{"title":"Artists","description":"\u003cp\u003eBrowse our Artists collection. Hot Sale.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"debt-begins-at-30","title":"Debt Begins at 30","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eGive me a minute or three to extol the virtues of \u003c\/span\u003eThe Gotobeds\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e, the modern rock and roll sensation that has always sounded like they love to play. Never maligned by having the world’s weight on their backs, The Gotobeds - Cary, TFP, Eli and Gavin - return to the fray with their third full lengther, 'Debt Begins at 30'. The \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eesprit de corps\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e and anxiety-free joy that permeates their other LPs and EPs remains intact. The octane is high-test, the engine still has knocks and pings and the battery is overcharged. The Gotobeds - as Pittsburgh as it gets, the folk music of the Steel City - have more tar for us to swallow. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eDebt Begins at 30 \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eis an old-fashioned blast furnace and the liquid iron flows. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eDebt Begins at 30 \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eis not \"pub sop\" in any way or shape.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"normal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Though I never considered The Gotobeds a band that needed assistance from their peers, \u003ci\u003eDebt Begins at 30 \u003c\/i\u003efeatures outside contributors on every track. The album's first single, \"Calquer The Hound,\" includes local buddy Evan Richards, and Rob Henry of Kim Phuc. \"Calquer The Hound\" has euphony, a sly bridge, plenty of trademark bash, and a spacey outro. It's a sanguine album opener, more Al Oliver than Starling Marte.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"normal\"\u003eOn \"Twin Cities,\" the lads tap Tracy Wilson, formerly of Dahlia Seed and currently of Positive NO!, to share the vox, and the result is an exuberant pop song proving The Gotobeds benefit from women ruling the scene. \"Twin Cities\" is more Dakota Staton than Don Caballero. \"Debt Begins at 30,\" the title trackular, includes the wizardry of Mike Seamans and legend Bob Weston. It's a brooding romp with tribal beats and slash-and-burn guitar, more Rocky Bleier than Le'Veon Bell.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"normal\"\u003eUnsurprisingly, The Gotobeds called partners-in-rock-crime Protomartyr a coupla times, with Joe Casey bolstering \"Slang Words\" and hook-fiend Greg Ahee shredding on \"On Loan.\" \"Slang Words\" is a savory wrecking ball with a crunching bite, more of a soft shell crab sandwich from Wholey's Market than a 4am slop feast at Primanti Brothers. \"On Loan\" is an anthemic jangle-fest with high-arcing fret work, more Karl Hendricks (rest his soul) than \"Weird Paul\" Petroskey.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"normal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Silkworm guitarist Tim Midyett is tapped on \"Parallel,\" a grand song that enters a world of whimsy, melodic and uncomplicated, more Jaromir Jagr than Sidney Crosby. 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VanGaalen, a skilled animator and illustrator, began his journey busking Canadian streets and art events with a simple setup of drums and guitar before critical acclaim of his recorded material gave way to subsequent opening slots with Stars and the Pixies. As prolific as he is curious about the nature of sound and the mysteries of the heart, VanGaalen’s mystical, highly sympathetic characters thematically explore loss, passion and longing through sonic constructions rich in simplicity and peppered with glitchy beats, plaintive, vulnerable vocals and homemade saxophones and violins whittled by VanGaalen himself. 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(Even though she regularly does—in a glowing review, Pitchfork anointed her last album, Living Water “captivating.”) “I learned to not beat myself up if I’m not writing all the time,” she says. “Music really does come in these waves of inspiration.” During the album’s graceful finale, “The Dream,” Lay addresses embracing uncertainty. “I’ve always felt like a lucky person, life is a dream and it is yours to manipulate. Create the world you want to live in, create your own reality, create your path. We have so much more control that we could ever imagine.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith her life devoted to music, the artist often spends hours a day simply playing the guitar, challenging herself to become better “It just feels so good, doing something that is so much bigger than myself. I think so much of music is that, realizing that it’s coming from something beyond and you are just the messenger” says Lay, who took guitar lessons at age 13, which introduced her to Neil Young and The Beatles. After high school, she moved from Redondo Beach, Calif., to Hollywood and joined an indie-rock band. “It was an energy I needed to release,” she says. The exact type of energy may have changed, but her drive hasn’t. Her recent practice pays off transcendentally in songs such as “Nowhere,” a wistful kindred spirit to “August” that evokes Nick Drake. “It’s about getting somewhere and not doing anything or meeting anyone,” Lay says, “the idea of just having a quieter journey, zero expectation.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere are other lovely, solitary moments on August. The simple, soprano narrative “Shuffling Stoned,” for instance, serves no grander purpose than to capture a snapshot of the time Lay walked into a cool record store in New York City and watched the guy working there buy some weed off his dealer, as “this tiny, little spider crawled up on the records—it was such a cool, weird moment.” And “Sea Came to Shore,” in which Lay’s guitar finds its foil in a slightly askew violin, immediately teleports you, alone, to a breezy shore. “The ocean,” adds Lay, “is a good reminder of how small we are.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAugust was mostly written in three months, during Lay’s first solo tour for Living Water. “For the most part, all of the songs were just guitar and voice,” she says. In keeping with the humbled, contemplative nature of August, most tracks clock-in at three minutes or less. She saved indulgence for the production. “Some songs as they were had this room to grow,” says Lay, who recorded the album with her longtime friend, musician Ty Segall at his home studio on the East Side. “I believe whoever you record with tends to affect the mood of music and Ty really brought this jovial sense that I hadn’t really explored yet,” she says. “Once you get rolling with him, he just throws these ideas at the wall. And you’re like, ‘I would never have thought of that!’ I couldn’t have hoped for a better guide and energy to help create this record.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this sense, the album’s opener, the mantra-like “Death Up Close” is also its centerpiece. “With that song, I wanted to recognize that everyone else is going through something and reflect on that. Don’t be so close-minded to think you’re the only one who’s got issues, in fact, find comfort in the thought that everyone is on their own journey” Lay explains. What starts as an Eastern-influenced song morphs into an avant-garde sound bath. “I had this idea of the violin ascending. Then Mikal Cronin came in with the saxophone and just blew me away.  I love the idea of building a song like that, take people by surprise.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“A lot of my friends who are really tough have admitted that they shed a tear when they hear my songs, and I think that really speaks to the visceral aspect of folk music,” Lay says. “It’s this ancient form of expressing yourself.” Think of August as a warm hug for your psyche. “I want to create as much music as I can,” she says, “and leave this spot by the river where people can go sit and enjoy.”\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Shannon Lay","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":54460784869714,"sku":"eaf1788116713925","price":6.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Loser (color) LP","offer_id":54460784902482,"sku":"ygv1788116713926","price":11.73,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":54460784935250,"sku":"pat1788116713927","price":9.36,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Cassette","offer_id":54460784968018,"sku":"xpb1788116713928","price":8.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital","offer_id":54460785000786,"sku":"svd1788116713929","price":7.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1085\/6821\/5890\/files\/august_1.jpg?v=1788116718"},{"product_id":"automat","title":"Automat","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"qowt-font1-Calibri\"\u003eBlack vinyl LP with bonus 7\"!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp id=\"E51\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"qowt-font1-Calibri\" id=\"E52\"\u003eMETZ, our own widely-adored and delightfully noisy 3-\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"qowt-font1-Calibri\" id=\"E53\"\u003epiece punk band from Toronto (ON, CANADA)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"qowt-font1-Calibri\" id=\"E54\"\u003e, have been laying waste to stages around the globe for over 10 years. During that tumultuous chunk of time METZ, comprised of Alex Edkins, Hayden Menzies, and Chris Slorach, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"qowt-font1-Calibri\" id=\"E56\"\u003ehave\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"qowt-font1-Calibri\" id=\"E58\"\u003e cemented their reputation as one of the planet's most exhilarating live acts and trusted providers of bombastic outsider rock.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp id=\"E60\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"qowt-font1-Calibri\" id=\"E61\"\u003eAlong the way, they’ve earned\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"qowt-font1-Calibri\" id=\"E62\"\u003e enthusiastic support from \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"qowt-font1-Calibri\" id=\"E63\"\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"qowt-font1-Calibri\" id=\"E64\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"qowt-font1-Calibri\" id=\"E65\"\u003eMojo\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"qowt-font1-Calibri\" id=\"E66\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"qowt-font1-Calibri\" id=\"E67\"\u003eNPR\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"qowt-font1-Calibri\" id=\"E68\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"qowt-font1-Calibri\" id=\"E69\"\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"qowt-font1-Calibri\" id=\"E70\"\u003e, KEXP, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"qowt-font1-Calibri\" id=\"E71\"\u003eThe Guardian, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"qowt-font1-Calibri\" id=\"E72\"\u003ePitchfork\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"qowt-font1-Calibri\" id=\"E73\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"qowt-font1-Calibri\" id=\"E75\"\u003eStereogum\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"qowt-font1-Calibri\" id=\"E77\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"qowt-font1-Calibri\" id=\"E78\"\u003eNME\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"qowt-font1-Calibri\" id=\"E79\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"qowt-font1-Calibri\" id=\"E80\"\u003eThe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"qowt-font1-Calibri\" id=\"E81\"\u003e AV Club\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"qowt-font1-Calibri\" id=\"E82\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"qowt-font1-Calibri\" id=\"E83\"\u003eQ\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"qowt-font1-Calibri\" id=\"E84\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"qowt-font1-Calibri\" id=\"E85\"\u003eUncut\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"qowt-font1-Calibri\" id=\"E86\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"qowt-font1-Calibri\" id=\"E87\"\u003eExclaim\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"qowt-font1-Calibri\" id=\"E88\"\u003e,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"qowt-font1-Calibri\" id=\"E89\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"qowt-font1-Calibri\" id=\"E90\"\u003eDIY\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"qowt-font1-Calibri\" id=\"E91\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"qowt-font1-Calibri\" id=\"E92\"\u003eand\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"qowt-font1-Calibri\" id=\"E93\"\u003e a\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"qowt-font1-Calibri\" id=\"E94\"\u003e whole\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"qowt-font1-Calibri\" id=\"E97\"\u003e bunch of\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"qowt-font1-Calibri\" id=\"E98\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"qowt-font1-Calibri\" id=\"E100\"\u003eothers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"qowt-font1-Calibri\" id=\"E101\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"qowt-font1-Calibri\" id=\"E102\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp id=\"E105\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"qowt-font1-Calibri\" id=\"E106\"\u003eReferring to the trio's tireless tour regime and unquenchable thirst to bring their music to the people, John \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"E107\"\u003eReis (Hot Snakes, RFTC, Drive \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"E109\"\u003eLike\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"E111\"\u003e Jehu) once said, “your ambition is really unflattering, chill out.” They did not listen. Instead, their love of the road and passion to create uncompromising and challenging music remains unwavering and has only grown over time.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp id=\"E113\"\u003e\u003cspan id=\"E114\"\u003eTheir recorded output to date, a cornucopia of pop-inflected noise punk and damaged fuzz\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"E115\"\u003e anthems, includes 3 critically-\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"E116\"\u003eacclaimed LPs with Sub Pop\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"E117\"\u003e,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"E118\"\u003e a\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"E119\"\u003es well as a plethora of limited-edition releases, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"E120\"\u003ecollaborations, covers, and rarities. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp id=\"E122\"\u003e\u003cspan id=\"E124\"\u003eWhich brings us to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"E125\"\u003eAutomat\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"E126\"\u003e…\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp id=\"E128\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"qowt-font1-Calibri\" id=\"E131\"\u003eAutomat\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"qowt-font1-Calibri\" id=\"E132\"\u003e is a collection of METZ non-album singles, B-sides, and rarities dating back to 2009, available on LP for the first time, and including the band's long out-of-print early (pre-Sub Pop) recordings. And \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"qowt-font1-Calibri\" id=\"E133\"\u003eAutomat\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"qowt-font1-Calibri\" id=\"E134\"\u003e is a chronological trip through the lesser known material of METZ. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"E136\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp id=\"E137\"\u003e\u003cspan id=\"E138\"\u003eIncluded here are the band’s first three 7” singles, recorded 2009-2010 and originally released by We Are Busy Bodies Records; a demo version of “Wet Blanket,” the explosive single from 2012’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"E139\"\u003eMETZ\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"E140\"\u003e; two tracks from the limited-edition bonus single that accompanied preorders of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"E141\"\u003eMETZ\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"E142\"\u003e; “Can’t Understand,” originally released in 2013 by [adult swim]; and both tracks from the band’s 2015 single on Three One G.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp id=\"E145\"\u003e\u003cspan id=\"E146\"\u003eConsumers of the vinyl format of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"E147\"\u003eAutomat\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"E148\"\u003e will be rewarded with a bonus single that includes three additional tracks:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"E149\"\u003e a cover of Sparklehorse’s\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"E150\"\u003e “Pig,” from a very limited 2012 Record Store Day split single originally released by Toronto’s Sonic Boom record shop; 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Made up of Jeff Ament (bass), Mark Arm (guitar\/vocals), Bruce Fairweather (guitar), Stone Gossard (guitar), and Alex Shumway (drums), the quintet put out three 12”s and a 7” single during its brief existence. Green River's influence on Seattle's music scene spread far and wide thanks to the members' dispersion into bands including Pearl Jam, Mudhoney, and Love Battery, as well as the punk-glam-sludge-rock songs they left behind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"By '83, '84, there was definitely a movement that was happening within hardcore, like Black Flag slowing down for \u003ci\u003eMy War\u003c\/i\u003e,\" says Arm. \"The Replacements and Butthole Surfers were rearing their heads, and they're very different bands, but they're not hardcore—the Replacements are pretty much straight-up rock, and Butthole Surfers were God knows what. 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