{"product_id":"ridley-bent-blam","title":"Ridley Bent - Blam!","description":"\u003cp\u003eFormat: LP\u003cbr\u003eCatalogue No.: LPRRL018 \u003cbr\u003eBarcode: 634457272613 \u003cbr\u003eRelease Date: 27 Nov 2026\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Country\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Blam! introduced Ridley Bent as one of Canadian music’s most distinctive storytellers, combining the narrative traditions of country and folk with hip-hop beats, funk, scratching and hard-edged rock. Produced by Chin Injeti and released by MapleMusic Recordings in 2005, the album collected five years of Bent’s story songs into a strange, cinematic world of outlaws, drifters, criminals, lovers and assorted characters living somewhere between pulp fiction and a country song. Bent dubbed the sound “hick-hop,” but Blam! was ultimately less about genre collision than storytelling, songs like “Suicidewinder,” “David Harley’s Son” and “In the Trunk of a Black Lexus” unfolding like miniature movies, delivered in Bent’s unmistakable country-and-western talk-sing. The album established the approach to character, narrative and dark humour that would remain central to his songwriting even as his later records moved more firmly toward country music.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe album track listing has been modified for vinyl. It has been remastered by Noah Mintz at Lacquer Channel Mastering.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA1. SIDE 1 | A2. Pastures of Heaven | A3. David Harley's Son | A4. Fruit Pickers (In Dubious Battle) | A5. Suicidewinder | A6. Rattlesnake Moonshine | B1. The Devil and Coltrane Henry | B2. In The Trunk of a Black Lexus | B3. Bad Mutherfunkster | B4. Gunslingin' Dog\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Record Record Label","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47801709428892,"sku":"LPRRL018","price":31.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0130\/8714\/6043\/files\/4_262ed601-3074-4347-857d-38024a9a1572.jpg?v=1791051345","url":"https:\/\/www.horizonsmusic.co.uk\/products\/ridley-bent-blam","provider":"Horizons Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}