• 160g "Optical Illusion" Transparent Red Vinyl 12"

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  "A Trick of the Light" is Eli Winter's second ensemble album (and second album with Three Lobed). It was engineered and mixed by Cooper Crain. It was mastered by Carl Saff and pressed to 160g "optical illusion" transparent red vinyl by Smashed Plastic in Chicago. It features striking photography by Steven Perlin.
  
  Includes digital pre-order of A Trick of the Light. You get 2 tracks now (streaming via the free Bandcamp app and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the complete album the moment it’s released.

  Download available in 16-bit/44.1kHz.
  shipping out on or around May 2, 2025

  Purchasable with gift card

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• 160g Black Vinyl 12"

  Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

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  "A Trick of the Light" is Eli Winter's second ensemble album (and second album with Three Lobed). It was engineered and mixed by Cooper Crain. It was mastered by Carl Saff and pressed to 160g vinyl by Smashed Plastic in Chicago. It features striking photography by Steven Perlin.
  
  Includes digital pre-order of A Trick of the Light. You get 2 tracks now (streaming via the free Bandcamp app and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the complete album the moment it’s released.

  Download available in 16-bit/44.1kHz.
  shipping out on or around May 2, 2025

  Purchasable with gift card

  Pre-order Vinyl   $24 USD or more 

  Send as Gift 

• Digital Track

  Streaming + Download

  Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
  Purchasable with gift card
  Download available in 16-bit/44.1kHz.

  Buy Digital Track   $1 USD  or more

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• Pre-order the Full Digital Album

• 2024-2025 Three Lobed Recordings Subscription (includes "A Trick of the Light")

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  *NOTE - As of February 25, only 25 slots remain open (and only 13 with shirts).*
  
  Are you looking for a different, subscription-only limited color vinyl copy of Eli Winter's "A Trick of the Light," Tropical Fuck Storm's "Inflatable Graveyard" and oddball versions of the next four (4) Three Lobed titles? If so, here’s the deal:
  
  1) There are going to be six (6) Three Lobed releases between late September 2024 and approximately July 2025. I'm probably crazy to try to get this much stuff out within that time frame but that's where we are. Ha. Since it is hard to know when a few additional in-discussion titles will be completed the only way to really make this work is to have the subscription set up to cover these six titles that are fully locked in for Q4 2024 through Q2 2025 (TLR-152, TLR-153 [a 2xLP], TLR-154 [a 2xLP], Tropical Fuck Storm’s “Inflatable Graveyard” aka TLR-160 [a 2xLP], Eli Winter's "A Trick of the Light" aka TLR-162, and TLR-163 [a co-release with another label, one that will be pretty limited and mailorder only from both labels]) and then follow back up with folks later if you want to add on other 2025 releases if any other such releases come to pass. Again, you read that correctly, three (3) double LPs are part of this run.
  
  2) Similar to prior subscription years, we will not be announcing the participants in this 2024/2025 series in advance beyond the Winter and TFS titles. Instead, the artists included will be revealed through general information releases over the course of the year. Gambler? This is for you! Not a... gambler? This is for you as well, time to relax and let the Old Ones take the wheel. Here are the only hints at this point in the process beyond the TFS record: two titles will be collect long out of print and scarcely heard titles from a legendary trio, one title will be the artist's third TLR release, and the final one (the co-release) is just plain fun.
  
  3) As with the prior subscriptions, a t-shirt will be included. The design is already in hand and the shirts will likely go out of here with the Winter LP. For maximum efficiency I’ll want to get your shirt size at the time of your subscription this time out. *NOTE the shirts are already printed and there is only a limited supply on hand in various sizes.*
  
  4) From what I know right now, five of the titles should have subscriber-specific color variations. I do know that TLR-163, the co-released title, will only released on black vinyl and will be mailorder only from both labels. Also, as in the past if you just prefer black vinyl, no problem – just let me know!
  
  5) All titles include Bandcamp coupons (or will include Bandcamp codes that will be sent to you via email).
  
  6) I have tried SO hard to stay ahead of all of the general insanity and lags in the world of records by being early on all of this stuff. So, status report time! RECORDING - Three of these six titles are fully recorded. Two more are either mostly recorded or recording is looming. MASTERING – Three of these titles are either completely mastered or we have mastering dates scheduled. Here’s what all of this means for you – titles shipping in September (confirmed), two titles in Q1 2025 and three titles in Q2 2025. Clearly, in this modern world of records anything is possible but these dates all seem very firm.
  
  7) If you’re an international customer we know that shipping rates from the US to anywhere else aren’t kind. As with the 20th set, the 2022, 2023 and 2024 subscriptions, we’re good with holding international orders until the final title is ready to go and shipping as a batch for combined shipping.
  
  The 2023-2024 Three Lobed subscription is as limited as it was in 2023 the last couple of years with only 150 total slots available. As of July 22, only 68 slots remain open.
  
  Pricing for this 2024/2025 set is $219 for the six releases identified above and one shirt. This price is inclusive of shipping for US addresses. For non-US addresses shipping will be passed through at actual rates in effect at the time of shipping and collected at that point in time. I always do my best to keep prices as low as possible and this is no exception. *NOTE THAT SHIPPING IS NOT INCLUDED FOR INTERNATIONAL ORDERS.*
  
  Includes digital pre-order of A Trick of the Light. You get 2 tracks now (streaming via the free Bandcamp app and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the complete album the moment it’s released.

  Download available in 16-bit/44.1kHz.

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