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Day Two Hundred Fifty One (Year Three)

Today's post is going to be a short, but very happy post.  Here's why:

Tomorrow is the release date for Alkaline Trio's My Shame Is True, and considering that I have tomorrow afternoon off, I was pumped to have the afternoon to devote to many spins of the new record. 

So imagine my surprise when I got home from work today to find an Amazon package sitting on my desk... when the only thing I have ordered from them of late is the new Alk3 disc...

Yeah, that's right, IT GOT HERE A DAY EARLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm going to hold off on any sort of review until tomorrow (I've only made it through 10 of the 12 tracks so far), but rest assured that a full review is coming in tomorrow's post.

Also, I've got to figure out a way to get the tracks from the Broken Wing EP.  Hopefully without purchasing the deluxe version of the album on itunes.  Truthfully, though, I'd be okay with that, because I'm a huge fan of this band, and they'd get more money that way, so yeah.

That's all for today, but it's AMAZING!

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