Sam Hoffman
“Glencrest Lane” & “All the Places”
scum stats: one sided lathe-cut, limited edition of 40 copies
Are you old enough yet to have had your “Losing My Edge” moment where "the kids are coming up from behind”?
Well, this may be my personal “Losing My Edge” moment.
Sam Hoffman, former Third Man Records employee, best known for being a huge fan of cringe and a quasi-known creator of Instagram memes, has put in his hard work in the Beatles-influenced salt mines and extracted these…chunks of salt?
Just to get it out of the way…Beatles Beatles Beatles Beatles. Yeah, he digs ‘em and could probably beat you and McCartney in a game of Fab Four trivia.
But being a hardcore fan and being able to execute to the level of that which you are a fan are diagrams that very seldom Venn together. Yet Hoffman absolutely the perfect intersection of these two orbs.
I think of Sam as a “kid” but I honestly am not even really sure how old he is. I believe he graduated college, but not TOO long ago. Early twenties maybe? Old enough to function in society, and yet young enough to still make me feel old. That’s gotta be a very specific age.
Crisp production, smart songwriting, skilled instrumentation…I’m really at a loss for anything to criticize here. A bummed feeling I wasn’t part of it? A sadness that I’ve still never properly released a lathe-cut record? A sense of my own impending mortality?
THIS IS THE KIND OF PURE MUSIC THAT IS WORTH YOUR TIME AND MONEY AND SUPPORT.
In my effort to support, I bought two copies of this. I’m giving away the spare to someone here. Post in the comments. Can be anything. A shorty story about when you first felt old, a joke, a Beatles-inspired haiku, math equations, whatever. The comment that sparks the most joy in me wins this record.
And if you don’t win the record, just be a decent human being and buy a copy of this single. It’s probably close to being sold out anyway, so hop to it.
Just because I can’t pass up haiku: Percy Thrillington / Was in a band before Wings? / Say Say Say “Bollocks!”
Holy Beatlesesque, Ben-Man! I grew up listening to the Beatles on cassette, and this easily could have been on the white Beatles cassette in a blue plastic case (the album art had been lost long before I was born; it had always been missing—might have been a Greatest Hits collection?) that I somehow didn’t manage to wear out as a kid. It probably still works, if I could find it… Might be stashed in a hope chest somewhere… Shorty story short, I got that Beatles vibe and I like it. Well done, Sam!
Wow I really love this. I bought a copy but that doesn’t mean I’m not looking for online Third Man “BBJ” (Bring Blackwell Joy) VaultCred and the glorious feeling of winning. Cause I am, wait right here.
Nice one for ROTW – I dig this
I just put out my first lathe cut record and it truly is a great format! Third man needs to do one ASAP!