View basket “The Madcap Laughs” has been added to your basket. 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 Editors In This Light And On This Evening Rock And Pop | PIAS | 1LP Released 10th August 2018 £16.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Editors In This Light And On This Evening £16.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: PIAS SKU: PIASR185LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 10th August 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Childe Stoned & Supremely Confident Rock And Pop | Lower Third | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 8th September 2023 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Childe Stoned & Supremely Confident £22.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Lower Third SKU: LWRTRD001V Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 8th September 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Spitfires, The A Thousand Times Rock And Pop | Catch 22 Records | 1LP, Includes 7" Released 7th June 2019 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Spitfires, The A Thousand Times £22.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Catch 22 Records SKU: SPITFIRES2VX Formats: 1LP, Includes 7" Released Date: 7th June 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Pooh Sticks, The The Pooh Sticks 7” Box Set Rock And Pop | Optic Nerve | 7", Box Set Released 22nd November 2019 £51.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Pooh Sticks, The The Pooh Sticks 7” Box Set £51.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Optic Nerve SKU: OPT4025 Formats: 7", Box Set Released Date: 22nd November 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View HANSON Red Green Blue Rock And Pop | 3CG Records | 3LP Released 10th February 2023 £36.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders HANSON Red Green Blue £36.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: 3CG Records SKU: 12356 Formats: 3LP Released Date: 10th February 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Jon Porras Black Mesa Rock And Pop | Thrill Jockey | 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 16th April 2012 £14.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Jon Porras Black Mesa £14.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Thrill Jockey SKU: THRILL304LP Formats: 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 16th April 2012 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Status Quo Pictuersque Matchstickable Messages From The Status Quo (Mono & Stereo) Rock And Pop | Music On Vinyl | 180g, 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 18th September 2020 £27.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Status Quo Pictuersque Matchstickable Messages From The Status Quo (Mono & Stereo) £27.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Music On Vinyl SKU: MOVLP2731C Formats: 180g, 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 18th September 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Chemical Brothers, The No Reason Rock And Pop | EMI | 12", Single Released 28th April 2023 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Chemical Brothers, The No Reason £22.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: EMI SKU: CHEMST36 Formats: 12", Single Released Date: 28th April 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Menswear Big In Japan – The 7” Singles Rock And Pop | Demon | 7", Box Set Released 8th October 2021 £74.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Menswear Big In Japan – The 7” Singles £74.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Demon SKU: DEMRECBOX65 Formats: 7", Box Set Released Date: 8th October 2021 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Soak Before We Forgot How To Dream Rock And Pop | Beggars Banquet | 1LP Released 27th May 2015 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Soak Before We Forgot How To Dream £19.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Beggars Banquet SKU: RTRADLP743 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 27th May 2015 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Rock And Pop Start again
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