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Ash are on tour next week with their first west coast tour dates in years. The tour concludes on the very sweet Weezer cruise...get the full dates over at ash-official.com.

You are going to want to sign up to the mailing list ASAP--there are some insanely exclusive vinyl pre-orders happening in the next month. You might have had a sneak peak at these test presses over at our Instagram: @noyesrecords

New 7" from Doug Mason, Ash news, and the second press of Cold Warps ST/Endless Bummer 12" on grey vinyl (and more)

The good news:

It's only -35 degrees celcius in suburban Nova Scotia.

The great news: (There is lots of it.)

I received word from the good people at Golden Mastering that the new Doug Mason 7" is off to plating as of tonight. This will be the 7th in the Singles Series, and subscribers get this one on pink vinyl. Still waiting for artwork, but that's in the pipeline for the spring. Michael Jackson (the sole member of Doug Mason) is one of my best friends and one of my favorite songwriters, so this one is pretty special.

The long-awaited and absolutely beautiful Ash triple lp sets have finally landed in the hands of our customers, despite some puzzling postal issues (records arriving in Australia before St. Louis). Thanks for being patient and incredibly civil in your correspondance. If for some reason you record hasn't arrived as of next week, please get in touch and I'll sort it out.

Ash have also announced appearances at SXSW...other US dates should be just around the corner. Other Noyes acts at SXSW are Kestrels and Cold Warps. Both bands are touring in the States around the festival, and dates are coming soon.

Speaking of Cold Warps: the second pressing of the ST/Endless Bummer 12" will be back from the pressing plant in mid-February, and this time it's on grey vinyl. Pre-orders coming soon.

Construction & Destruction/Cousins split is being mastered as we speak and should be out by May.

I am trying hard to leave the phrase "banner year" out of this, but it will be hard to do.

2012 was a good year.

Noyes Records released three 7 inches, four 12 inches, and our first multi-record (3xLP!) box set in 2012. A few split label releases, our first 180 gram record pressing, our first encounter with mechanical royalties, a record that sold out of its initial pressing with two weeks of release, bands touring internationally, records charting on college radio, and the list goes on.

I sold far more records this year than any year previous. Thanks for all of your support. Thank you for buying records and keeping the ship afloat. Thanks to all of the great people I worked with this year, especially the manufacturing plants who have been beyond helpful and accommodating. 

There are no signs of slowing down in 2013. The Singles Series will come to a close with the final two releases, and then we'll get back into the LP circuit with long-players from Moonsocket, a Construction & Deconstruction/Cousins split, a special Record Store Day release from Kestrels, and lots more.

Designers - have interesting ideas for record packaging? Get in touch.

Thanks. Roll on 2013.