{"title":"Blake Mills","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlake Mills is a highly talented and versatile artist hailing from Santa Monica, California. As a guitarist, songwriter, producer, and session musician, he has made significant contributions to the music industry. Born on September 21, 1986, Blake's passion for music shines through in his captivating performances and exceptional musicality. With his impressive skills and diverse range of talents, Blake Mills continues to captivate audiences worldwide.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"blake-mills","title":"Blake Mills","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 2010, Blake’s solo career began with this self titled critically acclaimed album released only on a limited run of CDs and digitally. It became a cult favorite over the years, with 2019 marking the first time it will be pressed on vinyl. In 2015 he produced the highly acclaimed sophomore album SOUND \u0026amp; COLOR for ALABAMA SHAKES. The album reached #1 on Billboard charts and was nominated for six Grammys, winning Best Alternative Album, Best Engineered Album, Best Rock Performance and Best Rock Song. Blake went on to produce the albums NO SHAPE for PERFUME GENIUS, DARKNESS AND LIGHT for JOHN LEGEND, WE’RE ALL GOING TO DIE for DAWES, and SEMPER FEMINA foR LAURA MARLING - earning him his second Producer of the Year Grammy nomination. Blake also composed original music for DAVID O’RUSSELL’S Academy Award nominated film JOY. As a session player and sideman he has worked with BECK, CASS MCCOMBS, JACKSON BROWN, LUCINDA WILLIAMS, BAND OF HORSES, FRANK OCEAN, RANDY NEWMAN and NEIL DIAMOND, among others. RICK RUBIN and T BONE BURNETT frequently call upon his services as a guitarist, and equally enamored is ERIC CLAPTON who told Rolling Stone magazine “Blake Mills is the last guitarist I heard that I thought was phenomenal.”\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Record Collection","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":50424634769739,"sku":"2172944","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/test_c9ff6cf5_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726780874"},{"product_id":"mutable-set","title":"Mutable Set","description":"\u003cp\u003eGrammy-winning producer, composer, guitarist and songwriter Blake Mills releases his new album, \u003ci\u003eMutable Set \u003c\/i\u003evia New Deal Records. \u003ci\u003eMutable Set\u003c\/i\u003e is Mills’ fourth studio album, crafted as a soundtrack to the emotional dissonance of modern life. The record reflects the push and pull of opposing forces: harmony and eerie dissonance, orchestral crescendos and moments of near silence, melodic yet unresolving chord progressions. The sonically warm album holds Mills’ guitar fingerpicking, gentle piano and melancholy tenor at its center.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLyrically, Mills partnered with his friend, the songwriter Cass McCombs, for parts of \u003ci\u003eMutable Set\u003c\/i\u003e. Ranging from narrative to impressionistic the songs address the multiplicity of modern life. Quiet dissatisfaction segues to bracing optimism - and, often, back again. Recorded at the iconic Sound City Studios in Los Angeles, Mutable Set features Mills joined by Aaron Embry on keys (Elliot Smith, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros), Sam Gendel on saxophone (Vampire Weekend, Moses Sumney), Rob Moose on strings (Alabama Shakes, Bon Iver) Abe Rounds (Meshell Ndegocello, Andrew Bird) on drums and Pino Palladino (The Who, D’Angelo) on bass. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New Deal Records","offers":[{"title":"Black | LP | x2","offer_id":50455639720267,"sku":"1091826","price":23.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50455640736075,"sku":"1091825","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/11f62c00-ed8a-4409-ad7b-bbd554b5056c_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727193105"},{"product_id":"jelly-road-2","title":"Jelly Road","description":"\u003cp\u003eGrammy-winning producer, composer, guitarist and songwriter Blake Mills returns with his first solo record since 2020’s \u003ci\u003eMutable Set\u003c\/i\u003e, co-produced by Blake and experimental artist Chris Weisman.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlake Mills has released four acclaimed solo albums and produced, played and recorded with artists such as Fiona Apple, Alabama Shakes, Phoebe Bridgers, Perfume Genius, Moses Sumney, Bob Dylan, Laura Marling, Cass McCombs, Weyes Blood and Randy Newman, among others. 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