{"product_id":"pre-order-this-is-lorelei-the-singer-in-my-band-dinked-edition-orange-white-red-muscle-lp-w-bonus-7","title":"Pre-Order: This Is Lorelei - The Singer In My Band [Dinked Edition Orange\/White\/Red 'Muscle' LP w\/ Bonus 7”]","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/dinkededition.co.uk\/\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eDinked\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cem\u003e International No. 3\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e edition with Orange\/White\/Red 'Muscle' colored vinyl + Bonus 7” w\/ two non-album tracks, \"Chestnut\" + \"Dust In The Wine\". Numbered edition; limited pressing of 1,000 (400 U.S.).\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe last few years have been transformative for \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/hellothisisnate\/?hl=en\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNate Amos\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e. Between delivering breakout records both as a solo artist — under his \u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/hellothisisnate\/?hl=en\"\u003eThis Is Lorelei\u003c\/a\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003emoniker — and with his band \u003cstrong\u003eWater From Your Eyes\u003c\/strong\u003e, sold out shows across multiple continents, to seeing some of today’s most influential artists cover his songs (\u003cstrong\u003eMJ Lenderman\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eHayley Williams\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eJeff Tweedy\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eCameron Winter\u003c\/strong\u003e), the ascending songwriter has found his stride. \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Singer in My Band\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e takes the building blocks of the \u003cem\u003eGreat American Songbook\u003c\/em\u003e and twists those elemental pieces into new shapes, at once both strangely familiar and endearingly offbeat in Amos’ signature style.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eWritten while touring the globe in support of releases from both his bands, \u003cem\u003eThe Singer in My Band\u003c\/em\u003e arrives as the first true “road record” in Amos’ discography. “The ideas incubated while daydreaming in the car without access to any instruments,” he recalls, “so instead of being home and writing on the guitar or a computer, they developed slowly and subconsciously, existing as a sort of intangible thing while looking out the van window.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Singer in My Band\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e came together in the same apartment Amos has produced much of his music, with final touches made at his parents’ house in St. Johnsbury, Vermont. Amos engineered, produced, and performed everything on \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSinger\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, save for a blistering banjo lead on the title track courtesy of his father, bluegrass musician \u003cstrong\u003eBob Amos\u003c\/strong\u003e, and the occasional vocals from his sister \u003cstrong\u003eSarah Amos\u003c\/strong\u003e and partner \u003cstrong\u003eAl Nardo\u003c\/strong\u003e. “They’re three people who had a fundamental impact on what this album was to begin with, and the ways they could contribute were things that I had in mind as I was writing the songs,” he explains.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThere’s an economy of style to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSinger\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e that’s distinct in the Lorelei catalog, harkening back to Amos’ earliest experiences with songwriting and a lifelong reverence for bluegrass music. “It’s the most fundamental form of music to me,” he says, but is quick to note any influence is more as a set of principles than a sound. “There’s a simplicity to bluegrass, where there are very particular rules and a very particular box - songs have to stand up by themselves in terms of melody, lyrics and chord progression.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eInspired by the textured and organic production of \u003cstrong\u003eGordon Lightfoot\u003c\/strong\u003e, songs like \u003cstrong\u003e“\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBilly Came Back\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e”\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003e“\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Kid With the Crown\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e”\u003c\/strong\u003e feature richly layered choruses made all the more effective by their spartan verses. The glitchy vocal harmonies on \u003cstrong\u003e“\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOh No Now My\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e”\u003c\/strong\u003e feel beamed in from some distant future, fleetingly captured on decaying equipment for the album’s most anthemic song, second only to the widescreen climax of \u003cstrong\u003e“\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHey Sarah Is It Gonna Rain Forever.” \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThere’s Joey, Billy, Genevieve, Sarah, and the ever present Buddy, an Altman-esque ensemble cast who populate the album’s stories, scattered through distinctly American scenes and landmarks. As narrators go, they aren’t terribly reliable. They traffic in wild stories and chaotic experiences that are at once weirdly specific and just a bit blurry, mirroring Amos’ experience of these last several years.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“It’s funny, I sent my dad the album after I finished it, and he said it was kind of an “on the road beatnik” album and that kind of reframed it for me,”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003esays Amos. “It really is like a collection of chaotic experiences that you have while travelling. They’re also very much little works of fiction with elements of truth to them.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eFor many years, Amos’ This Is Lorelei project was known only to a close knit group of creatives in Chicago, where he relocated in his early 20s and produced hundreds of albums and EP’s, tracing the outlines for both of his prolific projects before relocating to New York. In the time since, he’s flourished as a wildly creative polymath who is equally adept at slinging heartworn hooks and eyeball-exploding art-pop. These are songs about songwriting as a way of life – messy, debilitating, transcendent – from one of the most gifted contemporary interpreters of the form.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"track\"\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003eI Will Eat My Heart in the Morning Light\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003eOn No How My\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003eBilly Came Back\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003eWatching Heaven Fall\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003eSailing (Your Baby’s Down)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003eThe Singer In My Band\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003eNitro\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003eHey Sarah Is It Going To Rain Forever\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003eThe Kid With the Crown\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003eAnd I Haven’t Seen My Love in Quite a While\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003eDon’t You Cry in Lonesomeness\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBonus 7”:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eSide A - Chestnut\u003cbr\u003eSide B - Dust in the Wine\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUPC:\u003c\/strong\u003e 191401221733\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLabel:\u003c\/strong\u003e Matador Records\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 09.11.26\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e LP\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Park Ave CDs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52225088160046,"sku":"n191401221733","price":34.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0803\/7856\/0814\/files\/CopyofINT03_MAIN_SQ.jpg?v=1782149661","url":"https:\/\/parkavecds.shop\/products\/pre-order-this-is-lorelei-the-singer-in-my-band-dinked-edition-orange-white-red-muscle-lp-w-bonus-7","provider":"Park Ave CDs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}