{"title":"caroline","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"caroline","title":"caroline","description":"\u003cp\u003eUK eight-piece caroline’s eponymous debut album often cascades with force like an avalanche, squalling and rumbling on the edge of all-out collapse. At other points they slip back into impossibly fragile moments of quiet – a simple bassline or a rattle of snare the only sound amid a dark sea of silence. caroline know exactly the right balance between restraint and release. These songs are expansive and emotive pieces, their rich palette drawing on a mixture of choral singing, Midwestern emo and O’Malley and Llewellyn’s roots in Appalachian folk.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Sometimes things sound much better when there’s empty space,” says Llewellyn. “Sometimes you might populate [a song] with too many things and forget that an element on its own is enough.” Elsewhere on the record the band have employed a collage-like technique, combining snippets of lo-fi recordings from a myriad of different locations – a barn in France, the members’ bedrooms and living rooms, the atmospheric swimming pool in which they also filmed sublime live sessions for ‘Dark blue’ and ‘Skydiving onto the library roof’ – with more traditional group sessions at the Total Refreshment Centre and their studio in Peckham.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe growth that began as a scrappy guitar band above a pub many years ago is still continuing. caroline’s astounding debut album is merely the first step.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rough Trade Records","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":50466814787915,"sku":"1137529","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50466814820683,"sku":"1137528","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/8185f208-1f83-40ab-ba88-2b5319de7d4d_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727323093"},{"product_id":"skydiving-onto-the-library-roof-everything-for-everyone","title":"Skydiving Onto The Library Roof \/ Everything For Everyone","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSkydiving onto the library roof\u003c\/i\u003e is the second 12” single from caroline on Rough Trade. caroline began in early 2017, evolving out of weekly improvisation sessions. Band members brought together their shared influences, including Midwestern emo, Appalachian folk, minimalist classical and various forms of electronic music, slowly expanding their on-stage membership as the songs developed. Rough Trade released their debut single \u003ci\u003eDark Blue\u003c\/i\u003e in March 2020.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSkydiving onto the library roof\u003c\/i\u003e represents a new development in caroline’s songwriting process. 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Going beyond their debut's explorations of repetition, slowness, and space, the new album pushes further into dynamic contrasts — organic and electronic, raw and refined.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLaunched with the striking single ‘\u003cem\u003eTell me I never knew that\u003c\/em\u003e’, featuring \u003cstrong\u003eCaroline Polachek\u003c\/strong\u003e’s unmistakable vocals, \u003cem\u003eCaroline 2\u003c\/em\u003e showcases a fearless interplay of layered instrumentation, warped vocal processing, and moments of both euphoria and melancholy. 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It was recorded in what was then the empty shell of a former Greek dark kitchen, but has since become our studio - and is an improvisation with three guitars and singing in an empty, reverberant room. It never made it onto the album but it is a piece of music we are really proud of.\u003c\/span\u003e”\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rough Trade Records","offers":[{"title":"12\" - Albums of the Year Edition","offer_id":55805158654283,"sku":"R1136-3445","price":7.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Caroline_55805158654283.png?v=1762816372"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/de\/collections\/caroline.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}