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ATTENTION: COOLEST NEWS PIECE OF THE YEAR




Right, troops. Count Your Lucky Stars - i.e, pretty much the best record label ever - are celebrating their 50th release in true, amazing style. Read below, spend a couple of moments contemplating CYLS' awesomeness, and then do everything they tell you to.

HEY! Do you want to get the entire Count Your Lucky Stars Records discography for FREE DOWNLOAD/pay-what-you-want?! Heck yes you do! All you have to do is like us on Facebook and share this status. For every 100 shares, we will unlock 10 albums for FREE download. If this status gets to 500 shares, ALL 50+ RELEASES WILL BE FOR FREE. If it gets to 750, we will even put up all 5 of the records on pre-order for free! You have one week to accomplish this task! ALL FREE DOWNLOADS START NEXT MONDAY, 5/13 AND WILL LAST FOR ONE WEEK.

Look at all the albums you could get: http://countyourluckystars.bandcamp.com/

We will even pick one lucky winner from each medium this status is shared in (Facebook, Tumbr, Twitter, Instagram) and give away one FREE CYLS SHIRT at the end of this contest. If you do all four, you have a much higher chance to win!

Tumblr: http://cylsrecords.tumblr.com/
Twitter: http://twitter.com/cylsrecords
Instagram: http://instagram.com/cylsrecords

WE’RE HAVING A SALE TO CELEBRATE! we will also be having a sale on all CYLS releases and goods (including the CYLS shirts), but will not include the new pre-orders or distro/sale items. Just put in “ANNIVERSARY” at check-out for 20% off!

THAT’S NOT EVEN ALL! We have set up a special account on eBay to sell test pressings and some rare out-of-print variants of some of your favorite records! Almost every record we have ever done will be up, including empire! empire! (i was a lonely estate)‘s What It Takes to Move Forward and Snowing. This is your shot to get some of the rarest of rare records! Auctions start Monday and new items will be added throughout the week.

We will also be streaming a new release every day from Empire! Empire!, football, etc./Plaids (band), Texas Instruments, Warren Franklin & the Founding Fathers, or Perfect Future, so check our site out for that!

All further details at http://www.cylsrecords.com/
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