{"product_id":"hector-gannet-the-great-shakedown","title":"Hector Gannet - The Great Shakedown","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHector Gannet\u003c\/strong\u003e have always known that place and music are inseparable. For songwriter and guitarist \u003cstrong\u003eAaron Duff\u003c\/strong\u003e, North Shields, high on England’s north east coast, shaped by fishing, shipbuilding and the sea, is not just a backdrop but a source. Everything flows from it: the imagery, the politics and the particular stoicism of people who absorb more than their share and keep moving anyway.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Great Shakedown\u003c\/em\u003e, their third album, is where that source runs deepest. Featuring bold brass arrangements alongside choir and church bells recorded live at the 17th-century Christ Church in North Shields, the album is Hector Gannet’s most ambitious and most searching work. The brass is a constant throughout: driving the Dexys-style urgency of the title track, lounging through the jazz-tinged \u003cem\u003eBig White Telephone\u003c\/em\u003e, surging euphorically through singles \u003cem\u003eThe Mother Tongue\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eSeven Signs\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe singles capture something essential about the album, euphoric on the surface, quietly devastating underneath. Beneath its propulsive brass lies an examination of stoicism as both armour and wound, of shared language used to avoid saying the very things that need to be said. It’s a quality that runs through the whole record, which looks at human history and art, the ordinary and the extraordinary, the actions of those in power and the communities who live with the consequences. It is both communal and euphoric - a powerful rallying cry for people at a time when we need it most.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Guga Records","offers":[{"title":"Black Vinyl LP","offer_id":58579985203545,"sku":"SDZ-48715","price":31.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":58579985269081,"sku":"SDZ-48716","price":14.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3455\/0945\/files\/REP_20260713_1104_100553_563_p_Hector_Gannet_The_Great_Shakedown_1_001.jpeg?v=1783946429","url":"https:\/\/spindizzyrecords.com\/products\/hector-gannet-the-great-shakedown","provider":"Spindizzy Dublin","version":"1.0","type":"link"}