{"product_id":"emmy-the-great-april-月音-cd","title":"Emmy the Great - April \/ 月音 [CD]","description":"\u003cp\u003eFormat: CD\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCatalogue No.: BELLA1080CD\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRelease Date: 9th October 2020\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGenre: Indie\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Emmy The Great announces her new solo album ‘April \/ 月 音’ via Bella Union.\u003cbr\u003e “My story begins with the moon. In September 2017, I travelled to Hong Kong from New York, where I’d lived for three years, for the Mid-Autumn festival. I was planning to visit my parents and take some time off to write my fourth album. I arrived in time for the full moon - Chang-E’s moon - at a time of year when the heat breaks and the city seems alive with possibility.\u003cbr\u003e “That Spring, I’d visited China and accidentally become somewhat fluent in Cantonese again, though the goal had been to speak Mandarin. I was there for a music residency, and had expected to feel an instant click. Instead, I realised that Hong Kong had an identity quite separate from the Mainland, and with my mother tongue reinstated, I was beginning to come to terms with that identity being a part of mine. This was tough - I was born in Hong Kong but I’ve always felt complicated about it.\u003cbr\u003e “Still, that Mid-Autumn, everything felt simple. Under the guidance of the moon, I walked the city - its neon-lit alleyways, its escalators and mountain paths. For a brief, precious moment, I fell into synch with Hong Kong. I felt\u003cbr\u003eits complex legacy and its tangled future. I felt the sorrow, alive in the buzz of neon and the drips of air-conditioner units, of a city caught between two destinies. It was twenty years since the Handover and the beginning of\u003cbr\u003e‘One Country, Two Systems’. Everywhere I went, I saw people seeking to define their shared identity before it was too late. I hope some of that spirit has found its way into the songs, which were mostly written during that time.”\u003cbr\u003e LP pressed on 180g vinyl with digital download code and lyric poster.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTracklisting:\u003cbr\u003eMid-Autumn\/ 月音\u003cbr\u003eWriter\u003cbr\u003eDandelions\/Liminal\u003cbr\u003eChang-E\u003cbr\u003eA Window\/O'Keeffe\u003cbr\u003eOkinawa\/Ubud\u003cbr\u003eYour Hallucinations\u003cbr\u003eMary\u003cbr\u003eHollywood Road\/April\u003cbr\u003eHeart Sutra\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bella Union","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35964503261340,"sku":"BELLA1080CD","price":15.12,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0130\/8714\/6043\/products\/EmmytheGreat-April.jpg?v=1599888767","url":"https:\/\/www.horizonsmusic.co.uk\/products\/emmy-the-great-april-%e6%9c%88%e9%9f%b3-cd","provider":"Horizons Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}