{"title":"Found","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"what-i-like-to-do-3","title":"What I like to do","description":"\u003cp\u003eRemastered and first ever vinyl and CD release When it came time to create \"What I like to do,\" GRÓA took advantage of the prolonged standstill of lockdown and spent months on end in a friend’s studio, slowly building up an elaborate sonic world that unequivocally captures the joyful ferocity of their live show. To achieve the album’s glorious unpredictability, the band allowed themselves an even greater level of freedom in the writing and recording process. “All our songs are made in such different ways,” says Fríða. “Sometimes they come from us jamming in the garage, but other times we’ll sit down and draw a song on paper and then try to put the images to music. Another thing we love to do is switch instruments—when I hear Karó play the bass, for example, it gives me new ideas because she looks at the bass in a completely different way than I do. We’re always trying to find a new angle on what we’re creating.” Encompassing everything from the gorgeously ominous sprawl of “Ég skal bíða eftir þér” (“I will wait for you”) to the hypnotically loopy harmonies of “Grannypants,” What I like to do also marks the first GRÓA release to feature one of Karó self-built instruments. “For the last album I made a waterphone, which is a metal instrument that you pour water into and then play with a bow,” explains Karó, who’s currently studying new media compositions at university.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Found","offers":[{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50399593857355,"sku":"2177192","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50399593464139,"sku":"2177183","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/test_865dc263_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726506716"},{"product_id":"i-glimmerheimi-3","title":"I Glimmerheimi","description":"\u003cp\u003eRemastered and first worldwide release (previously only limited availability in Iceland) Since first bursting onto the global punk scene in 2018, Icelandic trio GRÓA have thrilled audiences across the world by fully embracing an unruly freedom. Made up of sisters Hrafnhildur Einars Maríudóttir (aka Hrabba, age 22) and Karólína Einars Maríudóttir (aka Karó, age 20) and their childhood friend Fríða Björg Pétursdóttir (also 22), the Reykjavík-bred band merge elements of post-punk and noise-rock and art-pop with absolute abandon, arriving at an explosive yet magnificently arranged sound unlike any other. A local favorite, the Icelandic government has recently been sponsoring worldwide travel to share GRÓA with the rest of the world and in 2023 they have played shows around the world including in UK, Western and Eastern Europe as well as USA dates including Washington DC, Seattle, Chicago and New York City. They have recently recorded an in studio performance at KEXP which will be broadcast worldwide in January 2024 and more worldwide touring is planned for early 2024 to support the vinyl and CD releases. Listing iconoclasts like Sonic Youth, PJ Harvey, and Bikini Kill among their longtime inspirations, the Icelandic punk band GRÓA pursued their experimental impulses with more intensity and confidence on Í Glimmerheimi, matching the album’s shapeshifting sound with a surrealist but emotionally potent form of lyrical storytelling. “It’s about a girl who’s trying to escape the world she’s stuck in—this glitter world that looks so good on the surface, but it’s not where she’s meant to be,” says Karó in discussing the album’s concept. “There’s a song called ‘Jetpackstelpan,’ or ‘Jetpack Girl,’ where she leaves the world on a jetpack and flies away to the moon, and she’s never coming back again.” Opening on the kaleidoscopic rhythms and rowdy call-and-response vocals of “Fullkomið” (“Perfect”), Í Glimmerheimi brings that narrative to frenetic and dazzling life, ultimately closing out on “Skrímslið er að ná þér” (“The monster is getting you”): a serpentine and strangely mesmerizing epic whose swirling textures, otherworldly vocals, and sparse yet complex guitar tones illuminate the immense scope and depth of GRÓA’s artistry.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Found","offers":[{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50399884804427,"sku":"2177195","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50399883985227,"sku":"2177182","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/test_05c59280_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726508700"},{"product_id":"factorycraft","title":"Factorycraft","description":"\u003cp\u003echemikal underground really do know their stuff. in recent years they've released some pretty amazing albums from the likes of the phantom band, de rosa, zoey van goey and aidan moffat. in 2011, they're continuing this rich vein of form with found's third album 'factorycraft'. it is their first studio album and it's an absolute belter. they're not ones to be pigeonholed, much like their stable mates the phantom band but they sound like a mish-mash of the beach boys and the cure, with a wee bit of hot chip added in for good measure.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"No Label","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50410168877387,"sku":"336729","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/38f44abc-3686-4153-85c7-13690cb47f9e_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726639438"},{"product_id":"terra-nova","title":"Terra Nova","description":"\u003cp\u003eFound follow up 2015's futuristic album 'Cloning' with a look back at the past in 'Terra Nova'. 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