{"title":"Roy","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"algorithm-party","title":"Algorithm Party","description":"\u003cp\u003eAlgorithm Party is a debut publication in which an utterly original, fully-formed literary voice announces itself, somehow full of life, on the page. Liverpool’s spoken-word performer Roy’s deft, articulate and startlingly observed stories veer from the comic to the calamitous in a breath, cutting to the quick of the broad swathe of people and personalities that comprise his native city, from struggling parents to small-time criminals, pent-up white-collar workers to drinkers long lost to the ale. Roy’s eye is as keen as it is generous, presenting, in the great tradition of English realism, the real lives of people up against it in all sorts of ways, muddling through, trying to make the best of it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rough Trade Books","offers":[{"title":"Pamphlet","offer_id":50414547206475,"sku":"1107998","price":7.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/dbc5a091-49e6-4165-b82f-b91ab6c02267_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726683854"},{"product_id":"spoons-for-the-world","title":"Spoons For The World","description":"\u003cp\u003eWho is ROY? ROY is the alias of Patrick Lefler; undoubtedly one of Toronto’s most vital musical fulcrums. As an in-demand musical collaborator, producer and recordist, Patrick has played a role in virtually every record that has emerged from downtown Toronto’s ongoing psychedelic renaissance. An actual polymath at work whether producing, writing, or playing, you can hear his indelible sonic signature on the latest records by Possum, Bart, The Royal Family, Hieronymus Harry, and others. ROY is Patrick’s solo outlet and Spoons for the World is his 5th full length, 3rd for Idée Fixe, and a return to a physical format following up his deeply conceptualized digital manifesto, Capitalism. Roy’s Garage (Patrick’s previous release for Idée Fixe) was widely celebrated with four star reviews in Mojo, Record Collector, and Shindig (whose Camilla Aisa declared Roy’s Garage “An impeccable modern compendium of lysergic ’60’s charms”) while stateside Raven Sings The Blues’ musical documentarian Andy French declared “Patrick Lefler packs Roy’s Garage with the finer points of a deep dive into the 45 pile of an avid psych-pop sound bath.” Three years on from Roy’s Garage, Spoons for the World feels like a new chapter in the book of ROY. The album heralds a lyrical style that moves away from the paranoid commentary of the external to a newfound focus on the relationships to the people and places that comprise Patrick’s personal world. An album chock full of contributions from some of Toronto’s most skilled session players, Spoons is a revelation at every turn and Patrick’s most mature record to date. Opening with the abundantly optimistic Spoons For The World, the album’s namesake is a rolling kitchen jammer featuring Kali Horse’s Des and Sam’s homespun harmonies that help punctuate the song’s message of the promise to be found in each new day. What follows is I Ride The Highway which introduces ROY the piano balladeer and, paired with Side A closer and lead single Now You Know, shows the stunning depth of Patrick’s songcraft. Sweetening sessions of strings and vibraphone at the behest and direction of collaborator Jeff McMurrich, paired with ROY’s sonic compliment, recall the golden age of studio sessions with nods to Tim Buckley, Fred Neil and Lee Hazelwood. Gorgeous and emotional reflections that can’t help but leave one stirred. Side B is a classic deep cut affair with opener Cold Water In My Tea most closely resembling ROY’s previous work. With acoustics still at the record’s center, the tune stands at the precipice of early folk rock, replete with flute and electric leads. One can imagine the tune plucked straight from a night spent soundtracking The Matrix club, or perhaps a Mime Troupe benefit long before the Acid Tests truly went mainstream. What follows is the loner psych folk of A Message From The Other Side and the the swung, psychedelic and reverberated ode to astral traveling Dreamer Knows. Closer Let The Light In is a tribute to a cul de sac home that acts as a metaphor and, perhaps, as a new personal mantra, thereby perfectly bookending the album’s message of optimism. No matter how you found your way to ROY, there is a treasure trove of music to be discovered and, with certainty, there is much more to come.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Idée Fixe Records","offers":[{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50426713604427,"sku":"2189200","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Spoons_For_the_World_-_Single_5ae3fa9d_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726816087"},{"product_id":"roys-garage","title":"Roys Garage","description":"\u003cp\u003eRoy returns with stories of alien enlightenment, but with tales of personal vision. We now know the man behind Roy is Patrick Lefler, a psychedelic scholar whose deep musical knowledge is run through a panoply of archaic and homespun devices to create the sound of Roy. Welcome to \u003ci\u003eRoy’s Garage\u003c\/i\u003e, where both wow and flutter rule and all must observe the law of diminishing track widths. The LP’s side A opens with In The Garden Defeated, a sly nod to one of the sixties most renowned singles and what follows is a succession of 8 quick hits of succinct psych pop, ranging from the cold fact garage stomp of Let Me Tell Ya to the Wilson-esque pocket symphony of Where Did MyMind Go? Side B offers a more expansive vision within the Roy universe with its sprawling modal jams filled with free fuzz riffing and cascading acoustic leads, all culminating in the sage advice of a knowing guide in album closer As Long As You’re Feeling. Projecting forth from his mind’s eye, Roy declares he is “not afraid to be a freak” and “it’s time to love myself” and in doing so Roy’s Garage acts brother and sister no doubt peer through time and space smiling.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ide Fixe Records","offers":[{"title":"Black | LP","offer_id":50499554804043,"sku":"1118676","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/8b48d9c5-1999-452f-b0c5-e2babe73563d_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727773261"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/de\/collections\/roy.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}