On Tuesday I checked my pre-order status of Kurt Vile’s God Is Saying This To You… on Insound.com, and to my surprise the status said “on back order.”

At this point I was pretty discouraged, but Ryan over at Catbird Seat pointed out to me that you can pre-order directly from Mexican Summer off of their myspace page (not off of their website).

I immediately gave Insound a call, and while they assured me that my order said “on back order” because the record “was not out yet” I still canceled my order.

I then went and placed an order for the record directly from Mexican Summer.  When I got home yesterday there was a package sitting on my table.  I couldn’t believe that Mexican Summer got me my LP in two days, rather than the estimated 2-3 weeks that their paypal prepares you for.

Upon further examination of the package I realized that Mexican Summer shipped the package from my Zip Code.  It turns out the people at Mexican Summer could have hand delivered the LP to my house, and it would have been a shorter walk for them than walking to the Greenpoint post office (and I actually pass their mailing address regularly while walking my dog…random).  It’s kinda nice knowing that Mexican Summer, and in turn Kemando, ship their mail order from Greenpoint.  One of the fastest mail order deliveries ever.

Maybe the next time I order a record from them they will let me come and pick it up, and save us both a couple bucks on shipping.

Check out a track off of God Is Saying This To You… (via Gorilla Vs Bear)

[mp3] Kurt Vile- Beach On The Moon (Recycled Lyrics)

(Buy the album here. Actually the record sold out while I was typing this post. Try your local record shop.  I bet Other Music, or Academy in Brooklyn will at least get a couple copies.)