{"product_id":"through-the-hourglass","title":"Through The Hourglass","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt’s been nearly eight years since the last Mondo Drag album came out. In that time, the Bay Area psych-prog band toured the US and Europe, performed at major festivals and - once again - reformed their rhythm section. But in the context of the band’s nearly two-decade existence, this period may have been the most fraught. Vocalist and keyboardist John Gamiño lost friends and family members. Meanwhile, humanity suffered the throes of a global pandemic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe album is a dazzling and often plaintive rumination on the hours, days, and years—not to mention experiences—that comprise a lifetime. Two-part opener “Burning Daylight” smolders with melancholy, offering a whirl of multi-coloured and hallucinatory imagery. “It’s about the California wildfires and a feeling of helplessness,” Gamiño explains. “There’s a juxtaposition between the dark lyricism and upbeat music which is meant to imply a sort of delusional state—and choosing our own delusion to overcome the crushing despair of reality.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEleven-minute centerpiece “Passages” is a sprawling prog-rock adventure, festooned with lofty guitar melodies, sweeping organ flourishes and a delicately finger-picked outro. But the heaviest song, thematically speaking, might be the mournful and hypnotic “Death in Spring,” which borrows its title from the like-named Catalan novel.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Riding Easy Records","offers":[{"title":"Brown LP","offer_id":50404813144395,"sku":"2049764","price":32.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50404812194123,"sku":"2049763","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Through_the_Hourglass_d0462fbc_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726571436","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/de\/products\/through-the-hourglass","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}