{"product_id":"the-new-normal","title":"The New Normal","description":"\u003cp\u003eDuring a lost year that’s been anything but normal, it’s no surprise that Mark Hawkins has dug deeper, gathering his influences and ideals into a more experimental, yet relevant and cohesive whole. \u003ci\u003eA New Normal\u003c\/i\u003e represents a blossoming of Mark’s creativity; freed from the constraints of immediate dance-floor delivery they explore new territory, rampaging over a landscape of electro-funk, body-rocking house, experimental electronica, euphoric pop and reflective chill out all underpinned by his accomplished melodic sensibility.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpening track ‘Can’t Let You Do This’ sets the tone perfectly, so stridently optimistic it will surely become a staple of 2021’s (hopefully) unstoppable deluge of summer parties, whether they’re held in fields to an audience of thousands or in the kitchen of a one-bedroom flat. 100 Percent’s dreamy, delayed vocals and classic House riffs are simply joyous, whilst the disco flavoured ‘No One Can Find Us’ demonstrates a twisted sound design that wickedly plays with perception and emotions. Lazy Sunday’s cheeky organ stabs and ‘You Bring The Sunshine’’s woozy melodies both revel in sun-drenched possibilities of a summer spent forgetting the past year’s hardships.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut there are other moments that perhaps point us towards a different future for Mark’s music. Shape The Way You Compromise marries Soca rhythms with merciless bass tones and staccato acid bleeps, chewing up echos of West London broken-beat via stuttering IDM styled edits perfectly sums up an album that challenges what ‘normal’ from now on should be.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Houndstooth","offers":[{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50443259969867,"sku":"1126826","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50443259511115,"sku":"1126825","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/795ac13d-ff7b-4bc5-9f32-74634c952e2e_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727011589","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/de\/products\/the-new-normal","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}