Andromeda – OST (3LP purple)
- Atomfall – OST (coke bottle clear)
TV + animation scores
Amie Doherty’s Blue Eye Samurai score on forged steel silver 2LP — one of last year’s most quietly ambitious Netflix scores, for one of its best shows. Will Wiesenfeld (yes, Baths — the Cerulean guy, the Obsidian guy) composed Bee and PuppyCat, which turns out to be a perfect pairing once you think about it. Steven Universe Volume 1 on 4 x 10″ translucent. And Lofi Girl Back to School, the 2LP incarnation of the YouTube study-stream that has shepherded approximately one billion people through one trillion essay deadlines.
- Blue Eye Samurai – Amie Doherty (forged steel silver 2LP)
- Bee and PuppyCat – Will Wiesenfeld (pretty patrick pink / wizard green 2LP)
- Steven Universe: Volume 1 (4 x 10″ translucent)
- Lofi Girl: Back to School (marbled white 2LP)
Anime + J-pop
The big one: Kenshi Yonezu’s Iris Out / Jane Doe single — “Iris Out” is the Chainsaw Man: Reze Arc theme, and “Jane Doe” is a Yonezu x Hikaru Utada duet, which is genuinely a big deal if you’ve been paying attention. Speaking of Utada, her First Love is also here on 2LP, thirty years after it rewired Japanese pop. Two Evangelion 30th Anniversary pressings of Yoko Takahashi’s Soul’s Refrain and The Cruel Angel’s Thesis (a song that has, by now, entered the water supply). Plus Naruto: Best Collection, Detective Conan Theme Song Collection, and Toshifumi Hinata’s Tokyo Love Story 35th Anniversary on transparent blue — one of the definitive Japanese drama soundtracks.
Also, a Shinichirō Watanabe double feature: both soundtracks to Lazarus, his new Adult Swim series: Floating Points on black vinyl, Kamasi Washington on opaque grey 2LP.
- Kenshi Yonezu – Iris Out / Jane Doe
- Hikaru Utada – First Love (2LP)
- Yoko Takahashi – Soul’s Refrain (Evangelion 30th)
- Yoko Takahashi – The Cruel Angel’s Thesis (Evangelion 30th)
- Naruto – Best Collection
- Detective Conan Theme Song Collection
- Toshifumi Hinata – Tokyo Love Story 35th Anniversary (transparent blue)
- City Music Tokyo – Second Definition (2LP) — the jazz funk edition of Kunimondo Takiguchi’s beloved compilation series, deep Nippon Columbia cuts for the city pop heads
- Floating Points – Lazarus (Adult Swim / Shinichirō Watanabe)
- Kamasi Washington – Lazarus (Adult Swim / Shinichirō Watanabe, opaque grey 2LP)
Pop / K-pop / everything with a fandom
Rosé’s Rosie arrives with photocards because of course. Olivia Rodrigo is here twice — Sour and Live from Glastonbury on light blue & cobalt 2LP, because she’s now officially the kind of artist who gets BBC live releases. Bruno Mars The Romantic on translucent red (indie exclusive). Ariana Thank U, Next on 2LP. Miley’s Plastic Hearts and Noah Cyrus’s new one in the same drop. Troye Sivan doubled up with Blue Neighbourhood ten-years-on and In a Dream five-year. And Melanie Martinez’s After School EP on clear with silver splatter.
- Rosé – Rosie (red vinyl + photocards)
- Olivia Rodrigo – Sour
- Olivia Rodrigo – Live from Glastonbury (light blue & cobalt 2LP)
- Bruno Mars – The Romantic (indie exclusive translucent red)
- Ariana Grande – Thank U, Next (2LP)
- Miley Cyrus – Plastic Hearts (2LP)
- Noah Cyrus – I Want My Loved Ones to Go With Me
- Troye Sivan – Blue Neighbourhood ten years on (blush & blue 2LP)
- Troye Sivan – In a Dream 5 year (red & blue swirl)
- Melanie Martinez – After School EP (clear w/ silver splatter)
Come visit. Or don’t. The records will be here either way, though, not if you wait too long!
Until next time,
🐱 The Catloaf Crew