New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Shore Fire Media) On October 21st, Sub Pop Records will release 'Start Together,' a 3,000-copy limited edition deluxe vinyl box set comprised of remastered editions of Sleater-Kinney's seven studio albums spanning 1995 to 2005. The set will include all seven albums pressed on colored vinyl and is accompanied by a 44-page hardcover book featuring never-before-seen photos of the band, as well as a limited edition print. The remastered albums will be released individually on CD and black vinyl on the same day. All are available digitally today,
September 2nd.
The wildly acclaimed and influential band - formed in Olympia, Washington in 1994 - consisted of Corin Tucker (vocals and guitar), Carrie Brownstein (guitar and vocals) and
Janet Weiss (drums). Over the course of a breakneck seven albums in ten years,
Sleater-Kinney took rock music in a new direction combining raw punk energy and an unabashedly political stance. Greil Marcus writing in TIME Magazine called
Sleater-Kinney "America's best rock band" and Rob Sheffield said they're "America's best punk band ever. EVER" in Rolling Stone.
Greg Calbi (Bruce Springsteen, John Lennon, Talking Heads) at Sterling Sound has remastered these albums from the original analog tapes. "For such ferocious music, it was actually a very delicate process," says Calbi. "I found, in dealing with one of the earlier albums, that my signal path and compression, including my Burl B2 convertor, gave me a more resonant, deeper sound on the guitars than the originals. Because the band rarely, if ever, used bass, I felt that this added to the aggressiveness and power of the band overall. I believe this treatment added a subtle, yet important, dimension to the band, and I explored each of the other albums with the same intention. Above all, their music, from inception, stands the test of time for the cleverness and emotional impact they brought to their genre."
The box set is now available to pre-order from Sub Pop Mega Mart. The remastered catalog is also available to purchase immediately from iTunes and Amazon, along with the Sub Pop Mega Mart. Fans who pre-order the box set from Sub Pop Mega Mart will receive immediate access to download high-quality remastered files of all the albums. Watch Sleater-Kinney's complete videography and hear a sampler of the remastered music.
Remastered Albums:
Sleater-Kinney (1995)
Call the Doctor (1996)
Dig Me Out (1997)
The Hot Rock (1999)
All Hands on the Bad One (2000)
One Beat (2002)
The Woods (2005)
