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Fans of shoegaze legends like *Chapterhouse* and experimental artists like *Loop* will find solace in Sennen's mesmerizing compositions.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"widows-expanded-edition","title":"Widows (Expanded Edition)","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn expanded edition of the 2005 debut album by Sennen, hailed as a latter-day shoegaze classic, with seven bonus tracks, released on vinyl for the first time and remastered by Simon Scott from Slowdive. When Sonic Cathedral first started out as a club night in 2004, there were a number of bands around that reminded us of the stuff that had made us fall in love with music about 15 years earlier. In this so-called ‘nu-gaze’ scene, alongside the likes of Engineers and Amusement Parks On Fire, were an unassuming four-piece from Norwich called Sennen; they played lots of shows for us, and their mixture of melody and noise made them stand out. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sonic Cathedral","offers":[{"title":"Clear | LP | x2.","offer_id":50456763498827,"sku":"1123951","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"Clear | CD.","offer_id":50456765497675,"sku":"1123950","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/9784ddb9-3440-462e-a632-2cc568655825_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727200821"},{"product_id":"destroy-us","title":"Destroy Us","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn route to next year's album release, Sennen release a limited edition CD mini album (6 tracks) 'Destroy Us'. Sennen produce uncorrupted, oddly schizophrenic, patient pop music in the slipstreams of Spaceman 3, Mercury Rev and Teenage Fanclub, capable of abruptly changing lanes from startlingly beautiful, duel harmony pop to powerful, hypnotic anthems of infused distortion. The CD includes the hypnotic captivating title track, plus intros and outros and a trademark Sennen version of New Order's 'Bizarre Love Triangle'.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"No Label","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50470801375563,"sku":"319137","price":5.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}]},{"product_id":"where-the-light-gets-in","title":"Where The Light Gets In","description":"\u003cp\u003esecond album from these norwich post rockers. it's a blinding mix of all things delicate and epic. imagine simon and garfunkel fronting mogwai. on hungry audio.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"No Label","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50471038910795,"sku":"301337","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}]},{"product_id":"transmissions-ep","title":"Transmissions EP","description":"\u003cp\u003eSennen follow the expanded 15th anniversary reissue of their debut album \u003ci\u003eWidows\u003c\/i\u003e with a brand new live EP recorded earlier this year when the band were invited to play a live Transmissions session for Rough Trade, which also gave it its title. The four-piece decamped to Goldsmiths Music Studios in London back in June, and four tracks were broadcast via Rough Trade’s Instagram TV channel at the time. It was the first time the band had played together in almost five years, and they worked through a set of tracks from the reissued debut, plus a beautifully affecting cover of Big Star’s ‘Nightime’. The overwhelmingly positive reaction to the reissue (Under The Radar said it fused “post-rock time signatures with the ethereal beauty of early Ride or Chapterhouse”, while Resident Music simply called it “one of the best shoegaze records of all time”) has seemingly given the band a new lease of life, and they head out on the road for a series of live dates later this month. “We were thrilled with the reaction to the Widows reissue,” says guitarist and singer Richard Kelleway. “It looks and sounds better than the original, and seems to have hit the right note with a lot of people. We’ve seen plenty of photos of the record on people’s turntables, which means they like it, right?” The return to live performances was perhaps more unexpected. “When Rough Trade invited us to record a few of the songs for a live broadcast I’m pretty sure we hadn’t all been in the same room together since we met in the pub at the start of 2020 to discuss the reissue. That was pre-pandemic and it had been a lot longer since we’d played some of the songs. “We booked the studio and once we started playing, it’s a cliché but it was a bit like riding a bike. Those songs are forever lodged somewhere in my brain. Apart from ‘Opened Up My Arms’, I must have banged my head where that one was stored. “We used to do a version of ‘Nightime’ in rehearsals, but very occasionally we’d do it live. The last time we did it was just after Alex Chilton died. 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Singer and guitarist \u003cstrong\u003eRich Kelleway\u003c\/strong\u003e says it helped them reconnect with the unfiltered joy of making music together in their early 20s, something this new record brings back into focus.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFellow singer and guitarist \u003cstrong\u003eLarry Holmes\u003c\/strong\u003e calls \u003cstrong\u003eSennen\u003c\/strong\u003e “a bit of a lifeboat for us,” with the record’s wistful mood shaped by getting older and living through a fair slice of life. 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