OEA ULNA SKU: BYE015LP Barcode: 759049385738 21.00 £21.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Born Yesterday Released Date: 4th June 2021 Buying Format: 1LP Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info ULNA’s OEA is a “bar-rock getting sober record.“ The first full length solo record of ULNA, aka Adam Schubert of Cafe Racer, OEA is an ode to reinvention. Along with the release comes a rebranding–formerly Ruins, Shubert’s new pseudonym ULNA is a reference to a pivotal moment in his childhood. At the age of 14, Schubert shattered the bone on the inside of his forearm in a skating accident, and took up the guitar. “That’s what made me serious about playing music,” says Schubert. This name change also accompanied Schubert’s shift towards sobriety–OEA was created right as Schubert reconfigured his life without drugs or alcohol. With the exception of the final track, “Dead Friends,” the whole album was written while in a recovery program. “You have to reinvent your whole personality, you have to be a different person,” says Schubert.”Who am I if I’m not the crazy drunk dude who’s doing drugs in the bathroom?” OEA is an intensely personal record, in subject matter but also quite literally–Schubert plays every instrument, though the record feels far from a home-demo, recorded and mastered by Robby Hanes at Strange Magic Recording in Chicago’s Logan Square. Schubert’s songs are ambling and full of picked guitar and retro harmonies, a stylistic sensibility he attributes to a love for the Beatles and “acoustic rock with a weird punk edge,” a-la Big Thief and Kurt Vile. Though instrumentally sunny, his vocals hint at something else – there’s an underlying ache. OEA is an easy listen, but with a depth of emotion that demands listeners’ attention. OEA explores the range of emotions experienced in the transition to sobriety, from fear to backslide to self doubt. At first listen, “Turn The Record On” feels almost like a love song, with a chorus of “turn the record on/ you’re my favorite song,” but in actuality the song is the story of an empty encounter rather than romance. “It’s kind of about this sad hookup with someone else who is equal in your addiction, you’re just using each other because you don’t want to be alone in your using,” says Schubert. “We both have this problem and we can have fun in it together because we both understand. They know the score.” While “Turn The Record On” speaks to a moment of shared addiction, other tracks examine what comes after sobriety. “And I took the pill like I should / and I stayed clean just like I said I would,” begins “Last Song,” which Schubert cites as one of the hardest tracks to write. “I got sober and I take medication and – I’m doing all this stuff now but nothing’s changed,” says Schubert. “ I think that’s pretty common in people who get sober. I did all this stuff and now what?” The penultimate track on the album, “Last Song” fades into a noisy interlude that gives listeners the feeling of motion, like entering a tunnel and emerging into a quieter, lo-fi recording, the closing track “Dead Friends.” The only non-studio track, “Dead Friends” was recorded in Schubert’s home, and carries with it a warm intimacy. “I wanted it to sound like you’re outside somewhere, you’re walking, and you step inside somewhere that feels safe,” says Schubert. This closing track embodies the mood of OEA- warm but with a melancholy edge, like coming in from the cold but still feeling a lingering chill. It’s an album that feels comfortable and cohesive–though individual tracks stand alone, OEA works best when listened through start to finish. It’s a record to put on while cooking dinner and let sink in. Artist ULNA Genre Rock And Pop Label Born Yesterday Buying Options 1LP Format 1LP Condition New Country UK Track Listings I Was A Monster Been So Far Borrowed Time Ocean Ridge Too Loud Turn The Record On Last Song Dead Friends Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Rock And Pop View Product Quick View Loop Sonancy Rock And Pop | Cooking Vinyl | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 11th March 2022 £20.00 Select options Loop Sonancy £20.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Cooking Vinyl Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 11th March 2022 Read More Select options View Product Quick View Joy Formidable, The Hitch Rock And Pop | C'mon Let's Drift | 2LP Released 3rd February 2017 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Joy Formidable, The Hitch £22.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: C'mon Let's Drift SKU: TJF234220 Formats: 2LP Released Date: 3rd February 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Jacques Brel La Tendresse Jazz | Le Chant Du Monde | 1LP Released 28th September 2018 £14.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Jacques Brel La Tendresse £14.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Le Chant Du Monde SKU: CM74292324 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 28th September 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Beabadoobee Beatopia Rock And Pop | Dirty Hit | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 15th July 2022 £18.00 Select options Beabadoobee Beatopia £18.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Dirty Hit Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 15th July 2022 Read More Select options View Product Quick View Devo Total Devo (‘Totally Agitated’ Edition) Rock And Pop | Futurismo | 180g, 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 31st August 2018 £43.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Devo Total Devo (‘Totally Agitated’ Edition) £43.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Futurismo SKU: FUTNO28C Formats: 180g, 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 31st August 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Trashcan Sinatras Lay Of The Land Rock And Pop | Last Night From Glasgow | 12", Coloured Vinyl, EP/Mini Album Released 13th January 2023 £13.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Trashcan Sinatras Lay Of The Land £13.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Last Night From Glasgow SKU: LNFG59 Formats: 12", Coloured Vinyl, EP/Mini Album Released Date: 13th January 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Ringo Deathstarr Mauve Rock And Pop | Club AC30 | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 20th September 2012 £15.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Ringo Deathstarr Mauve £15.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Club AC30 SKU: AC309121 Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 20th September 2012 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View HAAi Baby, We’re Ascending Rock And Pop | Mute | 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 25th November 2022 £25.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders HAAi Baby, We’re Ascending £25.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Mute SKU: XSTUMM475 Formats: 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 25th November 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Little Feat Rooster Rag Rock And Pop | Rounder | 2LP Released 23rd October 2012 £24.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Little Feat Rooster Rag £24.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Rounder SKU: AROU91491 Formats: 2LP Released Date: 23rd October 2012 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Roger Bunn Piece Of Mind Rock And Pop | Wah Wah | 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 31st July 2010 £21.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Roger Bunn Piece Of Mind £21.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Wah Wah SKU: LPS084 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 31st July 2010 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Rock And Pop Start again
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