{"product_id":"1373696","title":"Bad Suns - Apocalypse Whenever (LP)  [VINYL]","description":"Brand New From Reputable UK Company With 30 Years Experience In Retail, Please Note Not All Our New Items Are Shrink Wrapped.\u003cbr\u003eAll items shipped within 3 working days of payment.\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that all our DVDs are Region 2.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBad Suns sound \\u2013 dreamy '80s pastiche flanked by Stratocasters through cranked Vox amps, pulsing synths, and palpable rhythmic energy \\u2013 that endeared listeners to the band in the first place, and their fourth LP, Apocalypse Whenever, uses that musical foundation as the jumping-off point for their next evolution.\u003cp\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003eConceived as 'the soundtrack to a movie that doesn't yet exist,' the 13-track album, helmed by longtime producer Eric Palmquist (MUTEMATH, Thrice) at his Palmquist Studios and the band's North Hollywood rehearsal spot, is more conceptually rigorous \\r\u003cbr\u003ethan anything they've ever attempted \\u2013 but no less compelling or accessible. 'We also knew we wanted the album to have a through-line, a story from beginning to end,'frontman Christo Bowman explains, so the band did what any good directors would: They assembled a mood board, filtering their neo-noir version of Los Angeles through the dreamlike haziness of author Haruki Murakami, the futuristic flair of Terminator 2: Judgment Day and Blade Runner, and the lifted cinematography of Spike Jonze's HER.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003eThese disparate influences don't just offer Apocalypse Whenever an expanded palette of sonic choices to color Bad Suns' airtight hooks \\u2013 they help give the songs an emotional complexity that works on a multitude of levels depending on how listeners choose to receive them.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chalkys.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55128693735809,"sku":"1373696","price":24.48,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0056\/8043\/1219\/files\/319Dxo1hBYL._SL1500.jpg?v=1766780450","url":"https:\/\/chalkys.com\/products\/1373696","provider":"Chalkys.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}