Another Week Another Vinyl: The Sword: Gods of the Earth

This week I was lucky enough to get a copy of The Swords’ Gods of the Earth, and better yet, it was on vinyl. The vinyl itself is a really nice transparent ruby red color that looks like it belongs on a stick as a lollipop - and that’s a good thing. The album opens up like a book and on the inside is the lyrics to every song. As with many new vinyls coming out, the band offers some incentive to make a vinyl purchase by giving away a free digital download of the album. Inside the packaging is a little slip directing you to a website where you can go and download the album digitally by entering a unique code. I’m loving that more and more bands are offering this service, because unlike CDs it’s a pain to transfer vinyls - an analog format - to digital. It’s a step in the right direction to combat piracy, because who wouldn’t want a nice physical medium as inviting as vinyl while still getting the convenience of MP3s?

I should have a review of the album posted sometime this week.