Juana Molina – Halo

Mixed feelings on this pressing - the good parts sound absolutely incredible, the music envelopes my room completely. I am plagued with a fair amount of surface noise / static on some of the quieter parts, especially side B which really distracts from the music. I have ran this through multiple ultrasonic cleans and it has helped a bit, but wish the quality was consistent.

A+ album, hoping some of the noise clears out with future cleanings / listens :\

My copy sounds great. Maybe a little bit too quiet for my taste, had to pump up the volume more than usual. Other than that, good pressing and of course great album

Does anyone know where this was pressed? No way did it have as many pops and crackling when I first bought it in comparison to how much I heard upon a revisit last night. Anyone notice this with their copy? I wonder how this happens. I cleaned my entire collection 6 months ago and had this stored in anti static rice paper inner sleeves. A record shop owner told me people do tend to notice the same albums/pressings as just deteriorating quicker than normal - poorer materials?

This a pretty decent pressing, sounds great. Mine didn't have too much SN or anything.

The album itself is amazing, Juana just keeps getting better and better. If you're into her stuff you know what to expect, but she continues to develop her electronic/acoustic hybrid sound towards perfection.