{"title":"Slow Club","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"christmas-thanks-for-nothing-ep","title":"Christmas, Thanks For Nothing EP","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt is often the case with popular music that those recordings which have the most profound impact and long-term appeal are often the ones which are produced in a moment without much deliberation or agenda. And that has certainly been the case with Slow Club’s EP of Christmas songs. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first single from the E.P, \u003ci\u003eChristmas TV,\u003c\/i\u003e was actually written in soundcheck at Birmingham Barfly and released as a free download for Christmas 2008. The rest of the EP was written and recorded in a short burst in late summer 2009 at Axis Studios in Sheffield and in their friend’s bedroom. It came at a moment of intense creativity for the band when the songs were coming thick and fast and the duo were really hitting their stride. The differing musical styles of the pair was already becoming apparent across the three original compositions and three covers, and there is a real sense of a band pushing their limits in a way which would coalesce in the recording of their breakthrough second album the following year.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe E.P was released on 14th December 2009 and on 17th December they played London’s Union Chapel. The show was a huge success and quickly became a much-loved Christmas institution which endured right up to 2016 when the band played their last one before taking a hiatus to pursue solo projects. Of the EP songs it’s \u003ci\u003eChristmas TV \u003c\/i\u003emore than any other that has seeped into the cultural Christmas soundtrack and has taken on a life beyond the context of the E.P and its creators.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt seems a little remiss that the EP had never been available on vinyl before now. So Moshi Moshi have finally remedied that and put it on a format which does justice to the enduring appeal of these songs and that magical creative moment that gave birth to them.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Moshi Moshi","offers":[{"title":"Black | LP","offer_id":50453087224139,"sku":"1106796","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/e2218c29-4e59-4e43-9b2c-8385299b2c49_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727167744"},{"product_id":"one-day-all-of-this-won-t-matter-any-more","title":"One Day All of This Won't Matter Any More","description":"\u003cp\u003eHow do you keep a band interesting after ten years? It's a question Slow Club's Charles Watson and Rebecca Taylor must have asked themselves as they started work on their fourth album.The answer seems to be producer Matthew E. White, the master of Southern-gothic folk, whose in-house band at Richmond's Spacebomb Studios provided the consistency and tone the album required. Almost every track was played live in the studio, allowing the long-established session band's natural chemistry to augment Charles and Rebecca's, with the double advantage of recording being very effective, and also comparatively quick. One Day.... contains some of the best melodies they've yet created. The duo's knack for writing hooks and melody has, if anything, become stronger. There are choruses here you instantly feel you've known your whole life, like 'Ancient Rolling Seas' timeless, reassuring refrain of \"I'll always be by your side\", or 'Champion''s Dolly Parton via-Linda Ronstadt anthem of self-celebration through the darkest times. Perhaps best of all are a pair of songs to be found at the top of what traditionalists would call 'side 2' - 'Rebecca Casanova', a slice of widescreen, four-to-the-floor pop that recalls soft-rock giants Fleetwood Mac in the way it channels heartbreak onto the dancefloor, and 'Tattoo Of The King', a tale that takes Neil Young and the Doobie Brothers to the disco.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bxBjZ3l5ad4\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Moshi Moshi Records","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50471149044043,"sku":"403022","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"LP","offer_id":50471149207883,"sku":"403023","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/One_Day_All_of_This_Wont_Matter_Anymore_87dcd5cf_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727393135"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/fr\/collections\/slow-club.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}