{"product_id":"juan-wauters-real-life-situations","title":"Juan Wauters ~ Real Life Situations","description":"\u003cp\u003eRelease date: 14th May 2021\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Formats: LP\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Label: Captured Tracks\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Catalogue Number: CT338LPC1\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Barcode: 0817949033859\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Indie rock\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLP FORMAT DETAILS: (Ruby Red LP limited)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJuan Wauters’ fifth solo album, Real Life Situations, is a multifaceted ode to sur- rendering control and taking life as it comes. References to radio abound on its 21 tracks, and with good reason - the album spans genres, narrators, languages, and perspectives with the ease of spinning a rotary knob. Mining older songs, phone notes, new material, and snippets from TV and YouTube, Wauters has crafted an aural document of the year through his eyes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDespite the circumstances of its creation, Real Life Situations is not a quarantine record. In many ways it’s the opposite of one, taking togetherness as both its subject and its primary medium. Pre-lockdown collaborations with Mac DeMar- co, Peter Sagar (AKA Homeshake), Nick Hakim, Cola Boyy, El David Aguilar, and more playfully offset Wauters’ more pensive solo tracks, and even in its sparest moments the album pulses with life. This is due in part to an impressive array of interludes and samples, most of which are field recordings that Wauters collects on his phone, ranging from the innocuous (“A Peter Pan Donuts Conversation”) to the intense (“Crack Dabbling”). \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Under his care, these small moments become coordinates for the peaks and valleys of human experience, coloring the album with Wauters’ unique shade of realism. “Some people think I’m an optimist”, he explains, “but I’m not. I’m always seeing all sides of things.” \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Of course, Wauters himself never disappears in the boisterous crowd - he lends his chameleonic songwriting to experiments in hip-hop (“Unity”), lo-fi R\u0026amp;B (“Mon- soon”), and deft indie folk (“Lion Dome”). Themes of loneliness, personal growth, patience, and companionship arise again and again; we can feel Wauters navi- gating a rapidly-changing world in real time. Jubilant choruses and spoken word poetry bleed into city noises and overheard conversations. Real freedom, the album suggests, comes not from gaining control, but from accepting its artifice. Like the programming on a radio station, there’s something here for everyone. All you have to do is listen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTracklisting:\u003cbr\u003e1. A JPW Headspace 2020 \u003cbr\u003e 2. Monsoon (with Homeshake) \u003cbr\u003e 3. Sentimiento Queens \u003cbr\u003e 4. Locura \u003cbr\u003e 5. Ventana \u003cbr\u003e 6. Presentation (with Nick Hakim \u0026amp; Benamin) \u003cbr\u003e 7. Unity (with Cola Boyy) \u003cbr\u003e 8. Real (with Mac DeMarco) \u003cbr\u003e 9. Keep Cool \u003cbr\u003e 10. Carmina Pensá \u003cbr\u003e 11. A Peter Pan Donuts Conversation \u003cbr\u003e 12. Lion Dome (with Air Waves) \u003cbr\u003e 13. JPW Talking \u003cbr\u003e 14. Acordes (with Tall Juan) \u003cbr\u003e 15. Bailando \u003cbr\u003e 16. Estás Escuchando (with El David Aguilar) \u003cbr\u003e 17. Crack Dabbling \u003cbr\u003e 18. A JPW Theme Song \u003cbr\u003e 19. Yendo \u003cbr\u003e 20. Powder \u003cbr\u003e 21. NY Weaz\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Captured Tracks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":37685215985820,"sku":"CT338LPC1","price":18.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0130\/8714\/6043\/products\/JuanWauters_RealLifeSituations.png?v=1612361316","url":"https:\/\/www.horizonsmusic.co.uk\/products\/juan-wauters-real-life-situations","provider":"Horizons Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}