Dream Underground Piano Wire SKU: HARRY4 Barcode: 5053760026730 17.00 £17.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Hanging House Released Date: 17th February 2017 Buying Format: 1LP Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info London quartet, PIANO WIRE announce their debut album ‘Dream Underground’ via their own Hanging Houses label. To celebrate the occasion, here’s ‘Cherry Coma’, a relentless hybrid, fusing rock’n’roll, pop sensibilities and their distinctive lopsided song-writing. It’s another tale from the darkside, a place all too familiar to the band: “The hallucinations of a dark, neurotic sycophant lost and lonely in his addled obsession”. The video is directed by their visual collaborator, Steve Gullick, filmed within the fruity confines of London’s notorious Flying Dutchman. Formerly of Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster, Sym Gharial and Andy Huxley split the duties thusly – Sym on bass and crafting those unique lyrics; Andy singing, writing the music and playing guitar. Their 2015 EP, ‘The Genius Of The Crowd’ set out the band’s stall, discharging 8 blistering pop songs in 20 minutes. ‘Dream Underground’ shows a giant leap forward in song-writing and approach, realising their aim to make a huge and satisfying rock album that could rattle the ribcages and fuel the imaginations of as many people as possible. It begins in style with the Gil Norton-produced ‘Get A Life’, a riff-fuelled punch in the gut, which serves as a delicious warning of what is to follow. It’s a down and dirty juxtaposition of dark and light, grit and sweetness, grinding riffs and explosive melody – a theme that continues throughout the record. The idea of hedonism and its consequences is often at the heart of their songs. Sym and Andy’s experiences have provided a lifetime’s worth of inspiration, powering the weirdly wonderful tales of the ‘Dream Underground’ and beautifully realised in Jude Wainwright original oil paintings, commissioned for Loose Collective. The literary influence is strong in Piano Wire’s approach. Lyricist Sym draws succour from the likes of Oscar Wilde and Chuck Bukowski and the parallels can be seen in a number of places across ‘Dream Underground’ – “I thought I found romance in drinking and hard drugs but realised I had been fooled and was fooling everyone,” he says. “I like Oscar Wilde a lot. The lyrics to the tracks are about fucked up, twisted love and being a loner and going mad. The tragedy of old fashioned Romance. Wanting what you can’t have. Feeling detested. And Fear. Strong experiences.” Despite the darkness that undercuts many of their tracks, Piano Wire’s exuberant aesthetic is uncontrollable on the record’s monstrous peaks and choruses. “A blend of QOTSA swagger and piercing post-punk” – The Line of Best Fit “They’re pop, but they’re also weird, which is the best kind of pop” – The Quietus “A sharp edged prowler of obsession and shivering illogic” – MOJO Artist Piano Wire Genre Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label Hanging House Buying Options 1LP Format 1LP Condition New Country United Kingdom Track Listings 1 Get A Life 2 Cherry Coma 3 Outline of a Massacre 4 Hooligan In The USA 5 Glass Elevator Music 6 Weird Heroes 7 All Roads Lead To God 8 Red Electric Flower 9 Liquorice Junkie 10 Fifteen Year Comedown 11 Slip Inside The Shadow 12 Gangs Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo View Product Quick View Sugar The Joke Is Always On Us, Sometimes Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Demon | 180g, 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 27th March 2020 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Sugar The Joke Is Always On Us, Sometimes £22.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Demon SKU: DEMREC647 Formats: 180g, 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 27th March 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Modern Rituals The Light That Leaks In Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Holy Roar | 1LP Released 22nd June 2018 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Modern Rituals The Light That Leaks In £20.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Holy Roar SKU: HRR242V Formats: 1LP Released Date: 22nd June 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Glands, The I Can See My House From Here (Box Set) Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | New West | 5LP Released 9th November 2018 £115.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Glands, The I Can See My House From Here (Box Set) £115.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: New West SKU: NW5269LP Formats: 5LP Released Date: 9th November 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Exploding Hearts, The Guitar Romantic (Expanded & Remastered) Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Third Man Records | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 26th May 2023 £20.00 - £21.00 Select options Exploding Hearts, The Guitar Romantic (Expanded & Remastered) £20.00 - £21.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Third Man Records Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 26th May 2023 Read More Select options View Product Quick View Social Distortion Mommy’s Little Monster Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Spinefarm Records | 1LP Released 8th November 2019 £18.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Social Distortion Mommy’s Little Monster £18.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Spinefarm Records SKU: 7211649 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 8th November 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Dune Rats Hurry Up And Wait Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | BMG | 1LP Released 31st January 2020 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Dune Rats Hurry Up And Wait £20.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: BMG SKU: 4050538559323 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 31st January 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Finom Not God Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Joyful Noise Recordings | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 24th May 2024 £25.00 Pre Order View Pre/Back Orders Finom Not God £25.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Joyful Noise Recordings SKU: JNR468LPC1 Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 24th May 2024 Read More Pre Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Cabbage The Extended Play of Cruelty – Green Vinyl Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | BMG Records | 10", EP/Mini Album Released 25th August 2017 £9.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Cabbage The Extended Play of Cruelty – Green Vinyl £9.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: BMG Records SKU: 4050538310016 Formats: 10", EP/Mini Album Released Date: 25th August 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Sparta Trust The River Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Dine Alone | 1LP Released 10th April 2020 £18.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Sparta Trust The River £18.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Dine Alone SKU: DAV273 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 10th April 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Sublime Greatest Hits Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | UMC | 1LP Released 7th June 2019 £35.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Sublime Greatest Hits £35.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: UMC SKU: 6795536 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 7th June 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Start again
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