{"product_id":"sweeping-promises-you-say-i-romanticize-cd","title":"Sweeping Promises: You Say I Romanticize (CD)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lkU8PtSP7lM?si=QV_ETgADZJc2Zlkk\" height=\"300\" width=\"full\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSweeping Promises’ introduction to the global punk underground was their debut album, \u003cem\u003eHunger For A Way Out\u003c\/em\u003e, which ended up being one of the breakout successes in music during pandemic lockdown. In 2023, they followed up with \u003cem\u003eGood Living Is Coming For You\u003c\/em\u003e, a satirical, hyper-critical rebuke of capitalism that made Album of the Year lists for Pitchfork, NPR, Paste, and BBC, just to name a few. Bassist\/vocalist Lira Mondal and guitarist Caufield Schnug decided to tilt their approach a few degrees forward on their third LP.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe big theme of \u003cem\u003eYou Say I Romanticize\u003c\/em\u003e is hinted at in its title. Coming from a lyric sung on album closer “Write Lightly” - a narrative about the importance of self-expression in writing being scrubbed away by “professional” concerns - many of the characters singer\/bassist Mondal fleshed out here are outcasts, marginalized by society and turned into fanatics for a cornucopia of specific causes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe visceral songwriting on \u003cem\u003eYou Say I Romanticize\u003c\/em\u003e features an equally visceral musical approach. Sweeping Promises brought live drummer Spenser Gralla into the recording sessions to give the songs a similar urgency to their live show. The frenzy of its execution also materializes in Mondal’s vocal performances.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA shadow side exists along with Sweeping Promises’ love of their artistic community - borne of weirdos channeling their “outcast” status into vibrant art and punk rock music. \u003cem\u003eYou Say I Romanticize\u003c\/em\u003e takes the ethos Mondal and Schnug have developed and explores the obsessive, fanatical aspects of being ostracized and isolated by mainstream society.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShooting Shadows\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMy Friend's An Entomologist\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLast Man\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRapture, Or...\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbduction On Camera\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMy Anchoress\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCocoon\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAccent\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDoes He Want To Be The Weatherman?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWrite Lightly\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Sub Pop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54569827336538,"sku":"SPCD1477","price":12.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1481\/5374\/files\/sweeping-promises-you-say-romanticize_c699b8b9-be59-43c7-8c01-7befe931186f.jpg?v=1786635478","url":"https:\/\/freebirdrecords.com\/products\/sweeping-promises-you-say-i-romanticize-cd","provider":"Freebird Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}