{"product_id":"dents-and-shells-reissue","title":"Dents and Shells (Reissue)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDents and Shells\u003c\/i\u003e is the first LP that Richard Buckner made for Merge Records, in 2004. By the time the album was recorded in Austin, TX and Tucson, AZ, with the help of Butthole Surfers' drummer King Coffey and other Austin locals, he'd been a touring musician and released over a half dozen records. With no fixed home base a decade deep into his career, he was still a roamer. That may be why \u003ci\u003eDents and Shells\u003c\/i\u003e still sounds so fresh 15 years later. Whether working with collaborators or going it alone, on stage or in a studio, Buckner has always tended to play by feel. He documents what’s on his mind and of the moment on songs like \u003ci\u003eDents and Shells\u003c\/i\u003e opener \u003ci\u003eA Chance Counsel\u003c\/i\u003e, as pedal steel guitar and piano provide a lovely soundscape for Buckner to wander through, weaving together words of assessment and encouragement as if thinking aloud. \u003ci\u003eDents and Shells\u003c\/i\u003e features some of Buckner's most beautifully plaintive songs, like \u003ci\u003eHer\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFuse\u003c\/i\u003e. Whether full-band arrangement or stripped down, the mood of both is much the same as the singer seems to be pining for something elusive. Listening to these songs today is like flipping through a poet's notebook, encountering words and ideas, raw and immediate. As Buckner puts it in the song \u003ci\u003eInvitation\u003c\/i\u003e, sometimes the best way for a person to answer the question of another day is to dig through the scraps and \"put the bones to use.\" \u003ci\u003eDents and Shells\u003c\/i\u003e captures an artist with many miles behind him, but no loss of wanderlust.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Merge Records","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":50498588377419,"sku":"1078715","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/41fc0636-fd21-4733-b6a1-b502e983539d_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727750152","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/fr\/products\/dents-and-shells-reissue","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}