{"title":"EarthBall","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"outside-over-there","title":"Outside Over There","description":"\u003cp\u003eHeavyweight psychedelic improvisers EarthBall are back with their third and most monstrous record to date: \u003cem\u003eOutside Over There,\u003c\/em\u003e released on Upset The Rhythm. Born from the haunted basements of Nanaimo, Canada, the quintet thrives on spontaneity, shaping improvisation into jagged hallucinations and ecstatic eruptions. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRecorded live-off-the-floor in 2024 in Jeremy, Izzy, and Kellen’s basement, and mixed by drummer John Brennan, \u003cem\u003eOutside Over There\u003c\/em\u003e is an album that feels both summoned and inevitable. Each track lands with uncanny purpose, as if uncovered rather than written.\u003cbr\u003eThe opener, 100%, features a cameo from comedian and English icon Stewart Lee, who lent his blessing for the band to use a fragment of his stand-up. The album was mastered by John Dieterich (Deerhoof), with liner text contributed by longtime comrade John Olson (Wolf Eyes). Olson describes the album in his unmistakable style:\u003cbr\u003e“This eight-track odyssey unfolds like a dreamscape, where whispered incantations brush against the shadowy fringes of the cosmos, and wild, Cézanne-inspired rock anthems erupt like geysers of color in the midst of a western warm and wet rain storm… culminating in the sprawling eleven minute masterpiece, ‘And The Music Shall Untune The Sky,’ aptly dubbed the Earth Crusher. A creation so utterly deconstructed and intertwined with the pulse of nature itself that if AI was called upon to conceive ‘Outside Over There’ anew, it would just spit back, “F.U. in Tree Font”. An enchanting invitation for even the flat-earthers to join the circle, if only just a little.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Upset The Rhythm","offers":[{"title":"LP - Blue in Black","offer_id":53395188121931,"sku":"R4507-8958","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"LP - Black","offer_id":53395188154699,"sku":"R4507-2557","price":15.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/UTR175.jpg?v=1758026791"},{"product_id":"actual-earth-music-volume-3-and-4","title":"Actual Earth Music – Volume 3 and 4","description":"\u003cp\u003eEarthall are an avant\/noise\/rock wrecking ball of a band from Nanaimo, Canada. Rooted in total improvisation, free expression, and a deeply psychedelic sensibility, EarthBall operate on pure instinct.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey hurtle onwards in a combustion of spontaneous composition, shooting from the hip, as they fall out of the sky ablaze. The group encompasses Isabel Ford (vocals, bass), John Brennan (drums, percussion), Jeremy Van Wyke (vocals, guitar, trumpet), Kellan Maclaughlin (guitar, talkbox), and Liam Murphy (saxophone). Each member brings a rich and varied musical history, with past and present projects including Shearing Pinx, Plan Your Future, Kamikaze Nurse, Eschatons, and Psychedelic Dirt. Collectively and individually, they have collaborated with artists such as Deerhoof, Raven Chacon, Chris Corsano, and William Hooker, deepening the band’s exploratory reach and collective language.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSince forming in 2021, EarthBall have released six cassettes and three fervently received LPs on Upset The Rhythm, including November’s widely acclaimed \u003cem\u003eOutside Over There\u003c\/em\u003e. Their latest release, \u003cem\u003eActual Earth Music - Volume 3 and 4,\u003c\/em\u003e follows the first instalment in the series and captures two mind-quaking highlights from last winter’s European tour. This is EarthBall plunging to full fathom five, transforming into something rich and strange - channeling the fleeting moment as it fractures, erupts, and dissolves into the unknown.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSide A captures a thumping performance at Cave12 in Geneva. Frazzled from a white-knuckle alpine descent, the group settles into a hypnotic sprawl, stretching time and form across a colossal 53-minute set (with the first 22 minutes presented on the LP; the full performance appears on the CD edition). The Cave12 recording is a study in tension and release; ruminative, volatile, and barely contained. Drums stumble and surge, saxophone howls cut through the air, and Ford and Van Wyke’s voices briefly pull together the circle twice, before the tumult lapses into a spinning maelstrom.\u003cbr\u003eSide B meanwhile presents a scorched excerpt from EarthBall’s crushing performance at Le Guess Who? Festival. As Van Wyke reflects: “Having the most excellent Dwarfs of East Agouza play before us only heightened our intention to bring the noise. Listening back, the thing that strikes me most is how we truly were operating in the ever-elusive but always sought-after ‘group mind’. Ninety-degree changes are super tight. Izzy and I are finishing each other’s sentences. Liam’s horn is cradling our outer and inner space. Kellan’s talk box rains down like the voice of a reawakened spirit, and all this havoc is safely stowed in the rumbling ox-cart of John’s solid drumming”.\u003cbr\u003eActual Earth Music - Volume 3 \u0026amp; 4 marks another ascent in EarthBall’s ever-expanding, totemic discography, an ecstatic storm of raw immediacy and unfiltered expression. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Upset The Rhythm","offers":[{"title":"LP - Black","offer_id":56936667939147,"sku":"R5078-8280","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":56936667971915,"sku":"R5078-8366","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/UTR181CD.jpg?v=1775124575"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/fr\/collections\/earthball.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}