{"product_id":"howlin-rain-watermelon","title":"Howlin' Rain - Watermelon","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn celebration of 20 years riding the bus to never-ever land, \u003cstrong\u003eHowlin Rain\u003c\/strong\u003e delivers \u003cem\u003eWatermelon\u003c\/em\u003e, a glittering gift of deep-cut cover tunes drawn from a late-night FM transmission that never was, evoking an era when LPs, waterbeds, and bongs sat side-by-side in headshops strewn across the coasts and flyover states. \u003cem\u003eWatermelon\u003c\/em\u003e sums up band founder \u003cstrong\u003eEthan Miller\u003c\/strong\u003e's long, strange trip from the blown-out \u003cstrong\u003eBlue Cheer\u003c\/strong\u003e nebula of \u003cstrong\u003eComets On Fire\u003c\/strong\u003e, to Howlin Rain's ongoing love letter to ’70's rock radio (and their stint with \u003cstrong\u003eRick Rubin\u003c\/strong\u003e's American imprint), then a stopover in the acid-folk lily fields of \u003cstrong\u003eHeron Oblivion\u003c\/strong\u003e before launching into the ecstatic silver currents of interstellar space with \u003cstrong\u003eThe Odyssey Cult\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eOrcutt Shelley Miller\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith \u003cem\u003eWatermelon\u003c\/em\u003e, Miller has reinvigorated Howlin Rain's ever-changing roster once again, with only drummer \u003cstrong\u003eJustin Smith\u003c\/strong\u003e from the last couple of lineups, adding \u003cstrong\u003eJonny Niemann\u003c\/strong\u003e (keys), \u003cstrong\u003eJason Soda\u003c\/strong\u003e (guitar and vocals), \u003cstrong\u003eKyre Wilcox\u003c\/strong\u003e (bass and vocals), and notable guests \u003cstrong\u003eChris Robinson\u003c\/strong\u003e (The Black Crowes), \u003cstrong\u003eTy Segall\u003c\/strong\u003e, and \u003cstrong\u003eDavid Nance\u003c\/strong\u003e. The new band doesn't quite return to the manicured hedges of \u003cem\u003eThe Russian Wilds\u003c\/em\u003e, despite its exploration of some of those AOR tropes, but casts the lessons Ethan learned in the major-label wilderness into a mirror of the band's more modest, stripped-down roots, refracted back through the tighter psych moves of its more recent Silver Current releases.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFeaturing tracks by \u003cstrong\u003eMountain\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eJudee Sill\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eSugluk\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eMoby Grape\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eFairport Convention\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eTodd Rundgren\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eScott Walker\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eTim Hardin\u003c\/strong\u003e, and \u003cstrong\u003eMountain Bus\u003c\/strong\u003e (who supplies \u003cstrong\u003eRosali\u003c\/strong\u003e, the album's fitting closer, a great Dead-infused jam leading into the cosmic thicket). \u003cem\u003eSilver Paper\u003c\/em\u003e, the lead-off single, takes Mountain's earnest, ripped and ragged soul vocal (aptly supplied by the Black Crowes' Chris Robinson) and fretboard pyrotechnics into a (much) higher key. \u003cem\u003e30th Century Man\u003c\/em\u003e injects the Scott Walker chestnut with exploding fuzz solos and lost, late-night vox (courtesy of Ty Segall, the perfect foil for Walker's velvet croon). \u003cem\u003eFall Away\u003c\/em\u003e, a track from the seminal Native North Americacomp on Light in the Attic, swaps the inimitable First Nations backbeat with Crazy Horse chug and blasting fuzz.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor those who've lost Howlin Rain's trail over the years, or hopped off in the years following \u003cem\u003eThe Russian Wilds\u003c\/em\u003e, this LP represents a hard reset, a stunning infusion of psychedelic vigor, a glorious reinvention of a band that's no stranger to new beginnings. Each track of \u003cem\u003eWatermelon\u003c\/em\u003e opens a new box of surprises, so in fear of killing them with words, I'll keep them undescribed -- all it takes to unlock them is a simple needle drop.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SILVER CURRENT RECORDS","offers":[{"title":"Translucent Green Vinyl LP","offer_id":59476716126553,"sku":"SDZ-52771","price":48.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Black Vinyl LP","offer_id":59476716159321,"sku":"SDZ-52772","price":39.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":59476716192089,"sku":"SDZ-52773","price":18.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3455\/0945\/files\/Untitled-Design-8_e0e44313-6dcd-4ea7-b7da-c710d172b402.png?v=1789730830","url":"https:\/\/spindizzyrecords.com\/products\/howlin-rain-watermelon","provider":"Spindizzy Dublin","version":"1.0","type":"link"}