Tablo reveals to purchase uncommon Epik Excessive merch at “big resell markup”
Epik Excessive‘s Tablo has shared that he has needed to buy his band’s merchandise at “big resell markup”.
The South Korean hip-hop trio previously announced that they might be producing restricted version vinyl of their 2019 mini-album ‘Sleepless In __________’. The vinyl run was strictly made to order, which means followers who didn’t handle to pre-order their copies won’t have the possibility to buy them once more sooner or later. The pre-order window for the vinyl assortment started earlier this month on September 6 and concluded on September 12.
Following the closure of the ‘Sleepless In __________’ vinyl pre-order window, Tablo took to his private Twitter web page on September 28 to inform followers that he had forgotten to order a replica for himself. “Appears like I’ll be shopping for from one in all you resellers for 10x [the price] (once more),” he wrote in a separate tweet shortly after.
Appears like I’ll be shopping for from one in all you resellers for 10x (once more) 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️ https://t.co/46pE02fBUZ
— tablo (@blobyblo) September 28, 2022
“Consider it or not, I’ve had to purchase some Epik Excessive stuff like uncommon albums & restricted version merch drops at an enormous resell markup,” Tablo later clarified in one other Tweet, though didn’t go into element about his previous experiences. “A number of instances. And I’m Epik Excessive.”
Consider it or not, I’ve had to purchase some Epik Excessive stuff like uncommon albums & restricted version merch drops at an enormous resell markup. A number of instances. And I’m Epik Excessive.
— tablo (@blobyblo) September 28, 2022
After sharing his expertise, followers responded to Tablo’s tweets by requesting that Epik Excessive “reprint older stuff” and launch extra rounds of pre-orders for the ‘Sleepless In __________’ vinyl. Nonetheless, Tablo defined that the group chorus from doing this as it could “devalue” the experiences of followers and collectors who bought these items throughout their authentic sale interval.
We don’t do that as a result of it devalues what followers/collectors already personal. https://t.co/uxbUY1isLA
— tablo (@blobyblo) September 28, 2022
Epik Excessive’s ‘Sleepless In __________’ was initially launched in March 2019, marking the trio’s sophomore mini-album. That document featured seven tracks in complete and was led by the title observe ‘Sleepless’. The upcoming vinyl version of the album will embrace all songs from its authentic tracklist on Aspect A, and instrumentals of the identical songs on Aspect B.
In the meantime, Epik Excessive’s – accomplished by Tukutz and Mithra Jin – final launch was ‘Epik Excessive Is Right here 下, Half 2’, a 12-track studio album that dropped in February this yr. In a glowing five-star overview of the album, NME’s Rhian Daly wrote: “A lightweight within the darkness and a fantastically encouraging portrait of the very essence of life, it’s an album that ought to be remembered for a very long time to return.”