View basket “Croweology” has been added to your basket. On Sale Shell Amy O SKU: 13.99 20.00 £13.99 - £20.00 £20.00 £13.99 - £20.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Winspear Released Date: 25th October 2019 Buying Format: 1LP 1LP Coloured Vinyl Buying Options Choose an option1LP1LP Coloured VinylClear Shell quantity Add to basket ReserveBack Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info Amy Oelsner’s homemade pop songs sparkle with these eternal truths: that story-telling is part of being alive, and excavating the past is part of growth. Oelsner, who records as Amy O, is a lifer of the indie-pop underground for whom songwriting is a way of processing the passing of time. Her latest, Shell, brims with poetic granular details of everyday life; its her third studio album, and tenth including her many years of home recordings. Its title track is a beautiful, bouncing power-pop ode to grappling with the people you used to be, with twisty interlocking wordplay and bright hooks and harmonies. Written after reading through a bunch of old emails and letters, “Shell” bops along with subtle heaviness as Oelsner revisits the minutiae of past lives, collaging a decade’s worth of snapshots and people and places: “In the song, I’m looking back fondly on a younger version of myself, celebrating the ways I’ve grown since then and also seeing how I can reincorporate some of those traits I’ve lost over the years into myself now.” Following 2017’s Elastic, Oelsner continues living up to that album’s namesake: Shell similarly stretches with melodies upon melodies. But here there is greater use of space and pace and patience. Perfectly minimal riffs slowly build, ebb, erupt and recoil; guitars and keys layer and swell; there are moments of steady piano-pop, intricate drums and pristine criss-crossing vocal melodies. On Shell, Oelsner deals in the outer and inner boundaries of self. She grapples with mortality, physical transiency and vulnerability, the concept of home. There are homages to the formative relationships that shape our lives, imperfect as they may be. There are meditations on the mundane daily routines that support mental and physical health; in her description of it, Oelsner wanted to honor invisible processing, the inward emotional labor that often goes unseen, the type of internal work that is “not encouraged by society and can make you feel like you’re disappearing.” The first song written for Shell was “Planet Blue,” a song about the difficulty of grieving, but also about how lightness and silliness can sometimes coexist with depression. “Crushed” is a perfect noisy pop miniature, a vignette of suburban teen life, sneaking out of windows to meet in parking lots. “Good Routines” recalls Takeoffs and Landings era Rilo Kiley, as Oelsner sings that such routines are “only what you make them,” while “Zero” builds on a crunchy drum machine into one of the album’s stickiest refrains. The subtle twang of “Rest Stop” captures a moment in time during an end-of-summer road trip. It was written after Oelsner got married, moved to a new home, and quit a job of five years: More recently, she’s been teaching songwriting at a local community college and launching Girls Rock Bloomington, a music camp for girls, trans and non-binary youth. For Oelsner, music is a way of connecting with herself, her personal history and context. Going into the process of writing Shell, she says: “I was noticing a gap forming between my ‘adult’ self who was moving forward with her life and parts of my younger self that were stuck behind and hadn’t yet caught up. The process of writing and recording Shell played a big role in helping to get some of those stuck parts of myself caught up and able to join me in the present so that I can move forward in a more fully embodied way.” Artist Amy O Genre Rock And Pop Label Winspear Buying Options 1LP , 1LP Coloured Vinyl Format 1LP , Coloured Vinyl Condition New Country UK Track Listings Shell Synesthesia Good Routines Planet Blue Rest Stop Zero Blueberries Crushed Loose Cassette Shrinking Later On Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Amy O and more from Rock And Pop View Product Quick View Amy O Elastic Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Winspear | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 18th August 2017 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Amy O Elastic £20.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Winspear SKU: WSP021LP Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 18th August 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Nearly New View Product Quick View Fleetwod Mac Then Play On Blues | Reprise | 1LP Released 10th August 2023 £45.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Fleetwod Mac Then Play On £45.00 Genre: Blues Label: Reprise SKU: nn269046 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 10th August 2023 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View UFO UFO 2 Rock And Pop | Repertoire | 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 10th June 2015 £21.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders UFO UFO 2 £21.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Repertoire SKU: V134 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 10th June 2015 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Mogwai Every Country’s Sun (Box) Rock And Pop | Rock Action | Box Set Released 29th August 2017 £53.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Mogwai Every Country’s Sun (Box) £53.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Rock Action SKU: ROCKACT108 Formats: Box Set Released Date: 29th August 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Abba Abba – The Album Rock And Pop | Back To Black | 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 5th August 2011 £16.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Abba Abba – The Album £16.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Back To Black SKU: 2734651 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 5th August 2011 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Cheatahs Mythologies Rock And Pop | Wichita | 2LP, Includes Download Code Released 16th October 2015 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Cheatahs Mythologies £17.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Wichita SKU: WEBB440LP Formats: 2LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 16th October 2015 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Album Leaf, The In A Safe Place Rock And Pop | City Slang | 1LP Released 13th November 2015 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Album Leaf, The In A Safe Place £22.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: City Slang SKU: SLANG50092LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 13th November 2015 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View John Vanderslice Dagger Beach Rock And Pop | Dead Oceans | 1LP Released 6th June 2013 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders John Vanderslice Dagger Beach £19.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Dead Oceans SKU: DOCSPEC010LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 6th June 2013 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Deaf Havana Rituals Rock And Pop | So Recordings | 1LP Released 3rd August 2018 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Deaf Havana Rituals £19.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: So Recordings SKU: SOAKLP171 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 3rd August 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Sarasara Elixir Rock And Pop | One Little Independent | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 1st March 2024 £25.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Sarasara Elixir £25.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: One Little Independent SKU: TPLP1888LTD Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 1st March 2024 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Eleanor McEvoy Love Must Be Tough Rock And Pop | Diverse Records | 180g, 1LP Released 5th February 2009 £18.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Eleanor McEvoy Love Must Be Tough £18.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Diverse Records SKU: DIV012LP Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 5th February 2009 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket See more in Rock And Pop Start again
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