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Pressed on transparent purple double vinyl, and housed in a gloss finished, wide spined outer sleeve with polylined inners.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Riot Season","offers":[{"title":"Purple LPx2.","offer_id":50388311769419,"sku":"2158088","price":34.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/a1883862827_16_2bdfaf5e_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726341031"},{"product_id":"this-is-the-harsh-trip-for-new-psyche","title":"This Is The Harsh Trip For New Psyche","description":"\u003cp\u003eThree years on from the bands acclaimed \u003ci\u003eGrateful End\u003c\/i\u003e album, and following up last years reissue of their live release \u003ci\u003ePsychedelic Scum Freaks\u003c\/i\u003e. Taipei's underground psych monsters Dope Purple return with their new album proper, \u003ci\u003eThis Is The Harsh Trip For New Psyche\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe album, it's a mixture of harsh noise and psych rock, the noise element being well recorded and presented so we can hear many details, and blends perfectly with the other instruments in all frequencies. The whole album moves between a spectral sadness and insanity, each track takes a rather different direction, recognising the influence of Classic Japanese bands such as High Rise, Mainliner, and Les Rallizes Dénudés.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe album is a collaboration with Berserk, a young underground pioneer from the Taipei scene, and has been performing chaotic frequency manipulation and carefully textured post-apocalyptic soundscape since 2015.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Riot Season","offers":[{"title":"White LP","offer_id":50443430920523,"sku":"2184534","price":23.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/a0160008617_16_66d063a7_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727014429"},{"product_id":"grateful-end","title":"Grateful End","description":"\u003cp\u003eHeavy, deep guitar led psych-rock from Taiwan. 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Unlike our last album, I didn't have a specific theme or idea for this album, however I named it 'Children In The Darkness’ because all the songs on this album share the same lonely, disorientating chaos that reminds me of children forgotten in the darkness, and Dope Purple has always been a messenger for those children, playing sedative music for their ghosts.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAt the end of each performance, I can clearly feel my furious brain melting away and only the calming spirit remains in my body.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Riot Season","offers":[{"title":"LP - Purple Galaxy","offer_id":51875903734091,"sku":"R2860-5728","price":23.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/a3698537803_16.jpg?v=1748076242"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/collections\/dope-purple.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}