Have A Nice Life "Voids" 2xLP (1-2-3-4 GO! EXCLUSIVE)

THIS IS A 1-2-3-4 GO! RECORDS EXCLUSIVE VARIANT! Just 250 hand numbered copies made on Clear with Red Splatter! TRACK LISTING: The Big Gloom Waiting For Black Metal Records To Come In The Mail The Future Earthmover Who Would Leave Their Son Out In The Sun? Human Error Trespassers W Defenestration Song I’m Dr. House Sisyphus Destinos With the broader adoption of the internet around the turn of thecentury, how people would engage with and discover undergroundmusic would change forever. As a result of the new digital era, DIYwas now worldwide, and no band embraced this new frontier betterthan Have A Nice Life. Formed in 2000 by duo Dan Barrett andTim Macuga, the Middletown, CT-based pair would, throughout the00s, self-release and share a number of demos and home recordingsvia early social media channels as well as establish its in-house labelEnemies List Home Recordings. These first steps set in motion HaveA Nice Life’s rise to renown as an icon of underground music in theinternet age, culminating with the release of its pivotal 2008 debutalbum, Deathconsciousness. Through word of mouth and onlinediscussion, Deathconsciousness became subject to viral praise thanksto its synthesis of bleak post-punk, lo-fi shoegaze, and carpets ofhypnotic drone music. Eventually, this humble self-released projectwould attain the status of a post-internet cult classic, amassing HaveA Nice Life a fervent online following that the band would interactwith in kind. In an effort to thank and continue to engage with Have A Nice Life’sinternet cult following, Barrett and Macuga would regularly sharelinks to old demos, works in progress, and outtakes from the recordingof Deathconsciousness. Over time, a group of fans would compilethese demos into an unofficial release. Dubbed Voids, this fan-madecompilation several alternate takes of tracks from Deathconsciousness,as well as a handful of early versions of songs that would appear onHave A Nice Life’s two following albums, The Unnatural World andSea Of Worry. Fans swarmed around this compilation, accompaniedby loud calls for it to receive a physical release. A tape pressing ofVoids would be released via Music Ruins Lives, a DIY label run byHave A Nice Life superfan Thom Wasluck, also known for his bandPlanning for Burial. Between both instances of the tape swiftly sellingout and the compilation’s long absence from streaming services, Voidshas historically been an elusive release to track down, only availablein the obscurest corners of the internet or physically on the secondarymarket at eye-wateringly high prices. Over a decade since its initial, unofficial release in 2011, TheFlenser is proud to reissue Have A Nice Life’s Voids for the first timeever in an official capacity in physical form.