{"product_id":"eyelids-a-colossal-waste-of-light-clear-purple-smoke-lp","title":"Eyelids - A Colossal Waste Of Light [Clear \u0026 Purple Smoke LP]","description":"\u003cp\u003eCat. no: LPJBR224C\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFormat: LP Clear \u0026amp; Purple Smoke\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBarcode: 843563141373\u003cbr\u003eRelease Date: 10 Mar 2023\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGenre: Indie\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEyelids' new album, A Colossal Waste of Light, does an excellent job of framing the quintet as one of today's most compelling purveyors of lopsided guitar pop workouts and earworm-laden vocal melodies\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt also proves that great guitar pop can still evoke favorites from a glorious past - the penetrating moodiness of XTC's Black Sea, or R.E.M.'s Fables of the Reconstruction, comes to mind - while refusing to waste time on idle nostalgia. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn their 4th full-length album (but 17th vinyl offering if you include previous EPs) the Portland, OR band also rediscover the beauty of frsts. A Colossal Waste of Light marks the frst time the band wrote songs remotely (it ended up being fun \u0026amp; weird to send out a very simple version of a song and see who came back frst with another part for it, John Moen looks back), their frst reunion at the Destination: Universe studio post-isolation, and their frst batch of melodious new tunes since The Accidental Falls, the band's 2020 project with poet, lyricist and Tim Buckley collaborator Larry Beckett (an extra- ordinary pairing that allowed Eyelids' two frontmen\/ tunesmiths, Chris Slusarenko and John Moen, to fnd a new, multilayered appreciation for the art of songcraft).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLP Clear \u0026amp; Purple Smoke Tracks: Crawling Off Your Pages \/ Swinging In The Circus \/ That's Not Real At All \/ Only So Much \/ They Said So \/ Runaway, Yeah \/ Colossal Waste of Light \/ The Snowfre Band \/ Everything That I See You See Better (22) \/ Misuse \/ Pink Chair \/ Lyin' In Your Tomb \/ I Can't Be Told\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"JEALOUS BUTCHER RECORDS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42374958350492,"sku":"LPJBR224C","price":22.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0130\/8714\/6043\/products\/1_af3b94f5-773d-4d1e-accb-690fabea9c89.jpg?v=1677606501","url":"https:\/\/www.horizonsmusic.co.uk\/products\/eyelids-a-colossal-waste-of-light-clear-purple-smoke-lp","provider":"Horizons Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}