Product Updates

 

So I made a post a few weeks ago on the THC page, and I wanted to write a personal update and reach out directly as well. So as you might know, in late September I had some serious health issues, a stroke and an aneurysm to be exact, actually WHILE we were playing the album release shows at The Machine Shop. It took them a while to even figure out what the Hell happened, but after several trips to neurologists,  ophthalmologists, etc, and a ton of tests, they figured it out. But not before it made me essentially lose function in one eye, and partially in the other, completely threw off my balance and equilibrium making it hard to walk/read etc, i couldn't drive, and I had crippling migraines and nerve pain that essentially took me out of commission for several months.

 

So why is that relevant to you? Well, in that time some issues arose that forced some things to get pushed back, and several releases due in the 4th quarter of last year, and the first quarter of this year, were affected, and the SC\SSRS vinyl was one of them.  

 

The first culprit is, as you may or may not know, everyone wants vinyl, there are very few pressing plants, and vinyl manufacturing is SUPER backed up, and can take 8 months, or even longer. (I have had pressings that took over a year.)  So as I only got the masters to even START the process in late August, that already meant we were potentially looking at April or May or beyond.. (The initial projected/estimated March/April street date was set when I expected to get the masters much earlier.) So, that part is obviously out of my control. 

 

That was compounded with some issues with the masters and with my pressing plant, which potentially caused additional delays, as I mentioned above, I was not well enough to deal with. So for any part I had in any delays, I apologize, and know I always try to avoid these types of scenarios whenever possible. That said, I am currently working on getting it pushed through and turned around as FAST as humanly possible, and waiting on some updates myself, so please be patient. Thankfully, we got BEST OF BESIDES done and out (which took about 9-10 months), and, again, I am pushing this as fast as humanly possible.  

 

I know TAPROOT is super loyal to their fans, and have always been transparent, so I wanted to handle this the same way. So please bear with us, as I said I am pushing to get SC\SSRS LPS (and everything else) done and out as SOON as humanly possible. So please stay tuned, and I will let everyone know as soon as I have a concrete idea when they are coming. 

 

The most up to date information will come directly from us via email, so we'd appreciate it if you didn't email volatile for updates, as they will not have any, nor will we be responding to messages/comments on facebook regarding the status.Please don't take it personally, it's not that we don't want to, but we don't have the staff or resources to spend all day responding to emails/comments/messages about the same thing. Especially when there's not a concrete answer yet. 

Please bear with us, and as soon as we have any updates, we will keep you updated via email. And hopefully you will have it in your hands soon!  

 

 

Thank you all so much for your support and patience.

Taproot Loves You.