{"product_id":"startled-insects-the-antenna-years","title":"Startled Insects - The Antenna Years","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"281\"\u003eWRWTFWW Records presents the first-ever vinyl release of \u003cstrong data-start=\"61\" data-end=\"81\"\u003eStartled Insects\u003c\/strong\u003e’ 1984-1985 recordings, compiled together as \u003cem data-start=\"126\" data-end=\"145\"\u003eThe Antenna Years\u003c\/em\u003e. This essential Bristol document arrives as a limited-edition LP featuring astonishing artwork, liner notes and a heavyweight sleeve.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"283\" data-end=\"695\"\u003eIn the 1990s, the band released two albums, including the classic \u003cem data-start=\"349\" data-end=\"374\"\u003eCurse Of The Pheromones\u003c\/em\u003e via Antilles New Directions and Island Records, before evolving into The Insects: acclaimed film composers for the BBC and National Geographic, Emmy winners, and key architects within the Bristol scene, collaborating with \u003cstrong data-start=\"617\" data-end=\"635\"\u003eMassive Attack\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong data-start=\"637\" data-end=\"650\"\u003eGoldfrapp\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong data-start=\"652\" data-end=\"662\"\u003eTricky\u003c\/strong\u003e and members of \u003cstrong data-start=\"678\" data-end=\"692\"\u003ePortishead\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"697\" data-end=\"1000\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"697\" data-end=\"716\"\u003eThe Antenna Years\u003c\/em\u003e compiles the independent EPs and mini-LPs Startled Insects released in 1984 and 1985, namely the self-titled \u003cem data-start=\"826\" data-end=\"844\"\u003eStartled Insects\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem data-start=\"849\" data-end=\"876\"\u003eUnderworld \/ Black Spring\u003c\/em\u003e, alongside two previously unreleased tracks, \u003cem data-start=\"922\" data-end=\"929\"\u003eW.W.W\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem data-start=\"934\" data-end=\"948\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003eWhat A Waste\u003c\/em\u003e, both of which had only ever been performed live.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1002\" data-end=\"1424\"\u003eAstonishingly futuristic upon their original release in 1984, Startled Insects sounded as though they had arrived from another planet while remaining deeply rooted in Bristol’s underground culture. Abstract electronics, leftfield synth-pop, dub science, gamelan textures, post-punk tension and cinematic atmosphere all collide across \u003cem data-start=\"1336\" data-end=\"1355\"\u003eThe Antenna Years\u003c\/em\u003e, resulting in a beautifully strange voyage into the sonic unknown.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1426\" data-end=\"1536\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003eFour decades later, \u003cem data-start=\"1446\" data-end=\"1465\"\u003eThe Antenna Years\u003c\/em\u003e still lands like a transmission from the future. Dive in without fear.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WRWTFWW Records","offers":[{"title":"Vinyl LP","offer_id":58134421897561,"sku":"SDZ-46363","price":40.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3455\/0945\/files\/WRWTFWW110.png?v=1779705734","url":"https:\/\/spindizzyrecords.com\/products\/startled-insects-the-antenna-years","provider":"Spindizzy Dublin","version":"1.0","type":"link"}