{"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","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/de\/products\/caroline","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}