Hard Light Drop Nineteens SKU: WCR146LP-C3 Barcode: 0843563167502 22.00 £22.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Wharf Cat Released Date: 3rd November 2023 Buying Format: 1LP Coloured Vinyl Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info Following the release of the shoegaze masterpiece, ‘Delaware’, in 1992, and the intricate experimentations on ‘National Coma’ in 1993, Drop Nineteens disbanded. They had a great run. Shared stages with Radiohead, Hole, Blur, PJ Harvey. Went from being teenage kids in Boston to mid-twenty somethings with an MTV video under their belt. So when Drop Nineteens ceased to be, Greg Ackell felt content, music was a closed chapter. That was until 2021. For the first time in nearly 30 years, Ackell felt compelled to pick up a guitar. He immediately called up Steve Zimmeran, the band’s bassist and fellow guitarist, and the two got writing. It felt effortless for Ackell, like he never stopped writing music. “We were off to the races,” he says. “But also the question came up: what does a Drop Nineteens song sound like today?” Enter ‘Hard Light’, the band’s stunning third record. It’s the band’s proverbial follow up to ‘Delaware’, a modern Drop Nineteens record that is completely singular in its sound and vision. The first task making ‘Hard Light’, was of course, getting the rest of the band back together. Drop Nineteens is an inherently collaborative project. Ackell’s primarily the lyrics writer, and he collaborates with Zimmerman, Paula Kelley, Motohiro Yasue, and Peter Koeplin to create the sonic world. The record came together over the course of a year, recording at a patchwork of studios all around the country. Making music together felt natural, fluid, exciting. The guitar reverb is expansive as ever. Ackell and Kelley’s vocals are crystalline. ‘Scapa Flow’ is triumphant. An excellent example of what a modern day Drop Nineteens song sounds like. The guitars glide like clouds on a blue sky day, drums shuffle in the background, searching. Ackell and Kelley’s vocals are cool toned and dreamy, bound up in a haze of reverb. It’s unquestionably lovely. You could say the same for the whole of the record. ‘Hard Light’ is so lovely. A portrait of a band 30 years later, as talented and as dedicated to their craft as ever. LP pressed on Crystal Clear coloured vinyl. Artist Drop Nineteens Genre Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label Wharf Cat Buying Options 1LP Coloured Vinyl Format 1LP , Coloured Vinyl Condition New Country UK Track Listings Hard Light Scapa Flow Gal Tarantula The Price Was High Rose With Smoke A Hitch Lookout Another One Another Policeman Getting Lost T Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Drop Nineteens and more from Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Matt's picks View Product Quick View Drop Nineteens Delaware Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Music On Vinyl | 180g, 1LP Released 9th February 2024 £27.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Drop Nineteens Delaware £27.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Music On Vinyl SKU: MOVLP3319 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 9th February 2024 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Say Hi To Your Mom Discosadness Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Euphobia | 1LP Released 3rd November 2017 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Say Hi To Your Mom Discosadness £22.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Euphobia SKU: LPPF701 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 3rd November 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Ringo Deathstarr Ringo Deathstarr Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Club AC30 | 1LP Released 3rd April 2020 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Ringo Deathstarr Ringo Deathstarr £19.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Club AC30 SKU: AC3017001 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 3rd April 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View John McBain Accidental Soundtracks Vol. 1: The Alpha Particle Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | God Unknown | 1LP Released 2nd June 2017 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders John McBain Accidental Soundtracks Vol. 1: The Alpha Particle £19.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: God Unknown SKU: GOD027 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 2nd June 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Bandaid Brigade Sex Is Terrifying Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Xtra Mile | 1LP Released 13th January 2023 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Bandaid Brigade Sex Is Terrifying £19.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Xtra Mile SKU: XMR180LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 13th January 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Modern Life Is War Fever Hunting Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Deathwish Inc. | 1LP Released 13th September 2013 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Modern Life Is War Fever Hunting £19.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Deathwish Inc. 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