{"title":"G.S. Schray","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"whispered-something-good","title":"Whispered Something Good","description":"\u003cp\u003eCircling guitar lines; the rise of fall of delicate bass; deep, breathy horns: sonic elements that exist in a state of slow, perpetual motion, like ideas sprouting from some kind of cognitive compost. With wonder and charm, G. S. Schray's new solo album, Whispered Something Good, evokes a realm of new growth while offering a fitting soundtrack for its exploration, as if tailor made for both the daydreamer and silly adventurer.\n\nWe start in the darkness of \"Unlit Center\" with elliptical phrases of jazz guitar. A conversation between double bass, synthesiser, and piano plays out on \"In Tears Twice A Page\" before we're ushered into the reflective zone of \"Another Haunted Mirror.\" There is synth mist which trumpet cuts through decisively like a shaft of light from the sun: warm and clear. As the album proceeds, firmer rhythms coalesce. On \"Prelude for Probably,\" clattering drums lock into a triumphant groove with horns. And then, to close, the instrumental art-pop of \"Gone in Amber,\" probing not necessarily towards a final destination but another stop-off, one of distant birdsong and the faintest flicker of synth. Intimate and inviting, the act of listening to Whispered Something Good is akin to digging through an imagination. It's a place of subliminal melodies blooming into rhizomatic musical shapes, stray musings coalescing as bolts of inspiration — change fostering yet more change.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Last Resort","offers":[{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50430810653003,"sku":"2200284","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/test_3f4a0ee4_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726852482"},{"product_id":"the-changing-account","title":"The Changing Account","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne of life's most difficult arts is learning to let go. You can try to cling to control in the face of a turbulent world, but the only constant we can count on is change—the tendrils of cleansing fire wiping away the old, new life springing forth from the dust and ash. So what's the point? Give yourself over to the depths. Surrender to the flow.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Changing Account is an appropriate soundtrack for learning to cope with a world we can't count on. Each piece is full of elliptical melodies that swirl with the unstable logic of dreams. Flurries of piano, guitar lines, and other more alien instrumentation shimmer delicately, but before they coalesce into familiar shapes or rhythms they change, then change, then change again. Listening is a bit like falling asleep on a long road—with each passing song you're waking up somewhere new, trying to get your bearings in another strange world. How did I get here? Where are we going? It doesn't matter. Close your eyes, drift away again.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"No Label","offers":[{"title":"Black | LP","offer_id":50460713189707,"sku":"1131971","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/04383877-92af-43c6-8c18-fd2f52779aa7_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727236953"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/collections\/g-s-schray.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}