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The reference points multiplied, stretching through realms of classic pop and jazz, soundtrack music, exotica and neo-Americana, while charting a journey through musical landscapes of abiding lightness.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Drag City","offers":[{"title":"Black LPx2","offer_id":50767164080459,"sku":"2227134","price":39.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Hawaii_bb6531d8_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1730874731"},{"product_id":"gideon-gaye","title":"Gideon Gaye","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis brave foray into conceptual art music produced a jaw-dropping reset on the 20th century pop perspective. The High Llamas engaged songwriting and production with an eye toward filmmaking. Digging through ephemera of choice vintages with post-modern zest, they struck a rich vein they could call their own – a kind of gothic Americana, formal aspects pushed to extremes. The spirit of discovery here can be vibrantly felt over 30 years later.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Drag City","offers":[{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50788031758667,"sku":"2227133","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Gideon_Gaye_caa0d8aa_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1731137573"},{"product_id":"santa-barbara","title":"Santa Barbara","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor the Llamas’ 1992 debut, Sean O’Hagan, working the sextant to navigate a post-Microdisney course in the musical world, posted them up as a guitar pop band (RIYL: NRBQ, Big Star, Steely Dan), with nine exquisitely crafted examples of the oft out-of-step sound. Had there been no more after this, \u003ci\u003eSanta Barbara\u003c\/i\u003e would still be sought-after buried treasure by the perennial waves of voyagers seeking these sweet, jangling spices to this very day. 1st ever LP pressing!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Drag City","offers":[{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50788033331531,"sku":"2227132","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Santa_Barbara_e2629008_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1731137599"},{"product_id":"lollo-rosso-2","title":"Lollo Rosso","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe remix album, with marvellously creative EDM remakes from some of the best powerbook players of the day: Mouse On Mars, Jim O’Rourke, Kid Loco, Schneider TM, Stock, Hausen and Walkman, Cornelius and The High Llamas themselves. 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