{"product_id":"lupin","title":"Lupin","description":"\u003cp\u003eLupin is the sound of an arrival. Across eight tracks of subverted, expansive pop, Jake Luppen’s solo debut is all sharp edges, a fractured self-portrait pieced together through left-of-center, pop maximalism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough Luppen rose to prominence as a vocalist and guitarist in St. Paul’s beloved indie outfit Hippo Campus, the songs on Lupin feel like meeting him for the first time. He puts it succinctly: “With this record I wanted to get to the point, and say how things were, as opposed to dancing around them.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten mainly in breaks during a sprawl of 112 shows for Hippo Campus’ Bambi from 2018-2019, Lupin was an unexpected path to confidence. It also offered an escape from the grind of endless touring and a way for Luppen to process major and stressful life events directly through songwriting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInspired as much by Charli XCX’s Pop 2 as it is Tears for Fears, ‘80s new wave, and Prince, the genre-bending record holds true to a desire to make ‘80s music filtered through modern technology. Featuring synth and programming contributions from Jim-E Stack and Buddy Ross, Lupin weaves together fragmented drum loops, swooning falsetto, tangles of synths, and sharp guitar-lines, the final product is an off-kilter pop-sheen, one Luppen said was guided more by intuition and feeling than anything else.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWorking alongside producer BJ Burton (Bon Iver, Charli XCX, Banks), the two spent intensive sessions collecting material, coalescing as many layers felt true to serve the songs.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Transgressive","offers":[{"title":"Red | LP","offer_id":50422875423051,"sku":"1099532","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50422876864843,"sku":"1099531","price":6.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/9d380452-9b75-415d-8ed2-90d31b466d16_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726767649","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/de\/products\/lupin","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}