{"title":"Hirons","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"future-perfect","title":"Future Perfect","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOn her debut EP \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eFuture Perfect\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, British-American songwriter Jenny Hirons sings of childhood visions and capitalist superstructures, of speeding down narrow country lanes and gently disappearing into the ether like a dream fulfilled. Throughout five muted pop tracks recalling Sakamoto and Hosono, Bowie and Eno, Hirons conjures pop fantasy and confronts reality with bright-eyed steeliness.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe title \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eFuture Perfect\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e refers to actions which shall be completed. Having absorbed the musical debut of Jenny Hirons, the attentive listener will have found themselves with a feeling of time well spent. Lyrical analysis being entirely optional — upon inspection a multiprismatic picture of life viewed from all points in time emerges — a child imagines adulthood, an adult returns to autonomy, a voice from another place looks back on a child's fantasies of the future. The effect of these songs is anything but ponderous, however. Hope, aspiration, overcoming are the takeaways, and musically the tone is a reflection of the artist herself — wry, cerebral, poised, entirely charming.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHirons cites Astor Piazolla, the Beach Boys, Elliot Smith, Deerhoof, and Rachmaninoff as musical influences. (For those who don't know, Piazolla is an accordionist.) Hirons is also a deeply accomplished visual artist and designer. The product of several years of tinkering, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eFuture Perfect\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is also a breakup record, an unemployment record, an uncertain future record. Having now made it out into the world, Hirons looks back to a time when \"music was the economy of our hearts\", and forward to a future allowed to shape itself however it may be, \"carried home in all directions.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Western Vinyl","offers":[{"title":"LP - Black","offer_id":53381333811531,"sku":"R2448-4086","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/2000x2000bb_2b0bb02d-d308-4e4a-b3a4-b949bbd6c13e.jpg?v=1757837787"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/collections\/hirons.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}