{"product_id":"watch-me-drive-them-dogs-wild-3","title":"Watch Me Drive Them Dogs Wild","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMerce Lemon\u003c\/strong\u003e built her latest album: \u003cem\u003eWatch Me Drive Them Dogs Wild\u003c\/em\u003e within the quiet, cascading corners of Pittsburgh, where a community – essentially one large family – spans neighborhoods and generations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThese are earnest songs, of belonging and longing, in which romantic and familial love rip into and out of themselves in a flurry of reckoning. There is a fierceness, a persistence in this vulnerability, that is matched by the wildness of her band.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMerce\u003c\/strong\u003e took a step back from music in 2020, after releasing her debut album \u003cem\u003eMoonth\u003c\/em\u003e, to reassess. \"\u003cem\u003eMusic was just something I'd always done, and I didn't want to lose the magic of that – but I was just having less fun.\u003c\/em\u003e\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this time of restless confusion, she got back to her roots. \"\u003cem\u003eI got dirty and slept outside most of the summer. I learned a lot about plants and farming, just writing for myself, and in that time I slowly accumulated songs.\u003c\/em\u003e\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA creative hunger, supported by her community, had been newly fertilized. From this rediscovery, imbued with the vitality of earth's green magic, \u003cem\u003eWatch Me Drive Them Dogs Wild\u003c\/em\u003e sprouted forth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRIYL: Big Thief, Wednesday, Squirrel Flower, MJ Lenderman, Bonnie \"Prince\" Billy, Babehoven.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Darling","offers":[{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50531228975435,"sku":"2217652","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Pink LP","offer_id":50531228811595,"sku":"2217640","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Merce_Lemon_-_Watch_Me_Drive_Them_Dogs_Wild_627696c2_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1728100011","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/de\/products\/watch-me-drive-them-dogs-wild-3","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}