{"product_id":"forth-wanderers","title":"Forth Wanderers","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eForth Wanderers employ a tin-can-telephone style of composition\rwhich they use even when living in the same area code. Since first\rcollaborating in 2013 as Montclair, New Jersey high schoolers, guitarist and\rsongwriter Ben Guterl and vocalist Ava Trilling have passed songs back and\rforth like pen pals. Guterl will devise an instrumental skeleton before sending\rit to vocalist Ava Trilling who pens the lyrics based off the melody. The duo\rthen gather alongside guitarist Duke Greene, bassist Noah Schifrin, and drummer\rZach Lorelli to expand upon the demo. It’s a patient and practiced writing\rsystem that has carried the quintet through two EPs (2013’s \u003ci\u003eMahogany \u003c\/i\u003eand\r2016’s \u003ci\u003eSlop\u003c\/i\u003e) and one LP (2014’s \u003ci\u003eTough Love\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003ci\u003eForth Wanderers\u003c\/i\u003e,\rthe group’s sophomore record and Sub Pop debut, is the group's most\rcomprehensive and assured statement yet.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eNow living in Ohio and New York respectively, Guterl and\rTrilling have evolved their separate but collaborative writing process. “The\ronly way I can really write is by myself in my room with a notebook, listening\rto the song over and over again,” Trilling says. “I’ve never sat down to write\ra story, I write the song as it unfolds.” Since her lyrics are often embedded\rwith intimate truths from her life, the private writing experience often leads\rto intense self-reflection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOn \u003ci\u003eForth Wanderers\u003c\/i\u003e these introspections include\rmeditations on relationships, discovery, and finding oneself adrift. Despite\rthe inherent heaviness of those themes, \u003ci\u003eForth Wanderers\u003c\/i\u003e feels joyous, a\rrock record bursting with heart. Take “Not for Me,” a romping track about “the\rambivalence of love.” Trilling’s confession of “I can’t feel the earth beneath\rmy feet\/Flowers bloom but not for me” resists feeling like a dreary, pitying\rcomplaint; instead, as her bandmates bolster her melancholy with interlocking\rharmonic intricacies, she soars with self-actualization. Opener “Nevermine,” is\ra surge of confidence inspired by an ex-lover who is still captivated by her\rimage. “I don’t think I know who you are anymore\/And I think I knew who I was\rbefore,” she jabs with relish. On “Ages Ago” Trilling paints the image of a\rconstantly-shifting enigmatic lover. “I wasn’t sure who they were, they changed\rconstantly (hence the metaphor describing the “grey coat” and cutting their\rhair just to “stay afloat”),” she says. “I wasn’t going to wait any longer to\rfind out.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRecorded over five\rdays by friend and audio engineer Cameron Konner at his Philadelphia home\rstudio, \u003ci\u003eForth Wanderers\u003c\/i\u003e amplifies the heartfelt sentiments of their\rearlier works into massive anthems. Guterl and Greene’s guitars have never\rsounded sharper, Schifrin and Lorelli’s terse rhythm section is restless, and\rTrilling sounds more self-assured than ever. These are exuberant, profound\rsongs driven by tightly bound melodies and a loving attention to detail.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Forth Wanderers","offers":[{"title":"Color LP","offer_id":54460794437970,"sku":"fsi1788116852049","price":18.17,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"LP","offer_id":54460794470738,"sku":"lpz1788116852050","price":14.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":54460794503506,"sku":"brs1788116852051","price":7.32,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Cassette","offer_id":54460794536274,"sku":"yxv1788116852052","price":6.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital","offer_id":54460794569042,"sku":"esk1788116852053","price":6.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1085\/6821\/5890\/files\/forth-wanderers_1.jpg?v=1788116856","url":"https:\/\/www.littlecopper.shop\/products\/forth-wanderers","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}