{"product_id":"ridley-bent-blam","title":"Ridley Bent - Blam!","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBlam!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e introduced \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRidley Bent\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e as one of Canadian music’s most distinctive storytellers, combining the narrative traditions of country and folk with hip-hop beats, funk, scratching and hard-edged rock. Produced by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eChin Injeti\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and released by MapleMusic Recordings in 2005, the album collected five years of Bent’s story songs into a strange, cinematic world of outlaws, drifters, criminals, lovers and assorted characters living somewhere between pulp fiction and a country song. Bent dubbed the sound “hick-hop,” but \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBlam!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e was ultimately less about genre collision than storytelling, songs like \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Suicidewinder,”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“David Harley’s Son”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“In the Trunk of a Black Lexus”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e unfolding like miniature movies, delivered in Bent’s unmistakable country-and-western talk-sing. The album established the approach to character, narrative and dark humour that would remain central to his songwriting even as his later records moved more firmly toward country music.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe album track listing has been modified for vinyl. It has been remastered by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNoah Mintz\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e at Lacquer Channel Mastering.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Record Record Label","offers":[{"title":"Black Vinyl LP","offer_id":59675025244505,"sku":"SDZ-53756","price":37.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3455\/0945\/files\/369_20261002_1004_091000_783_v_0634457272613_004.jpg?v=1790949553","url":"https:\/\/spindizzyrecords.com\/products\/ridley-bent-blam","provider":"Spindizzy Dublin","version":"1.0","type":"link"}