{"product_id":"algiers-shook","title":"ALGIERS - SHOOK","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #ff0000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCD \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhile community and collaboration has always been integral to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAlgiers\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e’ ethos, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSHOOK\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e brings this to its fullest manifestation. The liner notes read like a who’s who of ground-breaking and contemporary underground music, featuring \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eZack de la Rocha\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBig Rube\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e (The Dungeon Family), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ebilly woods\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSamuel T. Herring\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e (Future Islands), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJae Matthews\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e (Boy Harsher), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLaToya Kent\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e (Mourning [A] BLKstar), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBackxwash\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNadah El Shazly\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDeForrest Brown Jr.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e (Speaker Music), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePatrick Shiroishi\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLee Bains III\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMark Cisneros\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e (The Make-Up, Kid Congo Powers). Their contributions throughout deftly reshape and recontextualize the notion of being \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eShook\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e from a variety of perspectives, occupying shifting roles as oracles and narrators. “It very much deepens and broadens the world of Algiers”, says drummer \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMatt Tong\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAtlanta, where the genesis of this record took place, is ultimately at its heart. It opens with a robotic train announcement from Hartsfield Airport—iconic to many Atlanta natives—that used to frighten Fisher when he was a child. Field recordings and original samples created by the band emphasize throughout a sense of place, collectivity, imagined community and home, all building a world that evokes the elusive sensory experience of growing up in the urban South. “We were working in an environment that we were used to”, says guitarist \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLee Tesche\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e. “It feels like the most Algiers record that we've ever made.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe accomplishment of this record is made all the more impressive by the fact it was made by a band who were falling apart and on the verge of breaking up. But instead they have produced an extraordinary, transformative record born from a shared sense of place and experience. “I think this record is us finding home,” says \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMahan\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFisher\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e adding: “It was a whole new positive experience— having a renewed relationship with the city we're from and having a pride in that. I like the idea that this record has taken you on a voyage but it begins and ends in Atlanta.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Matador","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":42911687508129,"sku":"SDZ-00949","price":12.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3455\/0945\/products\/Algiers_-_Shook_-_CD.jpg?v=1677691559","url":"https:\/\/spindizzyrecords.com\/products\/algiers-shook","provider":"Spindizzy Dublin","version":"1.0","type":"link"}