View basket “Love Must Be Tough” 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 View Product Quick View U2 Pop Rock And Pop | Island | 180g, 2LP, Includes Download Code Released 10th April 2018 £31.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders U2 Pop £31.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Island SKU: 5796999 Formats: 180g, 2LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 10th April 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders On Sale View Product Quick View Mighty Oaks All Things Go Rock And Pop | BMG Rights | 1LP Released 7th February 2020 £10.99 £15.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Mighty Oaks All Things Go £10.99 £15.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: BMG Rights SKU: 4050538561630 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 7th February 2020 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket Nearly New View Product Quick View Tom Waits Closing Time Blues | Anti | 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 23rd October 2023 £20.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Tom Waits Closing Time £20.00 Genre: Blues Label: Anti SKU: nn274805 Formats: 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 23rd October 2023 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Mark Lanegan Band Another Knock At The Door (Iyeara Remixes) Rock And Pop | Flooded Soil Recordings | 180g, 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 6th November 2020 £26.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Mark Lanegan Band Another Knock At The Door (Iyeara Remixes) £26.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Flooded Soil Recordings SKU: FSR1LP Formats: 180g, 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 6th November 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Running Man Running Man Rock And Pop | Akarma | 180g, 1LP Released 20th June 2011 £21.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Running Man Running Man £21.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Akarma SKU: AK111 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 20th June 2011 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Lou Canon Audomatic Body Rock And Pop | Paper Bag | 1LP Released 10th July 2020 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Lou Canon Audomatic Body £20.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Paper Bag SKU: PAPER130LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 10th July 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Bitchin Bajas Switched On Ra Rock And Pop | Drag City | 1LP Released 18th November 2022 £30.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Bitchin Bajas Switched On Ra £30.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Drag City SKU: DC851 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 18th November 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Paul Smith & Peter Brewis Frozen By Sight Rock And Pop | Memphis Industries | 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve, Includes Download Code Released 17th November 2014 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Paul Smith & Peter Brewis Frozen By Sight £17.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Memphis Industries SKU: MI0337LP Formats: 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve, Includes Download Code Released Date: 17th November 2014 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Penny And Sparrow Let A Lover Drown You Rock And Pop | Single Lock Records | 1LP Released 11th March 2016 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Penny And Sparrow Let A Lover Drown You £17.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Single Lock Records SKU: SL0151 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 11th March 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Hollow Sunshine Held Above Rock And Pop | Robotic Empire | 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 28th April 2014 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Hollow Sunshine Held Above £19.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Robotic Empire SKU: ROBO100LP Formats: 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 28th April 2014 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Rock And Pop Start again
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