Down Like Gold Champs SKU: PIASR665LP Barcode: 5414939642616 14.00 £14.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: PIAS Released Date: 5th March 2014 Buying Format: 1LP Includes CD Includes 7" Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info “Their songs touch on the great moments of The Beach Boys, REM and The Flaming Lips” – Q Magazine (****) “This dazzling folk-pop crush appears out of nowhere” – Mojo (****) Champs are Michael and David Champion, two brothers in their early 20s from the Isle Of Wight who make the most extraordinarily beautiful music. Champs write the sort of songs you’ll want to hold close and songs you’ll want to share, songs that draw on a love of upstanding folk broadsides and bristly alt-rock gems. Above it all, there are these two voices that bruise and blend and soar ever upward, like twists of wood smoke on a sunlit winter afternoon. ‘Down Like Gold’ was recorded at Studio Humbug, an old water tower inside the walls of Osborne House, Queen Victoria’s retreat on the north of the island. What Champs came out of the tower with is a collection of songs that shiver and sway, strung out there between the sheer uplifting melancholic bite of ‘Too Bright To Shine’ and the gorgeously melodic twists and turns of ‘My Spirit Is Broken’. ‘Savannah’ isn’t actually about their friend Savannah even though she’s convinced it is, while the Velvets-like ‘Pretty Much’ is a classic break-up song, marking that moment when you see that certain someone again six months down the line and they’re out and looking happy and you’re still a complete, broken-hearted mess. Then there’s ‘Down Like Gold’, a stunningly beautiful, utterly careworn frozen-landscape lament. Hailing from the tiny village of Niton, just outside Ventnor, Michael and David were originally in different bands but once they began to write together they developed a unique and striking depth to their vocal harmonies. Working with a pair of tape machines, they worked out how to multitrack by listening to Sleepy Jackson, Flaming Lips, Arcade Fire and ‘Revolver’-period Beatles. Other Champs influences include Fleet Foxes and early REM, especially ‘Murmur’. There will be an exclusive vinyl format available to independent retailers. This edition includes a bonus single sided 7” featuring fan favourite ‘Sweet Marie’. The LP formats include a copy of the album on CD. Artist Champs Genre Rock And Pop Label PIAS Buying Options 1LP Includes CD Includes 7" Format 1LP , Includes 7" , Includes CD Condition New Country United Kingdom Track Listings Too Bright To Shine Savannah Pretty Much (Since Last November) Only A Bullet Knows Where To Run My Spirit Is Broken St Peter’s 8MM Desire Down Like Gold I C Sky White Satellite Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Rock And Pop View Product Quick View Slow Readers Club, The Knowledge Freedom Power Rock And Pop | Velveteen Records | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 24th February 2023 £24.00 Select options Slow Readers Club, The Knowledge Freedom Power £24.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Velveteen Records Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 24th February 2023 Read More Select options View Product Quick View Sade Lovers Rock Rock And Pop | Sony | 1LP Released 20th September 2024 £23.00 Pre Order View Pre/Back Orders Sade Lovers Rock £23.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Sony SKU: 19658784841 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 20th September 2024 Read More Pre Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Bruce Springsteen Western Stars (Black Friday RSD Single) Rock And Pop | Columbia | 7", Single Released 6th December 2019 £10.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Bruce Springsteen Western Stars (Black Friday RSD Single) £10.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Columbia SKU: 1 9075989957 1 Formats: 7", Single Released Date: 6th December 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Bright Eyes LIFTED or The Story is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground Rock And Pop | Saddle Creek | 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 11th November 2016 £31.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Bright Eyes LIFTED or The Story is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground £31.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Saddle Creek SKU: LBJ236LP Formats: 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 11th November 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Ace Of Cups Ace Of Cups Psychedelia / Garage | High Moon | 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 7th December 2018 £29.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Ace Of Cups Ace Of Cups £29.00 Genre: Psychedelia / Garage Label: High Moon SKU: LPHMR10 Formats: 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 7th December 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Michael Buble Nobody But Me Rock And Pop | Warner Bros | 1LP Released 18th October 2016 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Michael Buble Nobody But Me £19.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Warner Bros SKU: 0093624917670 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 18th October 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Bon Iver For Emma, Forever Ago Rock And Pop | 4AD | 1LP Released 21st May 2008 £21.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Bon Iver For Emma, Forever Ago £21.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: 4AD SKU: CAD2809 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 21st May 2008 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Loveless, The Elected Rock And Pop | Cadiz | 7", Single Released 20th April 2024 £13.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Loveless, The Elected £13.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Cadiz SKU: CADIZ7267 Formats: 7", Single Released Date: 20th April 2024 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Who, The Quadrophenia (Soundtrack) Rock And Pop | Polydor | 2LP Released 6th March 2020 £30.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Who, The Quadrophenia (Soundtrack) £30.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Polydor SKU: 7768750 Formats: 2LP Released Date: 6th March 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Yellow Magic Orchestra YMO USA & Yellow Magic Orchestra Rock And Pop | Music On Vinyl | 180g, 2LP Released 20th November 2015 £26.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Yellow Magic Orchestra YMO USA & Yellow Magic Orchestra £26.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Music On Vinyl SKU: MOVLP1466 Formats: 180g, 2LP Released Date: 20th November 2015 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Rock And Pop Start again
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