{"product_id":"slug-thy-socialite-lp","title":"Slug - Thy Socialite! [LP]","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFormat: LP \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCatalogue No.: ADD1-001LP\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBarcode: 5056340104873\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRelease Date: 20 Jan 2023\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGenre: Indie\/Alternative\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e SLUG return with a new album, ‘Thy Socialite!’, on a new label\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eformed by Field Music’s Peter and David Brewis.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e “I started to think about what I could do to challenge my own\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003elisteners,” says Ian Black aka SLUG. “And what would be my angle\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewithout just releasing 40 minutes of generic bad music?”\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e This was a question that Black found himself asking after thinking\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eabout albums made by revered artists who released specific records that some of their loyal fanbase hated - Arctic Monkeys and ‘Tranquillity Base Hotel and Casino’, Leonard Cohen and ‘Death of a Ladies Man’, Lou Reed and ‘Berlin’. “My friend likened Lou’s ‘Berlin’ to ‘Andrew Lloyd Webber on a horrendous drug come down’. Andrew Lloyd Webber on a horrendous drug come down? That sounds amazing!”\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Although ‘Thy Socialite!’, the first release from Field Music’s new\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003erecord label, Daylight Saving Records, is not the sound of Lloyd Webber quivering and sweating in a rotting Berlin flat but instead, a fun, joyous, audacious record of hard rock, glam, and pop that ranges from arena to art school. “I wanted to include a more rockist palette,” Black says. “My last album, ‘Higgledypiggledy’, had influences including The Cardiacs, Prince and The Residents. For this one I wanted to see what I could get out of less indie audience friendly artists such as Toto, Sweet, Wings, Def Leppard and ZZ Top and\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003emerge it with a SLUG sensibility. Due to the more rock approach, I was happy for the album to become a big classic rock unit - pompous even.”\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e However, simply a pastiche and nostalgic throwback this isn’t.\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eDespite the playful nods to some of the more grandiose, theatrical\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand overblown elements of the aforementioned genre, it’s also an album with a contemporary pop edge, slick production and a tangible connection to SLUG’s previous deft mix of indie, rock and art pop.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e For David Brewis of Field Music, it was the ideal first record to kick off their new label. “This seemed like the perfect start for Daylight Saving Records,” he says. “We’ve always loved what Ian does and it’s been a thrill over the years to help Ian dig these wild musical ideas out from his brain. Now we can have a hand in putting them into people’s ears too.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTracklisting\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eInsults Sweet Like Treacle\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePlease Turn It Up\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCasual Cruelty\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eInstant Reaction\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHonestly Subjective 'Bout\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eYour Own Thing\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLovingly Legerdemain\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWow (Whatta Gurl)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDepends On What You \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThink Is Nice\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBe a Good Martyr!\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSettled With a Wink\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eI Love That Actually\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSilly Little Things That We\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eDo\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCut of Your Jib\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Daylight Saving Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42230306046108,"sku":"ADD1-001LP","price":27.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0130\/8714\/6043\/products\/1_a4ad487e-956e-4082-9b0f-7d711aec9a43.jpg?v=1671034995","url":"https:\/\/www.horizonsmusic.co.uk\/products\/slug-thy-socialite-lp","provider":"Horizons Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}