Treated yourself to a deluxe vinyl edition of Father John Misty's I Love You, Honeybear? Well, you might have a warped album on your hands. Father John Misty's label, Sub Pop, admits that because of the elaborate packaging and the "extra, bulging thickness of the pop-up art" used for the jacket, the colorful vinyl within was likely damaged. After offering an apology, Sub Pop is also providing replacement discs.
Said the label in a statement on its site: "In our efforts to replicate the “wow factor” of such legendary album packages as the Rolling Stones’ Sticky Fingers zipper cover by Andy Warhol, we wound up accidentally replicating the 'defect factor' of the same. In short, the extra, bulging thickness of the pop-up art in the Father John Misty jacket creates a lump that, when the LPs are sealed and packed, pushes into the LPs, causing the vinyl to warp and making that handsome, painstakingly and expensively produced jacket an elaborate record-destroying device.
This oversight, and any attendant suffering, is our fault, and we are very sorry. We promise to be less ambitious in the future. We are currently making 100% non-warped, colored-vinyl LPs to replace these damaged LPs. We hope to have a delivery date for those soon, and we will update this page as soon as we have that information."
Sub Pop encourages fans to reach out to the place of purchase to find out how to receive a replacement LP or, if ordered via the label's online store, to email websales@subpop.com. Further information can be found here.
You can listen to an FUV Live session with Father John Misty here too.