{"title":"The Illness","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"summerease-ep","title":"Summerease EP","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Illness are primarily from York and Liverpool but with a preference for collaboration across cities and continents. Their first 12\"single \"Descending G\/Phrases Redacted\" released during lockdown in 2020 featured Pavement\/Silver Jews members Steve West and Bob Nastanovitch, was heavily played on BBC6, and featured in Marc Riley's end of year best of list. The new EP features multiple contributors including Laura J Martin and Dbh. Each track being played essentially by a completely different line-up serves to better represent the band's varying influences, whilst being built around the same 4-piece band. Opening track \"Everybody Knows That I'm a Fool\" is an immediate 3-minute rocker, while \"Alone\/Aline\" goes on a sci-fi headtrip, filtering La Dusseldorf through the Rah Band along the way. \"I Was a Quarrelsome Youth\" is a brief dreamlike tale in the vein of Bill Callahan, while \"Summerease\" employs a complex wistfulness reminiscent of The Delgados or early Cardigans. Mixed and mastered by Iwan Morgan (Cate Le Bon, Gruff Rhys etc).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sea Records","offers":[{"title":"12\"","offer_id":50478728839499,"sku":"2024948","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/CqfIvJzs_75c86d10_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727490023"},{"product_id":"macrodosed","title":"Macrodosed","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Illness\u003c\/strong\u003e are a Liverpool-York (and beyond) based alt rock collective that traverse genres, as guided by the revolving door of collaborators that augment the core line-up from song to song.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTheir full-length debut, \u003cem\u003eMacrodosed\u003c\/em\u003e, is an eclectic but defiantly melodic collection of addictive hooks that pulls from all corners of popular alternative music. The album will be preceded by a single and video release for the album's song \"\u003cem\u003eSpeedway Star\u003c\/em\u003e\" on January 6th, featuring the distinctive sound of David Pajo (Slint\/Tortoise\/Papa M etc) on lead vocals (Pajo can also be heard lending his unique guitar stylings later on the record).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMacrodosed\u003c\/em\u003e never rests on its laurels, as it shifts between modes and demands the listener's attention, but is warm and inviting from start to finish. Synthpop banger \"\u003cem\u003eGlitter Witches\u003c\/em\u003e\" feints deftly to give the impression of being an early outlier in the running order, but by the track's peak, everything makes perfect sense.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBoldly calling at many stylistic stops along the way - hear the ominous vocoder-Morricone menace of \"\u003cem\u003eEntropolis\u003c\/em\u003e\" segue to the lush '60s Brian Wilson\/Jimmy Webb-isms of \"\u003cem\u003eGhost of Haxby\u003c\/em\u003e,\" for example - the album culminates with the instrumental \"\u003cem\u003eMacrodoser\u003c\/em\u003e\" (as hinted at throughout the record), in which it's easy to imagine Brian Eno and NEU! getting together to produce an Allman Brothers workout. A 'Free Bird' for introverts if you will.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFollowing two well-received previous EPs that saw the band working with Steve West \u0026amp; Bob Nastanovich (Silver Jews\/Pavement) and Liverpool based multi-instrumentalist\/songwriter Laura J Martin, \u003cem\u003eMacrodosed\u003c\/em\u003e shows the developing arc of The Illness' range of inspiration.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA colourful introduction to a band with a dizzying scale of ambition tempered by an intimacy that can only come from the joyous embrace of collaboration. A band in sync with itself and its sense of kaleidoscopic purpose.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor fans of: The Breeders, Neil Young \u0026amp; Crazy Horse, Human League, Jim O'Rourke, Stereolab, The New Year, Guided by Voices, The Cardigans, Yellow Magic Orchestra\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sea Records","offers":[{"title":"Blue LP","offer_id":51066659799371,"sku":"2238675","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/test_f3d60de4_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1736443032"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/de\/collections\/the-illness.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}