{"title":"A.S.O.","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"aso-remixed","title":"a.s.o. remixed","description":"\u003cp\u003eFollowing from a.s.o. 's self-titled LP, we have a set of remixes taking their trip-hop torch songs in new and different directions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnder his Lew E moniker, Lewie Day takes 'Go On' for a trip to trance-town. Brooding minor key menace as Alia Seror-O'Neil's melancholic vocal gets twisted into strange shapes, eventually becoming an instrument of its own. Mutating from the organic to the synthetic during an adrenaline-racing breakdown. Day sounds like he's having a great deal of fun playing with and defying the conventions of the genre.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaara explores a similar space on her re-rub of 'My Baby's Got It Out For Me'. Once again, Seror-O'Neil's voice is flexed and warped, spinning around the stereo field, as emotive as she ever sounds but more abstracted. Gossamer light with a heavyweight trance chassis - an iron fist in a lace glove.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRising star Cousin moves in an earthier and more dubwise fashion on his remix of 'Falling Under.' His trademark shuffling, layered percussion comes with gnarly electronics and blissed-out synths. All the while, that vocal refrain leads us through the bong smoke toward the light. A work of restraint and release, the perfect fit for a.s.o.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePurelink's redo of 'Rain Down' is closer stylistically to the original. Bubbling synth-bass grooves atop a breakbeat, the vocal chopped and diced tastefully. Balearic street soul vibes, a hypnotic and heady five minutes. Beautiful business.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Low Lying Records","offers":[{"title":"Black 12\"","offer_id":50442015441227,"sku":"2169357","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/unnamed_42_d985dcd0_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726990309"},{"product_id":"aso","title":"A.S.O.","description":"\u003cp\u003eHere is the debut, self-titled album from a.s.o., singer\/songwriter Alia Seror-O'Neill, and producer Lewie Day. \u003ci\u003ea.s.o. \u003c\/i\u003eis a thematic consolidation of the previous three singles and an impressive artistic progression. Day and Seror-O'Neill show they've mastered the format of the radio-friendly pop song and found how to subvert it completely. Across eleven songs, they have built a rich and compelling body of work. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe know where we are now, emotionally complex, trip-hop torch songs for club freaks. But the palette has broadened to encompass ethereal dream pop à la Cocteau Twins, slow-burning AOR-soul, and dubwise stylings. As a result, 'a.s.o.' is a satisfyingly coherent listen but never a musical monoculture. Variously there are nods toward Julee Cruise, Fleetwood Mac, and the uneasy listening of Portishead. It's an album that wears its influences lightly, is never weighed down by them, and always sure of its own identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e It's anchored by Alia's unique voice. Her words speak of restraint and release, taking us from the elegiac to the euphoric. This elegantly crafted, perfect pop music sounds like it has had enough of your shit. And Day's music is the perfect foil; deep, slightly menacing, restrained, and powerful. The album has a cinematic texture, as with David Lynch; the seemingly familiar becomes uncanny and strange the closer we look. a.s.o. take our emotions for a joyride before leaving us floating in space. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ea.s.o.\u003c\/i\u003e is a journey; by its end, we all are changed.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Low Lying Records","offers":[{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50531132539211,"sku":"2056449","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/R-27267825-1685731555-4555_a85dca47_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1728095948"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/collections\/aso-2.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}