{"product_id":"washed-out-notes-from-a-quiet-life-loser-edition","title":"WASHED OUT - Notes From A Quiet Life (Loser Edition)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #ff0000;\" mce-data-marked=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLP - Limited '\u003cem\u003eLoser\u003c\/em\u003e' Edition (first pressing only) Yellowy Green Vinyl. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe music of \u003cstrong\u003eWashed Out\u003c\/strong\u003e has always levitated over a timeless frontier. You can sense it in his immersive, amorphous vocals, the expansive soundscapes, the wistful storytelling. It’s a sweet spot where, says its creative force, \u003cstrong\u003eErnest Greene\u003c\/strong\u003e, “any sort of association or memory from the past can transport you instantly. I love that.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGreene’s transcendent output has earned him the moniker of “\u003cem\u003eGodfather of Chillwave\u003c\/em\u003e” by \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ePitchfork\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e and a co-sign from \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ePortlandia\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, which borrowed his track, “\u003cem\u003eFeel It All Around\u003c\/em\u003e,” for its utopian theme song. His latest, \u003cem\u003eNotes From a Quiet Life\u003c\/em\u003e (out June 28, \u003cstrong\u003eSub Pop\u003c\/strong\u003e) arrives after delivering more than a decade of distinct and disparate creative re-imaginations at a remarkably high level (five albums, two EPs). Notes is bold in its intuitiveness: Greene has left the treadmill of music-as-a-business, instead letting his artistic interests lead the way. “Each album,” says Green, who also paints and sculpts, “is a world-building exercise.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Georgia native left Atlanta in 2021 to move back to the countryside he knew growing up. Where escapism once flooded his thoughts, today he is preoccupied with the universe of wonder in the reality around him. He named the former horse farm he moved to “\u003cem\u003eEndymion\u003c\/em\u003e” (after the pastoral John Keats poem about a lovesick shepherd — its opening line: “A thing of beauty is a joy for ever”), and it has shaped all that he’s created there, from his music to his albums’ creative direction to his planned large scale visual-art experiments.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“I’ve read that every five, maybe 10, years, you’re practically a different person — like literally, on a cellular level,” Greene explains. “The things that you’re going through will end up changing you, and you’re kind of a different person. This album is a reflection of that. Experimenting with painting and sculpture helps my music. They influence each other. That was a kind of realization for me. I don’t want to look back on my life one day, and be like, ’Oh, it was all about maximizing productivity,’” he says. “I want to enjoy this.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e”That purity of vision is what makes \u003cem\u003eNotes From a Quiet Life\u003c\/em\u003e so potent. It’s the first album Greene wholly self-produced, with some mixing assistance from \u003cstrong\u003eNathan Boddy\u003c\/strong\u003e (James Blake, Mura Masa) and \u003cstrong\u003eDavid Wrench\u003c\/strong\u003e (Caribou, Florence + the Machine). “Early in my career, I had a lack of technical skill, and there were some things I wasn’t 100% enthusiastic about,” he says, noting Jean-Michel Basquiat’s distinct, self-driven method as an inspiration. “Something that I was looking for was…I didn’t want any illusion of anyone else’s influences. I wanted to see this through to the end. And honestly, that was a big challenge.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIllustrating that, Greene’s list of influences for \u003cem\u003eNotes From a Quiet Life\u003c\/em\u003e are mostly sculpture icons: minimalist legend Donald Judd, abstract expressionist Cy Twombly, and modernists Barbara Hepworth and Henry Moore. Of the latter, he observes, “The majority of his working life was spent on his country estate, and he wasn’t living a cosmopolitan lifestyle. He was focused on just making good work, you know?”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNotes from a Quiet Life\u003c\/em\u003e is Washed Out’s fifth album.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sub Pop","offers":[{"title":"LP - Yellowy Green Vinyl","offer_id":48307620086105,"sku":"SDZ-42662","price":25.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3455\/0945\/files\/Washed_Out_-_Notes_From_A_Quiet_Life__Loser_Edition__-_LP_Yellowy_Green_Vinyl_-_2024.jpg?v=1715096525","url":"https:\/\/spindizzyrecords.com\/products\/washed-out-notes-from-a-quiet-life-loser-edition","provider":"Spindizzy Dublin","version":"1.0","type":"link"}