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'zoo' explores punk and post-punk traditions: the rhythm section remains as tense and propulsive as ever, while guitarist anthony anzaldo moves with ease from ringing power chords to stealthy leads reminiscent of gang of four and the cramps. ross farrar's future primitive vocals sometimes recall 'pink flag' or 'metal box', ranging from a melodic howl to a muttered incantation. the result is gripping and indelible. \n\nrough trade east in-store - ceremony - tuesday 20th march, 7pm\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"No Label","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":50410130604363,"sku":"348391","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50410130768203,"sku":"348390","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/a041a22e-ebe5-48a6-9410-55b9dd9f5382_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726638625"},{"product_id":"in-the-spirit-world-now","title":"In the Spirit World Now","description":"\u003cp\u003eCeremony make their Relapse Records debut with their highly ambitious new album, \u003ci\u003eIn the Spirit World Now!\u003c\/i\u003e The album sees Ceremony at the height of their creative output, as the always-evolving Rohnert Park quintet take various influences from post punk and rock to create one of the summer's most compelling and infectious records. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn the Spirit World Now\u003c\/i\u003e is full of layered sonic fury and anxiety, each song building up to a point and then descending down through a militant, catchy hook. \u003ci\u003eTurn Away the Bad Thing\u003c\/i\u003e sets the tone, guitars climbing around the driving bass line, as Ross Farrar sings, “It’s getting harder for me to be alright \/ Eyes adjusting to the dark \/ The momentum of all these last resorts built inside of me.” Songs like \u003ci\u003ePresaging the End\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCalming Water \u003c\/i\u003efeel romantic and distressed, while \u003ci\u003eFurther I Was\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eYears of Love\u003c\/i\u003e are driven by Farrar’s rebellious energy as he repeats the hook with a deadpan realness. “Years of love can be forgotten \/ In the hatred of a day.” But the true stand-out is the title track,\u003ci\u003e In the Spirit World Now\u003c\/i\u003e, a haunting pop gem with a sticky chorus and lead synth riff that plants itself in your head as Farrar chants the track’s name over and over like a mantra. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn the Spirit World Now\u003c\/i\u003e is a sort of nebulous and ectoplasmic place where things may not be quite what they seem,” he says. “It means shit is about to get weird.” The album marks a milestone for this Northern California punk outfit who have stayed true to themselves as songwriters throughout massive sonic growth throughout their storied career. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Relapse","offers":[{"title":"LP - Orange Krush Cloudy","offer_id":57593043878219,"sku":"R3944-3327","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"LP - Doublemint Green with Heavy Halloween Orange, Orange Krush and Easter Yellow Splatter.","offer_id":50461464985931,"sku":"1068509","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50461462659403,"sku":"1068511","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"LP","offer_id":50461463380299,"sku":"1068513","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/70b8257c-0e61-481e-aac8-35cd4cacb50c_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727248738"},{"product_id":"in-the-spirit-world-now-synthetic-remixes","title":"In the Spirit World Now (Synthetic Remixes)","description":"\u003cp\u003eCeremony's\u003ci\u003e In the Spirit World Now (Synthetic Remixes)\u003c\/i\u003e sees the band's critically acclaimed 2019 album reimagined with a new emphasis on synth instrumentation. 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True to form, Ceremony's seventh album, \u003cem\u003eTell Me Your Dream \u003c\/em\u003epushes the group’s punk-forged intensity all the way to the fore, capturing the quintet at its most expressive, expansive, and timely.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“We’re living in an era of mass uncertainty,” says Ceremony vocalist Ross Farrar. “In punk, I don’t see how you can’t respond. It’s taken over our lives in so many different ways — economically, politically, spiritually. We want people to wake up and get into what’s happening.” \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFerociously alert, \u003cem\u003eTell Me Your Dream\u003c\/em\u003e reunites Ceremony — Farrar, guitarist-keyboardist Anthony Anzaldo, guitarist Andy Nelson, bassist Justin Davis and drummer Jake Casarotti — with producer John Reis for ten songs of searing breadth. That means everything from bristling hardcore to moody post-punk — all while taking fundamental inspiration from Discharge, Crass, and other anarcho-punk troupes that first helped certain members of Ceremony find their own political voices back when they were teenagers. The result is a culmination of the band’s 21 years together, if not some kind of riddle: Ceremony knows how to make a return-to-form sound like evolution — and vice versa.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEqually loud and clear is the fact that Ceremony isn’t hesitating to raise its voice at a moment when the underground has grown strangely quiet. “Why aren’t punk bands actually saying the word ‘Palestine’ on their records?” asks Ceremony guitarist Andy Nelson. “We didn’t want to make anything that felt light, or empty, or apolitical. 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