{"title":"Juicy 3 - Issue 0022","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eThree bands, none fronted the usual way. Squid's singer shouts from behind the kit. Black Country, New Road share the microphone between three songwriters. Aidan Moffat barely sings, speaking Arab Strap's lines against the noise. Nobody standing where the singer should be.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"squid-bright-green-field-vinyl-2lp","title":"Squid - Bright Green Field (Vinyl 2LP)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eBright Green Field is the debut studio album from Squid, the Brighton-formed five-piece whose post-punk sound pulls in krautrock rhythm, brass and art-rock ambition. Warp Records released it on 7 May 2021. It was recorded in 2020 at producer Dan Carey's London studio, reuniting the band with Carey after he produced their 2019 Town Centre EP for his Speedy Wunderground label. Carey produced and mixed the album, which runs to almost 55 minutes across eleven tracks. Frontman and drummer Ollie Judge has described it as an imagined cityscape, darker and more rooted in place than the character-driven songs of their earlier releases. Guest players widen the palette. Trumpeter Emma-Jean Thackray, alto saxophonist Lewis Evans and trombonist Charlie Keen form a horn section on several tracks, a string trio appears on 'G.S.K.' and '2010', and Martha Skye Murphy adds vocals to 'Narrator'. The singles 'Narrator', 'Paddling' and 'Pamphlets' came out ahead of the album, which debuted at number four on the UK Albums Chart. The cover image comes from Kyoto University research into reconstructing pictures from human brain activity. This Warp pressing spreads the album across two LPs and four sides, a natural fit beside black midi, Black Country, New Road and Fontaines D.C.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Squid","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46230693445717,"sku":null,"price":48.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/7079\/7909\/files\/squid-bright-green-field-vinyl-lp.jpg?v=1790668170"},{"product_id":"arab-strap-half-told-tales-vinyl-2lp-gatefold","title":"Arab Strap - Half-Told Tales (Vinyl 2LP Gatefold)","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eHalf-Told Tales is the ninth studio album from Arab Strap, the Scottish indie duo of Aidan Moffat and Malcolm Middleton, released by Rock Action Records on 4 September 2026.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eIt lands almost exactly 30 years after their first single, The First Big Weekend, and follows As Days Get Dark from 2021 and I'm totally fine with it 👍 don't give a fuck anymore 👍 from 2024, making it their third album since reforming. It was recorded at Chem19 with long-time collaborator Paul Savage, whose credits include Mogwai and Belle and Sebastian.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eMoffat says the band put everything from the sessions onto this record rather than leaving songs behind. The label describes an album that runs from disco to metal via post-rock and spoken word, with folk and electronic touches along the way, and Moffat calls lead single 'You You You' a disco-metal incantation. Middleton has said the album lands somewhere between what each of them wanted to make, and that tension is part of why it works.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe vinyl edition is a double LP on black vinyl in a gatefold sleeve.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eRock Action is Mogwai's own label, and if Half-Told Tales hits the spot, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/juicyrecords.com.au\/products\/mogwai-rock-action-vinyl-lp\"\u003eMogwai\u003c\/a\u003e is the natural next record to reach for.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Arab Strap","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46263295410261,"sku":null,"price":70.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/7079\/7909\/files\/arab-strap-half-told-tales-vinyl-2lp-gatefold.jpg?v=1790918576"},{"product_id":"black-country-new-road-forever-howlong-vinyl-2lp","title":"Black Country, New Road - Forever Howlong (Vinyl 2LP)","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eForever Howlong is the third studio album from Black Country, New Road, a baroque indie and art rock record released by Ninja Tune on 4 April 2025.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eIt is the band's first studio album since the departure of former frontman Isaac Wood. Songwriting and lead vocals are now shared between Tyler Hyde, Georgia Ellery and May Kershaw, each writing the lyrics for the songs they sing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eJames Ford produced the album at Angelic Studios, with Nathan Boddy mixing and Matt Colton mastering at Metropolis. The arrangements lean on piano, strings, recorders and banjo as much as guitar, with drummer Charlie Wayne also playing banjo and tenor recorder. Lead single 'Besties' introduced the new line-up, and 'For The Cold Country' followed as a single.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThis standard edition is a double LP on recycled black vinyl in a textured sleeve, with a 20 page booklet and a download code.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eIf the chamber arrangements here appeal, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/juicyrecords.com.au\/products\/grizzly-bear-yellow-house-vinyl-2lp-cream-white\"\u003eGrizzly Bear's Yellow House\u003c\/a\u003e makes a natural companion.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Black Country, New Road","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46263317561429,"sku":null,"price":66.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/7079\/7909\/files\/black-country-new-road-vinyl-2lp-record-cover-album-sleeve.jpg?v=1790918868"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/7079\/7909\/collections\/squid-bright-green-field-vinyl-lp-record-cover.jpg?v=1791174969","url":"https:\/\/juicyrecords.com.au\/collections\/juicy-3-issue-0022.oembed","provider":"Juicy Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}