I Am Gary Hampton.

I was really enjoying the nice weather and the beginning of spring over the past few weeks. The fact that there were moments when I was warm in a t-shirt and unzipped sweater made me happy.

But then this morning happened. I came home yesterday after a day of pouring rain and was hoping it would eventually stop. Well, it did, but it just turned into snow. I woke up to snow. I’M DONE WITH SNOW!

Here’s what I awoke to:

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I’ve been a fan of Thrice ever since I heard ‘Pheonix Ignition‘ and ‘In Years To Come‘ in Paul McQuillan’s basement back in high school. Flash forward seven-ish years to a time when I haven’t talked to Paul McQuillan in years and have developed an obsession with vinyl.

It was at the beginning stages of my love for vinyl collecting when Thrice announced a pre-order for a limited vinyl pressing of their 4xEP collection The Alchemy Index. Each EP would be pressed on coloured 10″ vinyl, each coloured to fit the theme of each record. (Fire = red, Water = blue, Earth = brown, Air = clear). The collection is said to be limited to a pressing of 2000 and hand made.

A few months and a few release dates later and Thrice have finally released a few pictures of the collection via their Twitter account, and I am very, very excited.

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