{"product_id":"the-creem-a-taste-of-cherry","title":"The Creem - A Taste of Cherry","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"118\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"19\"\u003eA Taste of Cherry\u003c\/em\u003e is the dialed-in debut from \u003cstrong data-start=\"48\" data-end=\"63\"\u003eMike Stroud\u003c\/strong\u003e of \u003cstrong data-start=\"67\" data-end=\"78\"\u003eRatatat\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong data-start=\"83\" data-end=\"100\"\u003eNick Thorburn\u003c\/strong\u003e of \u003cstrong data-start=\"104\" data-end=\"115\"\u003eIslands\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"120\" data-end=\"341\"\u003eBorn from a deep reverence for songcraft and the alchemy of collaboration, \u003cstrong data-start=\"195\" data-end=\"208\"\u003eThe Creem\u003c\/strong\u003e arrives on the scene fully realised, with the two friends channelling years of experience into something immediate and undeniable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"343\" data-end=\"711\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"343\" data-end=\"351\"\u003eCherry\u003c\/em\u003e is an embarrassment of sweet riches, packed with sticky, instant classics that channel the spirit of bands like \u003cstrong data-start=\"464\" data-end=\"477\"\u003eThe Kinks\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong data-start=\"482\" data-end=\"510\"\u003eElectric Light Orchestra\u003c\/strong\u003e. Replete with tender hooks that burrow in your brain like a beetle, wry words that carry your heart to another green world, and mastodonic melodies that rip your face off like a riled-up \u003cstrong data-start=\"698\" data-end=\"708\"\u003eT. Rex\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"713\" data-end=\"921\"\u003eStroud’s shimmering guitar lines, sharp-edged, heart-rending and irresistibly mesmeric, lift the songs skyward, but Thorburn’s earthbound vocals, funny, aching and quietly devastating, bring them back home.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"923\" data-end=\"1148\"\u003eThe production from Stroud is both glossy and off-the-cuff, with heavenly guitar tones, tasteful cellos, playful vocoders, whipped-cream percussion and harmonies that reach for the sublime, like “teenage symphonies to God”.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1150\" data-end=\"1376\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003eAt once familiar and strangely new, the resulting sound from The Creem is timeless and evocative without resorting to cheap nostalgia. In short, \u003cem data-start=\"1295\" data-end=\"1314\"\u003eA Taste of Cherry\u003c\/em\u003e is a propulsive debut that grips you tight and never lets go.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CMN","offers":[{"title":"Vinyl LP","offer_id":58084887134553,"sku":"SDZ-46083","price":31.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"CD","offer_id":58084887167321,"sku":"SDZ-46084","price":15.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3455\/0945\/files\/201375119848.jpg?v=1779119779","url":"https:\/\/spindizzyrecords.com\/products\/the-creem-a-taste-of-cherry","provider":"Spindizzy Dublin","version":"1.0","type":"link"}