View basket “Plastic Death” has been added to your basket. Uneasy Laughter Moaning SKU: 19.00 20.00 £19.00 - £20.00 £19.00 - £20.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Sub Pop Released Date: 20th March 2020 Buying Format: 1LP Coloured Vinyl Includes Download Code 1LP Includes Download Code Buying Options Choose an option1LP Coloured Vinyl Includes Download Code1LP Includes Download CodeClear Uneasy Laughter quantity Add to basket ReserveBack Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info What happens when an abrasive rock trio trades guitars for synths, cranks up the beats and leans into the everyday anxieties of simply being a functioning human in the 21st Century? The answer is ‘Uneasy Laughter’, the sensational second Sub Pop release from Los Angeles-based Moaning. Vocalist/guitarist Sean Solomon, bassist/keyboardist Pascal Stevenson and drummer Andrew MacKelvie have been friends and co-conspirators amid the fertile LA DIY scene for more than a decade. They are also immersed in other creative pursuits – Solomon is a noted illustrator, art director and animator, while Stevenson and MacKelvie have played or worked behind the boards with acts such as Cherry Glazerr, Sasami and Surf Curse. On ‘Uneasy Laughter’, they’ve tackled challenges both personal and universal the only way they know how: by talking about how they’re feeling and channelling those emotions directly into their music. “We’ve known each other forever and we’re really comfortable trying to express where we’re at. A lot of bands aren’t so close,” says MacKelvie. Adds Solomon, who celebrated a year of sobriety during the ‘Uneasy Laughter’ sessions, “Men are conditioned not to be vulnerable or admit they’re wrong. But I wanted to talk openly about my feelings and mistakes I’ve made.” Moaning’s 2018’s self-titled Sub Pop debut featured songs mostly written in practice or brought in already complete by individual band members. It garnered acclaim from Pitchfork, Stereogum and Los Angeles Times, who observed, “Moaning craft anxious music for an increasingly nervous local scene.” But ‘Uneasy Laughter’ is a collaborative breakthrough which significantly brightens Moaning’s once claustrophobic sound, again abetted by producer/engineer Alex Newport (At The Drive-In, Bloc Party, Melvins). Solomon admits ‘Uneasy Laughter’ could have gone in quite another direction had he not gotten sober and educated himself on such core subjects as gender and mental health. “I did a lot of reading in the tour van – authors like bell hooks, Mark Fisher and Alain de Botton, all really inspired me. I don’t want to be the person who influences young people to go get high and become cliché tragic artists,” he says. “What I’d rather convey to people is that they’re not alone in what they think and how they feel. ‘Ego’ specifically and the album overall is about those themes – letting go of your bullshit so you can help other people and be present.” “We want to be part of a community,” he adds. “I wrote online about being sober for a year, and I had kids from all over writing and asking for advice. One of them said, ‘For the first time I can remember, I didn’t drink last night.’ I thought, for once, maybe we did something besides sell a record. That’s a win. That’s incredibly exciting.” Loser Edition white coloured vinyl available to independent retailers. Vinyl formats include digital download code. Artist Moaning Genre Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label Sub Pop Buying Options 1LP Coloured Vinyl Includes Download Code , 1LP Includes Download Code Format 1LP , Coloured Vinyl , Includes Download Code Condition New Country UK Track Listings Ego Make It Stop /// Stranger Running Connect the Dots Fall in Love Coincidence or Fate What Separates Us ////////// Keep Out Saving Face Say Something Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Moaning and more from Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo View Product Quick View Moaning Moaning (Loser Edition) Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Sub Pop | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Includes Download Code Released 27th February 2018 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Moaning Moaning (Loser Edition) £19.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Sub Pop SKU: SP1216X Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Includes Download Code Released Date: 27th February 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Moaning 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