{"title":"Michael J Sheehy","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"dont-we-deserve-some-kind-of-love","title":"Don't We Deserve Some Kind of Love?","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eMichael J. Sheehy has been making records for almost three decades, initially as founder and mouthpiece of mid-'90s cult band Dream City Film Club, then as a solo artist and frontman of rootsy garage\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003erock act Miraculous Mule. He has toured with the likes of Kristin Hersh, Tindersticks, John Cale and Peter Murphy, while his songs have been utilised in films such as ‘Intimacy’ and the TV show ‘Deadwood’.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eFollowing a six-year hiatus, Sheehy has just announced \u003cem\u003eDon't We Deserve Some Kind of Love?,\u003c\/em\u003e his seventh solo album but first for Dimple Discs. In exploring themes of addiction, recovery, forgiveness, love, loss and the search for identity, it brings into sharp focus a shift in perspective that began with its2020 predecessor, \u003cem\u003eDistance Is The Soul Of\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eBeauty\u003c\/em\u003e. \"I got sober in 2012 and after 20 years of heavy drinking there was a lot of damage and debris that needed to be addressed - explains Sheehy. - For two years I didn't write a single song. I was\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eseeking out who I could be without drink and drugs. I'd spent two decades upending anything that resembled stability and writing about what a fucking shambles I was. I had always written for and about\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003epeople for whom life is an ordeal and it almost always came from the bottom of a half-empty glass.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eDon’t We Deserve Some Kind Of Love?\u003c\/em\u003e features contributions from Fiona Brice (violin), Sandy Mill (backing vocals), Ian Burns (drums) and Patrick McCarthy(guitar). It was recorded at home over a\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efive-year period while Sheehy was a stay-at-home father and working evenings at a bar in Camden, north London. Sleeve notes by eminent critic Pete Paphides.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dimple Discs","offers":[{"title":"LP - Black","offer_id":57200287318347,"sku":"R7131-0336","price":23.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":57200287351115,"sku":"R7131-3971","price":13.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/giV-vZTT.jpg?v=1777810981"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/collections\/michael-j-sheehy.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}