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From the bubblegum mod pop of \"Dinner for Two\" to the junkshop soul of \"Love for Free,\" the Who-adjacent power pop of \"Summer's Calling\" to the horn-driven grooves of \"Is this Real?,\" Pop and Circumstance transposes Lunchbox's unique blend of influences into a transcendent new key.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Slumberland","offers":[{"title":"CD.","offer_id":50422169731403,"sku":"2188508","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50415614001483,"sku":"2188516","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50415617474891,"sku":"2188517","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/201374952669_cedb8343_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726691719"},{"product_id":"evolver-3","title":"Evolver","description":"\u003cp\u003eTim Brown and Donna McKean's legendary lost album \"Evolver\" is lost no more! Out for the first time on vinyl, sparklingly remastered with bonus session tracks, this Twentieth Anniversary edition of a psychedelic masterpiece fills a crucial hole in the Lunchbox oeuvre.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Recorded in the couple's 1990s Oakland basement between stays in Berlin, tour dates in London, and dreamy sojourns up the rugged Mendocino coastline, \"Evolver\" fuses jangle and jungle, ambient and dub into a striking pop statement. Marrying refined songcraft to the serendipitous magic hidden in half-broken reel-to-reel tape decks and vintage synthesizers, the LP plants its pop flag on the terrain of magic and mystery. Dreamy jangle pop gems emerge seamlessly out of a sea of loops, drones, and dubbed-out horn fanfares, cascades of tape echo feedback and whispers from outer space providing a trance-inducing backdrop to the pop sensibility for which Lunchbox is well-known. 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Donna’s Carol Kaye-meets-John Entwhistle bass and Tim’s scratch ‘n’ jangle guitar are complemented by horns from Gary Olson and Jeremy Goody, while whisps of analog tape feedback and Evelyn Davis’ key- boards give the record an otherworldly vibe in keeping with its autumnal lyrical themes. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the shimmering opener \u003ci\u003eDream Parade\u003c\/i\u003e to the horn-driven mod-pop of \u003ci\u003eHide and Seek\u003c\/i\u003e and the haunting male-female vocal stylings of the title track and album closer, the textures shift while the unity of artistic vision remains. 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