{"product_id":"misfit-s-jubilee","title":"Misfit's Jubilee","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe ever-elusive Americana maverick Jim White returns with his most upbeat, hallucinogenic record to date, on Loose.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKnown for his catalog of dark ruminations on all things Southern, White’s latest outing, \u003ci\u003eMisfit’s Jubilee\u003c\/i\u003e, features a nonstop parade of manic, blue-collar conflagrations exploring realms dark and light, mystic and mundane, cynical and heartfelt; all presented within a buoyant, hook-laden sonic framework.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe raucous opener, \u003ci\u003eMonkey in a Silo,\u003c\/i\u003e provides a delirious peek into the drug-addled psyche of a teenage dope smuggler. From that ignominious jumping off point down the rabbit hole we go, pin-balling through a maze of quirky, marginalized characters jubilantly embracing various stages of existential undoing—who knew falling to pieces could be so much fun?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd yet nestled comfortably amidst the high-octane sturm und drang of \u003ci\u003eMisfit’s Jubilee \u003c\/i\u003elie several sanguine jewels; the ebullient 80’s indie folk-rockesque \u003ci\u003eThe Sum of What We’ve Been\u003c\/i\u003e and the moody, piano-driven\u003ci\u003e Mystery of You\u003c\/i\u003e come breezing in as bonafide crowd pleasers, dispelling any thought of relegating White to some narrow, fringe-artist category.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKnown for his intricately layered, highly cinematic production values (his songs appear in numerous film and TV scores; Breaking Bad, last year’s feature film El Camino, and more) White’s novelistic eye for detail is fully on display in the darkly comedic \u003ci\u003eHighway of Lost Hats\u003c\/i\u003e. Featuring a lovelorn loser on the run from the law, White juxtaposes samples from actual US police chases against a steady stream of Southern Rock cliches. \u003ci\u003eHighway of Lost Hats\u003c\/i\u003e is a sonic carjacking veering recklessly across several major genre lanes, rendering it more a short noir film than a song—something to be watched, only with one’s ears, not eyes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlunging headlong into \u003ci\u003eMisfit’s Jubilee\u003c\/i\u003e one central truth emerges—the further White dives into the material, the deeper said material gets, culminating with the closing couplet of epic show stoppers. First comes the sprawling kitsch of \u003ci\u003eMy Life’s a Stolen Picture \u003c\/i\u003e(replete with stadium anthem chants and shout-outs to Bigfoot), but the ribald mood is quickly displaced by the most overtly political song on the record, \u003ci\u003eThe Divided States of America\u003c\/i\u003e. A scathing indictment of the sorry state of affairs in his homeland, White’s deadpan delivery brilliantly underscores the banal evil at play presently in the US.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRecorded primarily at Studio Caporal in Antwerp, Belgium, this record marks a departure from White’s usual hopscotch approach to collaboration—no bevy of celebrated guest artists and studios scattered across the globe this go-round. No, it’s just multi-instrumentalist White, his longtime drummer Marlon Patton, plus trusted Belgian sidemen Geert Hellings (guitar\/banjo) and Nicolas Rombouts (electric and stand-up bass\/keys), and the pared-down chemistry on display here lends \u003ci\u003eMisfit’s Jubilee\u003c\/i\u003e a sonic integrity that far exceeds any of White’s previous efforts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMisfit’s Jubilee\u003c\/i\u003e draws from an array of original songs penned by White over the span of several decades—scattered among the recent compositions are songs back-burnered in previous epochs by White’s major label handlers, this after said songs were deemed too extreme for his “brand”. With no such middle-man constraints this go-round, in \u003ci\u003eMisfit’s Jubilee\u003c\/i\u003e White has found the perfect vehicle to unleash his twisted take on southern folk rock. As White’s protagonist in the song Wonders Never Cease defiantly declares, “A motel’s as good a place as any to let your demons fly!”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmen, Brother White. The Americana maverick has let his sonic demons fly herein, setting the skies fully ablaze, like some LSD fueled 4th of July fireworks spectacular. Get ready to be dazzled.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Loose Music","offers":[{"title":"Black | LP","offer_id":50454417342795,"sku":"1101423","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/97034edd-2fbd-445d-95ac-d4c506160e88_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727183426","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/de\/products\/misfit-s-jubilee","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}