{"product_id":"lo-soul","title":"Lo! Soul","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLo! Soul\u003c\/i\u003e is the fifth solo album from Roddy Woomble, following on from his acclaimed debut,\u003ci\u003e My Secret Is My Silence \u003c\/i\u003e(2006), \u003ci\u003eThe Impossible Song and Other Songs\u003c\/i\u003e (2011), \u003ci\u003eListen To Keep\u003c\/i\u003e (2013) and \u003ci\u003eThe Deluder\u003c\/i\u003e (2017). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe record sees Woomble continue his unique and restless trajectory, gently stepping away from his previous acoustic \/ folk intentions in favour of a more explorative light, prevalent on 2020's 'Everyday Sun' EP, which featured largely spoken word pieces over an ambient, mediative soundtrack.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProduced and mixed by collaborator and Idlewild bandmate Andrew Mitchell (aka Andrew Wasylyk), \u003ci\u003eLo! Soul\u003c\/i\u003e was recorded remotely between Roddy's home in the Hebrides and Andrew's studio in Dundee throughout 2020 while Scotland was locked-down.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoddy explains: \"Andrew describes moments of the album as 'Dystopian-pop' which I think is as good a description as any. Lockdown gave me the sense of a collective melancholy, a shared remoteness and isolation - that has been a guiding influence throughout all the songs. It is the most unusual record I have made, and made in the most unusual way.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcross his twenty-five year career, \u003ci\u003eLo! Soul \u003c\/i\u003emay well be Woomble's most inventive, creative album to date. From undulating synths and ambient soundscapes in the abstract narratives of 'Atlantic Photography' and 'Secret Show', the sun-tinged horns of 'Architecture in LA', a mellifluous Mellotron or perhaps a piano chime. Here, the path is embedded with Roddy's words delicately unearthing the known and never known.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"A Modern Way","offers":[{"title":"Brown | LP","offer_id":50456043061579,"sku":"1126586","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Black | LP","offer_id":50456044929355,"sku":"1126585","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50456042438987,"sku":"1126584","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/5522e078-385a-419b-906b-6e88271d979a_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727195967","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/de\/products\/lo-soul","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}