Boygenius – Boygenius

Deeper sound and less sibilant than the 2020 repress we compared it with (Ortofon 2M Blue). Light surface noise between tracks.

great sounding album but in the louder ages there is some distortion and its not my cart or setup maybe was mastered that way but over all still a great album !!!!!!!!!

Tiny bit of noise throughout the last track, great pressing though! Really good sounding record.

I have had some tremendously bad experiences with the things Matador puts out on vinyl, but this is a BIG exception. It's a perfect sounding pressing of a perfect record.

Does anyone else get a lot of scratching and surface noise on side 2 only? First side sounds great tho?

It’s perfect in every way! Mine has a little black streak and I love it!

I found this for $14 in a second hand bin. Was surprised to see it pressed in 45 RPM. I saw lots of comments here about surface noise and warping but decided to try it anyway. My copy has a slight warp only noticeable when the record is spinning, definitely not audible. I do hear some popping/surface noise (albeit pretty quiet), but I didn’t clean the record before playing so I may try that to see if there’s any improvement. The music itself sounds very good. I wouldn’t say the surface noise is too distracting. But I definitely wouldn’t pay more than 15-20 dollars for this pressing.

Yikes, terrible surface noise. This is a pretty bad pressing!

It’s quiet with no pops. I.e., it plays properly. I listened to the previous black pressings and they were 🤬ed. By all the reports, the earlier coloured ones were the same. Buy this while it doesn’t cost a fortune.

Sound quality is better than most other pressings imo, and it's a great color. Generally great, 10/10