{"product_id":"hmltd-the-worm-lp","title":"HMLTD - The Worm [LP]","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFormat: LP\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCatalogue No.: LUCKY161LP\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBarcode: 689492215217 \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRelease Date: 07 Apr 2023\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGenre: Indie\/Alternative\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eStandard Black Vinyl w\/Gatefold Sleeve.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEver since their emergence in early 2016 HMLTD, avid advocates of the Gesamtkunstwerk, have always striven to give audiences more. On their wildly ambitious second album, they are realising these aims on a truly epic scale.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCreated over the course of two years with a cast of 47 musicians – including a gospel choir and a 16-piece string orchestra – The Worm is less a concept album than a fully-fledged musical universe, transcending genre and medium. Set in a disorienting anachronistic version of Medieval England – as steeped in dystopian sci-fi fantasy as it is folklore and Old English mythology – it’s part political polemic, part deeply moving psychological journey.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThough always admired for their defiantly genre-agnostic approach, The Worm sees HMLTD pushing sonic experimentation to a whole new level, from dissonant free jazz riffing to vintage soul and English folk fusions to rock opera. Major musical touchpoints included Stravinsky’s ‘Rite Of Spring’, Pink Floyd and Nina Simone’s rendition of ‘Sinnerman’ and references for the world of The Worm included 14th century texts The Canterbury Tales and The Decameron, Aleksey German’s 2013 sci-fi film Hard To Be A God, Bergman’s The Seventh Seal and Tarkovsky’s Andrei Rublev and the hopeful narrative arc of 90s mecha anime series ‘Neon Genesis Evangelion’.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTRACKLISTING\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1. Worm’s Dream\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2. Wyrmlands\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e3. The End Is Now\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e4. Days\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e5. Saddest Worm Ever\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e6. Liverpool Street\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e7. The Worm\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e8. Past Life (Sinnerman’s Song)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e9. Lay Me Down\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Lucky Number","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42325669183644,"sku":"LUCKY161LP","price":20.14,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0130\/8714\/6043\/products\/unnamed_3_d9fb9b58-a45d-4e51-aa92-08112c5b735b.jpg?v=1675610346","url":"https:\/\/www.horizonsmusic.co.uk\/products\/hmltd-the-worm-lp","provider":"Horizons Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}