A field set and single LP variants are anticipated to reach in late March
January 25, 2024 | 10:59am ET
Alice in Chains have introduced a thirtieth anniversary vinyl reissue of their seminal Jar of Flies EP.
The band revealed a deluxe field set and single LP variants — together with customary black vinyl, restricted tri-color vinyl, and an excellent restricted LP with precise flies embedded in it. A cassette model will even be launched, with all bodily editions set to reach in late March.
The field set is restricted to three,000 copies and retails for $225. The screen-printed and UV coated shadowbox homes the EP on tri-colored vinyl, a logo-embossed jar with touch-activated crimson LED and pretend flies, a 60-page hardcover e-book, and a double-sided poster.
The band additionally rolled out a bevy of Jar of Flies merch gadgets to rejoice the anniversary, together with restricted version attire, a poker set, a skate deck through Welcome Skateboards, and a “Whale & Wasp” plush toy. This stuff can be found straight from AIC’s merch site.
1994’s Jar of Flies marked a turning level for the grunge luminaries and noticed them totally embrace the acoustic rock sound that was explored on the Sap EP two years earlier (earlier bodily editions usually packaged Sap and Jar of Flies as a two-fer).
“After taking part in loud music for a 12 months, we’d come house and the very last thing we wished to do was crank up the amps straight away,” drummer Sean Kinney later advised Guitar World concerning the periods that grew to become Jar of Flies [via the band’s press release]. “We simply went into the studio with no songs written, to take a look at the chemistry. All of it fell into place…We thought it might be a waste to not put that materials out.”
The field set will be pre-ordered through Alice in Chains’ website (single LP variants are already offered out), whereas the limitless single black LP version is ready to hit report shops and main retailers.
In the meantime, Alice in Chains are at present slated to carry out at this 12 months’s Sick New World pageant on April twenty seventh in Las Vegas. Choose up tickets here.
Jar of Flies EP Tracklist:
Facet A
01. Rotten Apple
02. Nutshell
03. I Keep Away
04. No Excuses
Facet B
05. Whale & Wasp
06. Don’t Comply with
07. Swing on This
