{"product_id":"drop-nineteens-hard-light","title":"DROP NINETEENS - Hard Light","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLP - Limited Edition Crystal Vinyl.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollowing the release of the shoegaze masterpiece \u003cem\u003eDelaware\u003c\/em\u003e in 1992, and the intricate experimentations on \u003cem\u003eNational Coma\u003c\/em\u003e in 1993, \u003cstrong\u003eDrop Nineteens\u003c\/strong\u003e disbanded. They had a great run. Shared stages with Radiohead, Hole, Blur, PJ Harvey. Went from being teenaged kids in Boston to mid twenty somethings with an MTV video under their belt. So when Drop Nineteens ceased to be, \u003cstrong\u003eGreg Ackell\u003c\/strong\u003e felt content, music was a closed chapter.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThat was until 2021. For the first time in nearly 30 years, Ackell felt compelled to pick up a guitar. He immediately called up \u003cstrong\u003eSteve Zimmeran\u003c\/strong\u003e, the band’s bassist and fellow guitarist, and the two got writing. It felt effortless for Ackell, like he never stopped writing music. “We were off to the races,” he says. “But also the question came up: what does a Drop Nineteens song sound like today? Enter \u003cem\u003eHard Light\u003c\/em\u003e, the band’s stunning third record. It’s the band’s proverbial follow up to \u003cem\u003eDelaware\u003c\/em\u003e, a modern Drop Nineteens record that is completely singular in its sound and vision.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe first task making \u003cem\u003eHard Light\u003c\/em\u003e, was of course, getting the rest of the band back together. Drop Nineteens is an inherently collaborative project. \u003cstrong\u003eAckell\u003c\/strong\u003e’s primarily the lyrics writer, and he collaborates with \u003cstrong\u003eZimmerman\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003ePaula Kelley\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eMotohiro Yasue\u003c\/strong\u003e, and \u003cstrong\u003ePeter Koeplin\u003c\/strong\u003e to create the sonic world. The record came together over the course of a year, recording at a patchwork of studios all around the country. Making music together felt natural, fluid, exciting.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe guitar reverb is expansive as ever. Ackell and Kelley’s vocals are crystalline. “\u003cem\u003eScapa Flow\u003c\/em\u003e,” is triumphant. An excellent example of what a modern day Drop Nineteens song sounds like. The guitars glide like clouds on a blue sky day, drums shuffle in the background, searching. Ackell and Kelley’s vocals are cool toned and dreamy, bound up in a haze of reverb. It’s unquestionably lovely. You could say the same for the whole of the record. \u003cem\u003eHard Light\u003c\/em\u003e is so lovely. A portrait of a band 30 years later, as talented and as dedicated to their craft as ever. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eListed as one of \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eStereogum\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e'\u003c\/em\u003es most anticpated releases of 2023.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"They play songs which switch from breathless langour to terror-struck temerity at the drop of a hurricane-blasted hi-hat.\" – \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNME\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDrop Nineteens go beyond merely contrasting feedback with pop sensibilities; they make melody out of noise, noise out of melody and, in the process, celebrate and challenge every traditional expectation associated either with Top 40 or college radio. Consider it ear *psychocandy. – \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Improper Bostonian\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wharf Cat Records","offers":[{"title":"LP - Crystal Vinyl","offer_id":46982539346265,"sku":"SDZ-10233","price":19.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3455\/0945\/files\/Drop_Nineteens_-_Hard_Light_-_LP_Crystal_Clear_Vinyl.jpg?v=1690971863","url":"https:\/\/spindizzyrecords.com\/products\/drop-nineteens-hard-light","provider":"Spindizzy Dublin","version":"1.0","type":"link"}