{"product_id":"2341566","title":"Upright Forms - Blurred Wires (Cirrostratus Cloud Vinyl) [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\u003eWe take every step to ensure your vinyl purchase is delivered to you in the same pristine condition as when it leaves our packing area. We have selected very robust 12 inch mailers in order to protect your valuable vinyl throughout its journey to your doorstep. Even when handled incorrectly, your item should still arrive in tip-top condition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst vinyl edition pressed on Cirrostratus Cloud colored vinyl and includes a 'Footlong' OBI.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnderground lifer Nick Sakes returns on the debut LP from Upright Forms. The tight-knit Minneapolis trio feels like the culmination of Sakes' varied and prolific career to date, bringing together the unhinged prog-punk ferocity of Dazzling Killmen \u0026amp; Colossamite with the careening chaos of Xaddax and the shout-along hooks and dynamic songcraft of Sicbay. Blurred Wires is skewed yet tuneful, challenging yet compulsively listenable, concise yet brimming with invention. The experience of a lifetime distilled to 33 rotations across a gripping 33 minutes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConsider 'They Kept on Living,' a song that first appeared in an earlier version on the SKiN GRAFT comp Sounds to Make You Shudder!. It starts off with a grinding 7\/4 groove, with cryptic lines over scratchy noise-punk chords. After a brief build, the band explodes into a massive chorus, with Sakes shouting the title line against a fist-pumping riff.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe trio sound equally convincing digging into the pummeling aggression of 'My Lower Self,' where Sakes' vocals start off as a feral snarl and then soar triumphantly during the chorus, or the soothing indie-pop hush of the Paster-penned 'Drive at Night.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVarious 'tug-at-your-heartstrings' touchstones informed 'Long Shadow'. Sakes channeled Television Personalities, cult heroes of melodic British post-punk, on 'Animositine,' which he accurately labels 'our prettiest song.' \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNearly 35 years into his career, Sakes is finding new ways to challenge himself -- and in Paster and Westphal, he's found two musicians who are equally comfortable with both the thorniest and the loveliest manifestations of underground rock. When they reflect on their chemistry, they agree that their openness to collaboration is, as Sakes puts it, 'one of our superpowers.' \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn Blurred Wires, that superpower yields dynamic, challenging and profoundly memorable results.","brand":"Chalkys.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54454875750785,"sku":"2341566","price":27.48,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0056\/8043\/1219\/files\/0647216615811.jpg?v=1751657457","url":"https:\/\/chalkys.com\/products\/2341566","provider":"Chalkys.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}