{"product_id":"people-like-us-welcome-abroad","title":"People Like Us - Welcome Abroad","description":"Genre: Exotica\/ Outer National\/ Experimental\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFormat: LP \u003cbr\u003eCatalogue No.: CREP84 \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eB\/C: 5055869562676 \u003cbr\u003eRelease Date: 4th June 2021 \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eContinuing our ambitious People Like Us vinyl reissue program with Welcome Aboard – a strangely relevant 10-year-old album (originally released in May 2011) when People Like Us aka Vicki Bennett became stranded in the US after the Icelandic Eyjafjallajökull volcano eruption closed much of northern Europe’s airspace. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eVolcanically marooned in Baltimore and NYC, Bennett utilized some of her “free” time to work on the album and even gained audio contributions from fellow experimental musicians Jason Willett (of Half Japanese) and M.C. Schmidt (of Matmos) via her extended stay\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBennett derived thematic material of displacement, travel, and a longing for elsewhere from the natural disaster that caused her own predicament. Now strangely echoed by the Covid-19 outbreak and the various grounding of planes and stay at home policies worldwide. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhile the general mashup culture often centres on the instant gratification of seamlessly juxtaposing hooks, People Like Us tracks transform the source material into collages that are equal parts dissonance and pleasure, making artful commentaries on our culture and Bennett’s own existential amusement within such a wondrous world. No one could have predicted how relevant this album would have been 10 years later.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eVolcanoes or Viruses, Welcome Abroad is what happens when you’re stranded due to a freak natural occurrence trapping people all over the world and causing mass plane cancellations. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTRACKLIST:\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA1. Sing\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA2. What Will I Do\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA3. Push The Clouds Away\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA4. The Sound Of The End Of Music\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA5. Wonderful Wonderful\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eB1. Hush\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eB2. Driving Flying Rising Falling\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eB3. The Atlantic Conveyor\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eB4. Wandering\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eB5. Ever\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e","brand":"Discrepant","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39460801249436,"sku":"CREP84","price":17.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0130\/8714\/6043\/products\/CREP84.jpg?v=1616178144","url":"https:\/\/www.horizonsmusic.co.uk\/products\/people-like-us-welcome-abroad","provider":"Horizons Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}