{"title":"Shoegaze","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"wednesday-i-was-trying-to-describe-you-to-someone-vinyl-lp","title":"Wednesday - \"I was Trying To Describe You To Someone\" Vinyl LP","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col-6\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" _ngcontent-c14=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" _ngcontent-c14=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col-12\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" _ngcontent-c14=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ng-tns-c14-39\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" _ngcontent-c14=\"\"\u003eI Was Trying to Describe You to Someone is Wednesday's second full-length album \u0026amp; first as a full band. The Asheville, NC quintet (guitarist\/vocalist Karly Hartzman, lead guitarist Daniel Gorham, pedal steel guitarist Xandy Chelmis, bassist Margo Schultz \u0026amp; drummer Alan Miller) maximizes the dark dissonance of a three guitar attack to highlight the emotionality of Hartzman's bell-clear vocals \u0026amp; wisps of half-recalled memories \u0026amp; literary references that make up her lyrics. I Was Trying to Describe You to Someone's eight songs meld elements of shoegaze, grunge, indie pop \u0026amp; southern American culture into a uniquely personal style of modern rock music that resonates with power \u0026amp; tenderness.The ever-darkening \u0026amp; deepening of Wednesdays' sound on I Was Trying to Describe You to Someone owes a debt of influence to The Swirlies, Arthur Russell, Red House Painters, Tenniscoats, Ana Roxanne, Acetone, \u0026amp; their continued collaboration with MJ Lenderman (who lends backing vocals to the songs \"Billboard\" \u0026amp; \"November\"). I Was Trying to Describe You to Someone was recorded at Hartzman's home with engineering assistance from her roommate Colin Miller. The depth \u0026amp; clarity of the recordings balance the distorted volume of Wednesday's live performances with the intimacy of Hartzman's voice. Her words hold the center of the chaos, unobscured by the power of the band.Hartzman describes her lyrics as \"attempts to access old personal memories \u0026amp; do them justice through prose, with inspiration from the writings of Richard Brautigan, Flannery O'Connor, David Berman \u0026amp; Tom Robbins, \u0026amp; movies like Steel Magnolias.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col-12 col-md-6\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" _ngcontent-c14=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"d-flex justify-content-end py-2\" id=\"format-container\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" _ngcontent-c14=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ng-tns-c14-39\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" _ngcontent-c14=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"d-flex mr-2 justify-content-end ng-tns-c14-39 ng-star-inserted\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" _ngcontent-c14=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-details-container text-right mr-2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" _ngcontent-c14=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"For The Record","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40460723191873,"sku":"656605162614","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0558\/1340\/6785\/files\/DOC326.jpg?v=1689359385"},{"product_id":"slow-pulp-yard-colored-vinyl-clear-vinyl-blue-indie-exclusive","title":"Slow Pulp - Yard [Colored Vinyl, Clear Vinyl, Blue, Indie Exclusive]","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"aec-product-description\" class=\"col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"aec-desc-review collapse\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOn Yard, Wisconsin-bred, Chicago-based four-piece Slow Pulp nestles comfortably into pockets of nuance, impressions, contradictions-sonics and lyrics finessed together to bottle the specific tension of a feeling you've never quite been able to find the right words for. In that regard, listening to Slow Pulp can feel like being in a room with someone who's known you so long that they can read your every micro-expression and pinpoint exactly how you're feeling before you can. Perhaps this spawns from the band's own shared history and chemistry; in various ways, the four of them grew up-are still growing up-together. The dreamy songs of the Midwest indie rock outfit draw on moody shoegaze, hooky grunge, and intimate lo-fi fare. The band made their full-length debut with Moveys in 2020. After the downcast 2021 7\" Deleted Scenes, they put the focus on hooky grunge pop for singles like 2021's \"In Too Deep\" and 2023's \"Cramps.\" Yard is their second full-length album and first for ANTI-.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"For The Record","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40517127700545,"sku":"045778800834","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0558\/1340\/6785\/files\/4228055-3009461.jpg?v=1696962665"},{"product_id":"slowdive-slowdive-vinyl-lp","title":"Slowdive - Slowdive [Vinyl LP]","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"aec-product-description\" class=\"col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"aec-desc-review collapse\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eVinyl LP pressing. UK shoegaze pioneers Slowdive enter their second act and offer up a fourth studio opus, their first in 22 years. Self-titled with quiet confidence, Slowdive's stargazing alchemy is set to further entrance the faithful while beguiling a legion of fresh ears. Deftly swerving what co-vocalist\/guitarist Rachel Goswell terms \"a trip down memory lane,\" these eight new tracks are simultaneously expansive and the sonic pathfinders' most direct material to date. Birthed at the band's talismanic Oxfordshire haunt The Courtyard, their diamantine melodies were mixed to a suitably hypnotic sheen at Los Angeles' famed Sunset Sound facility by Chris Coady. \"It's poppier than I thought it was going to be,\" notes principal songwriter Neil Halstead, who was the primary architect of 1995's previous full-length transmission Pygmalion. This time out the group dynamic was all-important. \"When you're in a band and you do three records, there's a continuous flow and a development. For us, that flow re-started with us playing live again and that has continued into the record.\" \"There's a different energy about it,\" adds drummer Simon Scott. \"It took ages to get back together and write songs and for it to click in the studio, but this album doesn't feel like a bolt-on - it's got an energy that's as vibrant as Souvlaki and Just for a Day. It feels very relevant to now.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"For The Record","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40627406569537,"sku":"656605143217","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0558\/1340\/6785\/files\/3582945.jpg?v=1701386612"},{"product_id":"deftones-around-the-fur-180g-vinyl-lp","title":"Deftones - Around the Fur (180g, Vinyl LP)","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"aec-product-description\" class=\"col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"aec-desc-review collapse\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAround the Fur the follow-up to Deftones' passionate, aggressive Adrenaline, sees the California quartet expanding on the sheer rage of their earlier work, adding new, more sinister shades to their already extreme sound. The opening \"My Own Summer (Shove It),\" serves as an introduction to the album's sonic theme: sinewy guitars and eerie whispers alternate with fast, violent crunch. Sepultura's Max Cavallero contributes guitar and vocals to \"Headup,\" while \"MX\" finds singer Chino trading off vocal lines with Annalynn Cunningham, (wife of Deftones' drummer Abe) in an acerbic take on the rock star mentality. Vocal acrobat Moreno attacks a variety of styles: his breathy, psychotic recitations sound downright industrial, while the album's calmer, more brooding moments show his gift for haunting melody. Behind him, guitarist Stephen Carpenter's heavy wall of sound is astoundingly muscular, yet inspiringly agile. When Deftones' hellish fury hits full tilt, as it always does on this album, Moreno's voice erupts into screams which are best described as otherworldly, transforming this intense musical firestorm into a hurtling juggernaut of aggression. This LP version comes pressed on 180 gram vinyl.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"For The Record","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40662308716609,"sku":"093624957805","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0558\/1340\/6785\/files\/1826393.jpg?v=1702672757"},{"product_id":"smashing-pumpkins-siamese-dream-remastered-vinyl-lp","title":"Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream [Remastered, Vinyl LP]","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"aec-product-description\" class=\"col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"aec-desc-review collapse\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDouble vinyl LP pressing. Digitally remastered edition of this 1993 album from the Alt-Rock band led by Billy Corgan. 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In the process of making their new record, the Chicago-based indie rock band powered through health challenges, personal upheaval, and a pandemic, all while breaking old habits and learning how to be better songwriters and friends. Full of blistering energy and emotional catharsis, this compelling 10-track collection highlights the band's resourcefulness and resilience to come together even when they were states away. Slow Pulp's tough adaptability is something that has formed over time thanks to the unbreakable bond of lifelong friendship. Slow Pulp’s roots can be traced back to elementary school, with Alexander Leeds (bass), Theodore Mathews (drums), and Henry Stoehr (guitar) performing in bands together since the sixth grade while growing up in Madison, Wisconsin. Emily Massey (vocals\/guitar) was later invited to join their new project, Slow Pulp, in 2017. \"I can't describe a level of closeness with other people like we have. Having lived together, toured together, worked together, and written together, we learned so much about each other so quickly,\" says Massey.Slow Pulp first started working on new songs in the Spring of 2019, immediately after the release of their EP, Big Day, but they ended up scrapping the material. \"When we started writing this record, I had been experiencing so much fatigue and getting sick a lot and I didn't know what it was. I got diagnosed with Lyme disease and a chronic Mono,\" says Massey. She adds, \"The diagnosis validated a lot of what I was feeling. I got tools for how to take care of myself better.” For Massey, taking care of herself meant more than just addressing her physical needs. \"The way that I internalize trauma is I will hold it in and not process it for a very long time, but writing songs is the one place where I can't hide from myself. It just comes out whether or not I want it to or if I'm ready for it to. Figuring out how to write together, as a band, was like me learning how to take care of myself and learning how to communicate better.\" When the band toured with Alex G in the fall, new songs started to take shape. However, in March, as the band was finishing the songs and starting to realize a full-length effort, Massey's parents got in a severe car accident forcing her to pause recording and return home to Madison and take care of them. A week later, the COVID-19 pandemic hit. \"I wasn't able to come back to Chicago for a while. How were we going to finish this apart from each other?\" thought Massey. With Stoehr leading engineering, mixing, and production duties, the band managed to finish the record in an isolated, post-COVID world. \"Thankfully most instrumentals were already written. Alex and Henry and I were all able to do that separately from a studio space that we rent in Chicago. It required a lot of FaceTime which was no substitute for us being in the room together,\" says Mathews. As Massey's father Michael recovered from his injuries, the two worked on completing her vocal takes from his home studio. On top of engineering all but two vocal tracks, Michael Massey also contributed the instrumental piano track \"Whispers (In the Outfield).\" After a handful of singles and EPs, Moveys marks a turning point for Slow Pulp, not just as musicians, but as friends and bandmates. It is a marked departure from the ramshackle coziness of their earlier output, with a more thoughtful sound that allows Massey to soar. For example, lead single \"Idaho,” written on the road during tour-induced disorientation that led Stoehr to confuse their gig at Colorado College for a show in an entirely different state, bursts to life thanks to Stoehr's shimmering guitar theatrics and Massey's powerful and yearning vocal delivery. Here, she sings powerfully of the mental health hurdles that come with accepting love, \"I’ll keep on holding out for the downside \/ Before I knew why.\"Other songs like the shoegaze-y \"Channel 2\" feature Leeds on lead vocals whereas the understated and delicate highlight \"Falling Apart\" boasts Alex G collaborator Molly Germer on violin. So much of the album broadcasts their adventurousness, from the funky and cheeky samples on the title track to the gorgeous acoustic strums on opener \"New Horse.\" The driving, two-minute ripper, “At It Again”, was written and recorded in self-isolation as the last song to make the record. Massey explains her mindset behind the track: \"I was starting to feel like I was getting back to a place where I could be healthy both physically and mentally. Then when everything happened, it was like, 'sike!'\" The word “moveys” is multi-faceted for Slow Pulp. It’s a made-up word, and a title of the album’s bonus track. It is an invitation to dance. It is a wink at the cross-country nature of the album’s songwriting process, while the bandmates were literally on the move touring, sheltering in place, and going through major life changes. But, mostly, it’s an inside joke. 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Quietly evolving from a bedroom project to a headlining live phenom, Punchlove has geared up a densely layered bed of emotionally serrated pain-pop songs that coalesce around a digitally-stimulated, emotional brand of modern neo-shoegaze. Channels, out March 1st on Kanine Records, is an album of deeply prepared sounds, sharply honed instrumentals, and a band performing them that knows each other all the way through.Channels is a title inspired by the synthesis of the group's many individual experiences with both the natural and unprecedented changes that come with life after college, channeling many changing facets of their lives and relationships into one project with each song offering its own individual vignette into this greater shared experience. Many of the album's unique and immersive textures can be attributed to the band’s sound experiments with algorithmic audio programming and psychoacoustic phenomena, uniquely interwoven into the album's greater framework of pop songwriting. Having met studying music technology in college, multiple members of Punchlove work mixing live bands at prominent NYC venues and in the studio. 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To it's benefit, Fugazi made some changes, employing more herk-a-jerk rhythms and dub influences, and changing up the lyrical focus. Actually, the lyrics get a bit vague - bordering on equivocality at times - which has it's advantages and disadvantages. With Steady Diet, Fugazi get more economical and less forceful. Though not nearly as neck-gnawing as Repeater, Steady Diet still packs a sizable wallop, but with slower tempos and less deliberate instrumentation. As always, a poison-tipped dart is pointed at the government, media, and major entertainment outlets. Ian MacKaye's \"destroy your television\" rant on \"Polish\" is one of the more direct and simple songs. His \"KYEO\" comes straight from the rice paddy or homefront, depending on interpretation. It urges the listener to always remain aware, whether awaiting the enemy's next battle move or remaining blissfully unaware of how people can be taken advantage of by others. 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