{"title":"Ricked Wicky","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe band *Ricked Wicky* was formed in 2014 by indie-rock artist Robert Pollard, after he disbanded GBV. The project aimed to combine progressive rock and hard rock elements with Pollard's signature style. Their debut album, \"I Sell the Circus,\" was released in 2015, followed by two more albums. However, with GBV reuniting, the future of *Ricked Wicky* is uncertain and they are likely to be on an indefinite hiatus.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSimilar artists to *Ricked Wicky* include ESP Ohio, The Takeovers, Circus Devils, Psycho and the Birds, Airport 5, The Moping Swans, Teenage Guitar, Boston Spaceships, Go Back Snowball,\nLexo and the Leapers,\nMars Classroom,\nLifeguards,\nKeene Brothers,\nCub Scout Bowling Pins,\nRobert Pollard,\nPhantom Tollbooth,\nHowling Wolf Orchestra,\nThe Sunflower Logic,\nEyesinweasel,\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTobin Sprout.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"i-sell-the-circus","title":"I Sell The Circus","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe first thing the listener will notice about Ricked Wicky is that it is the most musically adept project Guided By Voices' mage Robert Pollard has undertaken in some time, at least since late period-GBV (Half-Smiles of the Decomposed, for instance), or even Boston Spaceships. \"[Ricked Wicky] is a sophisticated arena rock band,\" says Pollard, and I Sell The Circus offers in evidence a series of ball-peen hammers to the brain-pan (\"Piss Face\" with its James Gang-era slide guitar and the proto-punk stomp of \"Intellectual Types,\" for example) alongside more delicate, prog-tinged frippery (\"Cow-Headed Moon\" features \"Court of the Crimson King\"-esque mellotron, while the acoustic guitar mastery displayed on \"Even Today and Tomorrow\" recalls the mellow-era ELP of \"Lucky Man\").\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fire Records","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50493469098315,"sku":"384683","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/e1cb03f9-8be6-4eb3-a017-30bcb4f000ad_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727698078"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/collections\/test_b028cb3f_thumbnail_4096_b4b2955d-fd14-4ea9-9140-8864f393c01a.jpg?v=1727698059","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/fr\/collections\/ricked-wicky.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}