For days I kept checking the mail box for a brown padded envelope.
For 4 years I'd been looking-
Not industriously, more like riffling through second-hand bins for the odd indie find.
I'd even tried the now-defunct record label, and was offered a vinyl without its sleeve for £5.
I remained content with my version on a mix-cassette (!) someone had sent me all those years ago.
I mean, what would I do with a sleeveless vinyl? Sure I'm a believer in the inexplicable nostalgia of cracking noises...
Anyhow, everytime I go to new music site I always run a search for The Orchids.
And this time on Gemm I found out that the album had just been re-released in the US.
I'm now the proud owner of a copy of Striving for the Lazy Perfection.
It's sublime, I tell you.