7" #2 is "Painted Shut," due out May 20

[Patrick]

The second 7″ in Jay Reatard’s singles series for Matador Records & Filmworks, “Painted Shut” b/w “An Ugly Death” will be in U.S. stores May 20 (May 19 in the UK). The cover art (below) is by Mike Sniper.

We’ll be announcing the preorder date soon —- keep your eyes glued to this blog and/or the Matador Bulletin Board.

May 19 remains the UK release date for “See/Saw” b/w “Screaming Hand”.

[Paul]

AWESUM!

[trappedinstatic]

cannot fucking wait, wonder how much this one is limited to.

[9000]

love the cover art. reminds me of the three following things, combined.

one:

[9000]

two....

[9000]

three....

[trappedinstatic]

too obvious?

[Patrick]

Or for those of us from Boston...

[winterversion]

http://www.45picturesleeves.com/sleeves/ratt2.jpg

[trappedinstatic]

Ram on?

[Fiona]

Are all the 7"s getting a release over here so? It would be great if where there are different known release dates for the UK/Ireland or rest of the world, those dates could also be posted! Where only one date is posted for album releases I tend to make the assumption that it's global, or say in the case of these limited 7"s that they're only being made available in the US. Would remove some of the guesswork.
And yes, deadly sleeve!

[trappedinstatic]

matador site says preorders will not be taken for painted shut. That uh.... sucks!!! I thought it would have taken until AT LEAST the 4th 7" for matador to incite knife fights on the street.

[tinobeat]

Will there at least be web orders?

[Patrick]

Preorders will be taken... just not yet.

[EDIT] Oh, I get it... yes, web orders, but not preorders. Just like for single #1. Keep your eyes peeled on this board for when we start taking orders.

[trappedinstatic]

thanks for the update. but knife fights are still on the schedule eventually right? i just bought a cool one on ebay.

[not 'tinobeat']

may 20th is a rotten date
why dont you do preorders before then?

[dola]

man i'm so late on this. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHlSoTj69wg)

[Dean]

http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/ole-817_painted_shut.jpg

The second 7″ in Jay Reatard (http://jayreatard.blogspot.com/)’s singles series for Matador Records & Filmworks, “Painted Shut” b/w “An Ugly Death” will be available for pre-order at 3PM Eastern Time. As with the last record, quantities are extremely limited so we can only honor one copy per order.

This record features features artwork by Mike Sniper.
Order HERE (http://www.matadorrecords.com/store/index.php?catalog_id=295)

[trappedinstatic]

are we ever going to hear HOW limited these 7"s are? i feel bad buying multiple copies if there are thousands out there. what number is considered "extremely" limited?

[Patrick]

Extremely is merely relative in the case of these first two singles - quite a few have been pressed, but they are not enough to satisfy demand. By the time we get to single #6, "extremely" will be absolute.

[Elijah]

Extreme absolution. Nice.

[tinobeat]

Holy shit that was fast!

I like this one even better, damn!

[trappedinstatic]

already got yours? crap that was fast.

[jjchampion]

Another triumph!

[Futureman]

This 7" is really, really good. Two of the best songs I've heard in '08.

[dola]

(pushes glasses up to nose) Boy all these reviews sound great. I can't wait till the compact disc comes out so's i can hear for myself!

[jjchampion]

I can't wait for single #3!

[Elijah]

(pushes glasses up to nose) Boy all these reviews sound great. I can't wait till the compact disc comes out so's i can hear for myself!You know they’re also selling these tracks as 256 kbps MP3s at 80 cents each, right?