{"product_id":"memorials-memorial-waterslides-coloured-vinyl","title":"Memorials: Memorial Waterslides (Coloured Vinyl LP)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"full\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GzMncH4-nUE?si=OM6Mlx93ZAV_PlTD\" title=\"YouTube video player\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMemorial Waterslides\u003c\/em\u003e is the debut album from Memorials, the duo consisting of Verity Susman and Matthew Simms (previously of Electrelane and Wire). This is an otherworldly, surrealist pop record that is both timeless and timely, displaying a rare mix of classic songwriting and avant-garde attitudes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMemorials create panoramic pop that draws on both the familiar and the strange, while also treading new ground. With their playful and experimental style, combined with a love of good tunes, they sit comfortably alongside Broadcast, Portishead, Arthur Russell, The Velvet Underground, Yo La Tengo and Tortoise.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe album is awash with imagery evoking a lost future, a veiled present and a daydreamed past, each song playing a role in creating a swirling, widescreen atmosphere, the listener taken along for the ride. Produced entirely by the two of them, the sound of the record was inspired by the reel-to-reel tape experiments they first played around with onstage as they began to develop their multi-layered recordings for live performances as a duo.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFollowing their acclaimed 2023 soundtracks \u003cem\u003eWomen Against The Bomb\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eTramps!\u003c\/em\u003e, a European tour with Stereolab (they’ve been called “Stereolab’s evil twin”) and a new music commission from the Centre Pompidou in Paris, Verity and Matthew arrived at Memorials in reverse, escaping their soundtracking day jobs to create cosmic journeys through the garden shed into psychedelic rock, far-out folk and wild analogue electronics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLimited blue vinyl repress.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcceptable Experience\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLamplighter\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCut It Like A Diamond\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eName Me\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMemorial Waterslide II\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBook Stall\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFalse Landing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHorse Head Pencil\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI Have Been Alive\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Politics Of Whatever\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Fire Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53536320323930,"sku":"FIRELP766B","price":28.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1481\/5374\/files\/memorials-memorial-waterslides.jpg?v=1729342945","url":"https:\/\/freebirdrecords.com\/products\/memorials-memorial-waterslides-coloured-vinyl","provider":"Freebird Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}