{"title":"Sunset Rubdown","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSunset Rubdown was a Canadian indie rock\/art rock band that formed in 2005 in Montreal, Quebec. Known for their unique sound and experimental approach to music, the band quickly gained a dedicated following. However, after four years of creating innovative and captivating music, Sunset Rubdown disbanded in 2009. Despite their relatively short-lived career, the impact of their music continues to be felt within the indie rock scene.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"random-spirit-lover","title":"Random Spirit Lover","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe woven lyrics and singular songwriting style heard in Sunset Rubdown invoke a mythological world, where magical narratives and tiny metaphors give shape to ordinary objects in the room; sometimes beautiful, sometimes beastly. The moniker was first born to bare the solo bedroom recordings of Spencer Krug, but has since evolved into a full-fledged band. Now enter Sunset Rubdown's third full-length record, \u003ci\u003eRandom Spirit Lover\u003c\/i\u003e, featuring twelve songs that bleed in and out of each other, mixing portents with theatrics, confusions with conversions. The dark glamour of the music beneath the half-baked revelations in rhyme creates a tone of high drama, blown-out and overt, but the stage is wild and the roles aren't clear, so the sincerity of the work and the spontaneity of the recordings can't help but shine through the formality of structure. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jagjaguwar","offers":[{"title":"Blue LPx2","offer_id":50410549707083,"sku":"2195141","price":54.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50410549379403,"sku":"291565","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Random_Spirit_Lover_7209e0b0_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726644127"},{"product_id":"always-happy-to-explode-3","title":"Always Happy to Explode","description":"\u003cp\u003eSunset Rubdown are set to release their fourth studio album the first in fifteen years! Always Happy To Explode. Twenty years ago Spencer Krug began using the name Sunset Rubdown for his solo bedroom recordings, experiments too low-fi and odd for what was then a blossoming Wolf Parade, but by 2005 Sunset Rubdown had evolved into a full band, with Michael Doerksen, Jordan Robson-Cramer, and Camilla Wynne joining Krug on stage and in the studio. The band recorded their third critically-acclaimed album, Dragon Slayer, in Chicago in 2008, then went on to play their last show in Tokyo in 2009, with the implicit knowledge it was their last. They broke up quietly, their certitude that they'd never reunite growing as the years rolled on. Then one night more than a dozen years after their final show Krug had a dream (he really did) that the band reunited, and the first thing he did upon awakening was email the band to see if the dream might be made real. The answer was a resounding yes, and soon enough Sunset Rubdown was onstage again. The first show in fourteen years was in Montreal, where they had formed so long ago. The tour was a success, most crucially in terms of having fun, the main condition of their continued pursuits. This fun was thanks in no small part to their blithesome new member, bassist Nicholas Merz. And thus they decided to make a new album together. The record is composed of nine songs cherry-picked from demos that Krug has been posting to his Patreon page over recent years, with the songs in many cases being pared down from their previous incarnations, yet no less lush. Being a band is no easy feat, perhaps especially as members age and spread across the continent, but it certainly is a privilege. With Always Happy to Explode, Sunset Rubdown have made something that captures their gratitude and the energy of their joyous (and sometimes difficult) reunion\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pronounced Kroog","offers":[{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50426593214795,"sku":"2217101","price":26.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Sunset_Rubdown_-_Always_Happy_to_Explode_0f3d6502_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726814032"},{"product_id":"snakes-got-a-leg-2","title":"Snake's Got a Leg","description":"\u003cp\u003eFeatures The Original Version of Wolf Parade Classic “I’ll Believe In Anything You’ll Believe In Anything” Originally released in 2005, Snake's Got A Leg is the first full-length by Sunset Rubdown—a solo project of Spencer Krug at that time. The album was curated from a series of bedroom recordings that Krug had made sporadically throughout the early aughts, and the variety of mood and style found across this set of low-fi and near-genreless songs sets the stage for the project's full-band releases to come. Fans of later Sunset Rubdown who have an affinity for wild experimentation will likely find something to love here\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pronounced Kroog","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":50506712842571,"sku":"2027466","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Sunset_Rubdown_-_Snakes_Got_a_Leg_9e1b0e8b_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727828185"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/collections\/test_ad96825f_thumbnail_4096_8ecdbdf7-b940-453b-8d6a-7cd7272f0746.jpg?v=1726644095","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/de\/collections\/sunset-rubdown.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}