{"product_id":"the-hoosiers-compassion-w-signed-print-lp-red-coloured-vinyl","title":"THE HOOSIERS - Compassion (w\/ SIGNED Print) - LP - Red Coloured Vinyl","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLP - Indies Exclusive Limited Edition with Signed Print available with pre-ordered copies while stocks last.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBuoyed by the joy of creating their 2022 album - \u003cem\u003eConfidence\u003c\/em\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eThe Hoosiers\u003c\/strong\u003e are swaggering back through the saloon doors of the music industry with both barrels locked and loaded. Armed with their sixth album, \u003cstrong\u003eIrwin Sparkes\u003c\/strong\u003e \u0026amp; \u003cstrong\u003eAlan Sharland\u003c\/strong\u003e pick up where they left off; honing a more adult take on the jubilant sound that made a name for them back in 2007. Reflections between the duo probed the question of why even bother to make an album - at considerable cost - in an age with scant regard for the form? “The conversation that had been picked up with fans following \u003cem\u003eConfidence\u003c\/em\u003e had taken on a momentum of its own and we were compelled not to lose something so valuable”, says Irwin. With \u003cem\u003eCompassion\u003c\/em\u003e, Al \u0026amp; Irwin wished to imbue the listener with this new-found sense of self-belief in what they do and who they are. This time the question of how to focus the album was handled in a novel way: “Releasing an album into the world is like releasing your intentions so we wanted to approach it as if we had a genie offering us one wish”, says Al Sharland. “On a personal and political level, it’s apparent that we could all do with more compassion.” \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe way we talk to ourselves influencing how we talk to each other and thereby creating the world in which we live; this tied together the songs already written (‘\u003cem\u003eEverybody Is A Little More Broken Than They Pretend To Be\u003c\/em\u003e’, and ‘\u003cem\u003eDon’t Hang Your Head\u003c\/em\u003e’) with those that would be written with the concept of compassion in mind (‘\u003cem\u003ePermission To Rest\u003c\/em\u003e’). Perhaps where compassion is needed the most is when it comes to people who don’t share our values and this is what the title track ‘\u003cem\u003eCompassion\u003c\/em\u003e’ is grappling with. “We love playing in this band more than ever and we feel so loved by the fans we have and this album is a big, stanky hug back to them”, clarifies Irwin. “We don’t just want to leave the world with better music than when we found it”, winks Al, “we want to leave it a more confident, compassionate spinning orb.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Crab Race","offers":[{"title":"LP - Red Coloured Vinyl","offer_id":57174431007065,"sku":"SDZ-36370","price":31.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3455\/0945\/files\/Hoosiers_-_Compassion_-_LP_Red_Coloured_Vinyl_-_2026_Indies_Exclusive.jpg?v=1769692995","url":"https:\/\/spindizzyrecords.com\/products\/the-hoosiers-compassion-w-signed-print-lp-red-coloured-vinyl","provider":"Spindizzy Dublin","version":"1.0","type":"link"}