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With cover art by the amazing Jim Blanchard, and a few rounds of reissues on CD and vinyl overseas, the album has not once seen the light of day as a US Release, ever. Until now. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCompletely remastered by none other than mastering legend John Golden, the album will see multiple coloured vinyl variants and completely restored artwork. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackhouse Records","offers":[{"title":"Brown | LP","offer_id":50456891883851,"sku":"1151123","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/bbd1e96c-8e02-47e9-b26d-46ff16193632_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727201586"},{"product_id":"thin-black-duke","title":"Thin Black Duke","description":"\u003cp\u003eOver the 30 years of \u003cstrong\u003eOxbow\u003c\/strong\u003e’s operations, no one has come comfortably close to classifying the Bay Area group. This could arguably be the result of Oxbow’s ongoing evolution, but accurately describing any particular phase of the group's seven-album career is no easier than describing the broader metamorphic arc of their creative path.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is especially true with their seventh album \u003cem\u003eThin Black Duke\u003c\/em\u003e, where Oxbow’s elusive brand of harmonic unrest has absorbed the ornate and ostentatious palate of baroque pop into their sound, pushing their polarized dynamics into a scope that spans between sublime and completely unnerving. This is new musical territory for all parties involved.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs throughout their history, Oxbow grapples with channeling man’s most primal urges through a framework of meticulous, cultured, and cerebral instrumentation. But the unadulterated electric roar and percussive barbarism of their past work wasn’t as wholly satisfactory as it had been in the past. Other flavors were deemed necessary and called into play, both to slake unnamed thirsts and to suitably fit the \u003cem\u003eThin Black Duke\u003c\/em\u003e’s lyrical themes, but also to explore the further reaches of Oxbow’s studied approach to tension and release, structure and dissonance, and melody and abstraction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eConsequently, the attentive ear will notice recurring musical phrases and motifs throughout \u003cem\u003eThin Black Duke\u003c\/em\u003e. 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