Baby Grand – Indies Only The Love Language SKU: MRG596LPC1 Barcode: 673855059600 20.00 £20.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Merge Records Released Date: 3rd August 2018 Buying Format: 180g 1LP Coloured Vinyl Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info Pink & yellow marble vinyl (MRG596LPC1) is for Indies only. You may not be able to see the gorgeous landscapes behind Baby Grand, Stuart McLamb’s fourth record as The Love Language, but they’re so essential to the picture you’ll feel them in every note. Started in, of all places, a cavernous Virginia hammock factory, fragmentary demos came alive when splashed by sunshine during a move across the country to California, where the album was completed. “It was something just about being in a new city, and a new light,” McLamb says, “and reopening the sessions, and this demo that I thought was a throwaway, suddenly I’m really feeling it….” You can hear the freedom kick in when the backwoods country shuffle of “Castle in the Sky” explodes into a full-on aughts anthem. Yet so much lies in the shadows behind these tracks: other states, other lives, other dreams, other relationships—fogged over, perhaps, but there nonetheless. Yes, Baby Grand has its share of breakup songs but this time, even as something is being mourned, something else is being worked through. Listen as the heartbreak and yearning of “New Amsterdam” come crashing down into the beautiful stasis of “Southern Doldrums” (the former was inspired by Cyndi Lauper and Joy Division, McLamb claims, while the latter draws upon John Cale’s meditative solo records). “I’ve embraced the idea that getting murky is what the band is,” says McLamb of the various assemblies of players and the various genre influences that have fuelled The Love Language at different points in time. “I love bands like the Ramones that have one thing that really works, and I love a good restaurant that serves one really good dish. But I get bored… I want this album to showcase different types of pop songwriting and structures.” The song “Juiceboxx” is what you’d get if Mick Jagger crooned his “Emotional Rescue” falsetto over a backing track by the Style Council. But it’s the finale that sends Baby Grand into the stratosphere. With Raleigh in his rearview, McLamb dusts off the ’60s throwback sounds of The Love Language’s 2009 self-titled debut, which are all over the flat-out-perfect “Independence Day.” And somewhere around New Orleans, he resuscitates those irresistible singalong melodies from 2010’s Libraries on “Paraty,” the lovely paean to a South American town he never managed to visit. It’s gotta be close to the best thing McLamb has ever written, and it culminates this alternately ruminative and riotous record on, fittingly, a note of reflection: “We’ll be riding out this losing streak,” he sings, “and they say the tides are rising / It took a long time to get us where we can’t come back…” You can’t leave something behind without starting something new, and the inverse of that proposition is just as true: when you stand on the Pacific coast, squinting into the sunset, there’s an entire country at your back, unseen but ever-present, and it stays with you forever. Artist The Love Language Genre Rock And Pop Label Merge Records Buying Options 180g 1LP Coloured Vinyl Format 180g , 1LP , Coloured Vinyl Condition New Country United Kingdom Track Listings Frames New Amsterdam Southern Doldrums Juiceboxx Shared Spaces Paraty Independence Day Castle in the Sky Rain/Delay Let Your Hair Down Glassy Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from The Love Language and more from Rock And Pop View Product Quick View The Love Language Baby Grand Rock And Pop | Merge Records | 180g, 1LP Released 3rd August 2018 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders The Love Language Baby Grand £19.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Merge Records SKU: MRG596LP Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 3rd August 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Magic Numbers, The Alias Rock And Pop | Caroline | 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve, Includes CD Released 14th August 2014 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Magic Numbers, The Alias £22.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Caroline SKU: CAROL2LP Formats: 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve, Includes CD Released Date: 14th August 2014 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View All Them Witches Live On The Internet Rock And Pop | New West | 3LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 4th March 2022 £38.00 - £40.00 Select options All Them Witches Live On The Internet £38.00 - £40.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: New West Formats: 3LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 4th March 2022 Read More Select options View Product Quick View Rodriguez Coming From Reality Rock And Pop | UMC | 1LP Released 30th August 2019 £26.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Rodriguez Coming From Reality £26.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: UMC SKU: 7707738 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 30th August 2019 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Jax Jones Snacks Rock And Pop | Polydor | 2LP Released 13th September 2019 £24.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Jax Jones Snacks £24.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Polydor SKU: 7790355 Formats: 2LP Released Date: 13th September 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Nearly New View Product Quick View Steve Perry Traces – Alternate Versions & Sketches Rock And Pop | Fantasy | 1LP Released 25th April 2024 £10.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Steve Perry Traces – Alternate Versions & Sketches £10.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Fantasy SKU: nn285638 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 25th April 2024 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View James Arthur Back From The Edge Rock And Pop | Sony Music | 2LP Released 26th November 2021 £23.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders James Arthur Back From The Edge £23.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Sony Music SKU: 88875185171 Formats: 2LP Released Date: 26th November 2021 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Coves Peel Rock And Pop | 1965 Records Limited | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Includes Download Code Released 1st April 2016 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Coves Peel £17.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: 1965 Records Limited SKU: OLIVE1015V Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Includes Download Code Released Date: 1st April 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Roger Waters Amused To Death SACD Rock And Pop | Analogue Productions | SACD Released 31st July 2015 £40.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Roger Waters Amused To Death SACD £40.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Analogue Productions SKU: CAPP468761SA Formats: SACD Released Date: 31st July 2015 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Pearl Jam Dark Matter Rock And Pop | EMI | 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 19th April 2024 £35.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Pearl Jam Dark Matter £35.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: EMI SKU: 5897116 Formats: 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 19th April 2024 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Paul McCartney Pipes of Peace Rock And Pop | Universal Music | 180g, 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve, Includes Download Code Released 16th November 2017 £35.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Paul McCartney Pipes of Peace £35.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Universal Music SKU: 7237587 Formats: 180g, 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve, Includes Download Code Released Date: 16th November 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Rock And Pop Start again
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