{"title":"ES","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"less-of-everything","title":"Less of Everything","description":"\u003cp\u003eLess of Everything is the title of \u003cem\u003eEs\u003c\/em\u003e's first full-length LP, which could be interpreted as a manifesto pledge, an outright demand, or a purely literal sonic descriptor of the London quartet's glacial form of punk rock music.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis tension between intent and interpretation has been a fundamental element of the group's output since their formation. After a period with members split between Glasgow and London, \u003cstrong\u003eEs\u003c\/strong\u003e recorded Less of Everything with Lindsay Corstorphine (Sauna Youth, Primitive Parts) in Tottenham in 2019.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs in Object Relations, the dynamic between Cotterell's bass and Watters' keyboard is at the heart of Less of Everything's sound: intertwining sub-zero melodies, gothic anarcho-punk influences (think Kukl, Malaria, X-Mal Deutschland), and some kind of entirely unlocatable aquatic component.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen combined with Murray Leach's precise drumming, the outcome is original and immediately recognizable. \u003cstrong\u003eEs\u003c\/strong\u003e are a group who know how to leave space, how to strive for minimalism without sacrificing aggression or dynamism.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Upset The Rhythm","offers":[{"title":"Clear | LP","offer_id":50463680102731,"sku":"1084552","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"LP","offer_id":50463680954699,"sku":"2007173","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/d6c508b7-44c5-4461-89ae-414490b239d2_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727265644"},{"product_id":"fantasy-16","title":"Fantasy","description":"\u003cp\u003eIf Es’ debut album for Upset the Rhythm explored the “tension between intent and interpretation”, the\nLondon group’s 2023 EP, ‘Fantasy’, constructs a coda for resistance against the distorted gaze. A\nfour-track contact-high anxiety amid fact and facsimile, the new release attempts to define a sound\nthat still resonates in an increasingly confused public theatre, where cerebral dreams manifest in\ncorrupt fascination.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEchoing the legendary Pylon or the later, disco-inspired releases from PIL, tracks like ‘Emergency’\nand ‘Unreal’ blend the band’s established disjunctive style of gothic restlessness with brighter, poppy,\nand danceable tones. These stylistically unwind in transition with the increasingly claustrophobic\npieces like ‘Too Late’ and ‘Swallowed Whole’, syncopating a parallel design of the frantic and the\nfashionable.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaired with a lyrical intricacy which emits a desire to break the fetish of false representation,\n‘Fantasy’ reminds us that worthy punk records, like any manifesto of neurotic suspicion, balance\ntestimonial, speculative-fiction, and social critique. Indebted to the past but pointed sharply to the\nfuture, Es deconstruct our modern wreckage of personhood and self-deceit, granting a sense of\nsolidarity inside alienation. Inside ‘Fantasy’ we visualize our own estrangement, and it is only when\nthis mirror fades that we find the tools to fight back.\n\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Upset The Rhythm","offers":[{"title":"Blue 7\"","offer_id":50485962703179,"sku":"2009201","price":7.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/UTR153_45a816dd_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727605179"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/collections\/es-1.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}