2023's picks Summer of No Light Natvral, The SKU: DBR021VL Barcode: 0658556126370 20.00 £20.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Dirty Bingo Released Date: 8th September 2023 Buying Format: 1LP Coloured Vinyl Add to basket Reserve Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info Today The Natvral (Kip Berman, former frontperson of The Pains of Being Pure at Heart) returns with his second solo album, Summer of No Light, due 1st September on Dirty Bingo Records. On his second album as The Natvral – a spirited, beautifully observed collection of rough and ready songcraft – the former Pains of Being Pure at Heart frontperson was eyeing the past while dealing with an inescapable present. In 2020, in the early stages of lockdown, Berman began writing songs that reflected on a world that had seemingly ended – while contending with the needs of his young family seeking solace in the familiar. “After putting my children to bed, I spent many a late night in the basement with my guitar and let my mind wander to the places where I could no longer go,” he says. “Initially, a lot of the songs were about getting as far away from the reality of my moment as possible.” He drew parallels with another tumultuous summer. “The record’s title, Summer of No Light, is taken from the climate crisis of 1816,” he says. Often referred to as The Year Without a Summer, that year a massive volcanic eruption in Indonesia darkened much of the world’s sky. The resulting ash brought dramatic global cooling and widespread famine, hitting Western Europe especially hard. While he initially sought escape from the isolation in which he found himself, soon the solace of home and family life began to seep its way into the music “The routines of domesticity were often unwelcome, and always exhausting – but probably mentally helpful. I was isolated, but not alone.” Despite the many graveyard romps that populate the record, it’s the moments that celebrate home that gives this album its heart. Summer of No Light is an album that’s born of a precise moment, yet revels in anachronism. Collapsing time to make a little bit of sense of this one, Berman feels artistically rejuvenated, drawing on histories large and small to breathe new life and perspective on his own. “It was a time that is now almost unspeakable – not because the tragedy was too profound or in any way trivial – but because we were all there.” Artist Natvral, The Genre Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label Dirty Bingo Buying Options 1LP Coloured Vinyl Format 1LP , Coloured Vinyl Condition New Country UK Track Listings Lucifer’s Glory Carolina Summer of Hell The Stillness A Glass of Laughter Stephanie Don’t Live Here Anymore Your Temperate Ways Wait for Me Wintergreen Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Natvral, The and more from Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Matt's picks View Product Quick View Natvral, The Tethers Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Dirty Bingo | 1LP Released 2nd April 2021 £23.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Natvral, The Tethers £23.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Dirty Bingo SKU: DBR019VL Formats: 1LP Released Date: 2nd April 2021 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Lady Bird WE Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Alcopop | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Includes Download Code Released 29th April 2022 £16.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Lady Bird WE £16.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Alcopop SKU: ALCOPOP234X Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Includes Download Code Released Date: 29th April 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Turnover Humblest Pleasures Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Run For Cover Records | 7", Single Released 27th April 2016 £7.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Turnover Humblest Pleasures £7.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Run For Cover Records SKU: 0811774024723 Formats: 7", Single Released Date: 27th April 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Taking Back Sunday New Again Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Warner Bros | 1LP Released 2nd June 2017 £16.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Taking Back Sunday New Again £16.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Warner Bros SKU: 0093624976127 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 2nd June 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Petbrick Liminal Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Rocket Recordings | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 23rd September 2022 £21.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Petbrick Liminal £21.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Rocket Recordings SKU: LAUNCH256 Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 23rd September 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Claypool Lennon Delirium, The South of Reality Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | ATO | 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 26th August 2022 £26.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Claypool Lennon Delirium, The South of Reality £26.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: ATO SKU: ATO0445LPA Formats: 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 26th August 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Onsind Anaesthesiology Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Plan It X | 1LP Released 11th August 2016 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Onsind Anaesthesiology £17.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Plan It X SKU: PIX001 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 11th August 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Damned, The Strawberries Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Sanctuary | 1LP Released 13th April 2015 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Damned, The Strawberries £19.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Sanctuary SKU: 5414939809019 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 13th April 2015 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Crime San Francisco’s Doomed Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Superior Viaduct | 1LP Released 15th July 2022 £29.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Crime San Francisco’s Doomed £29.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Superior Viaduct SKU: SV178 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 15th July 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View MELTS Field Theory Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Fuzz Club | 180g, 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Includes Download Code Released 12th April 2024 £21.00 - 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