{"product_id":"ghost-of-your-guitar-solo-7xvhhj","title":"Ghost of Your Guitar Solo","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMJ Lenderman\u003c\/strong\u003e is the project of Asheville native, Jake Lenderman, whose \u003cem\u003eBoat Songs\u003c\/em\u003e was released to wide acclaim on Dear Life Records in 2022.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNow Dear Life is proud to offer a vinyl reissue of MJ's 2021 label debut, \u003cem\u003eGhost of Your Guitar Solo\u003c\/em\u003e, a collection of nine songs recorded and performed entirely by Lenderman, and one live band track.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe record was written and recorded quickly, with songs often being fully constructed and recorded within frenzied single day sessions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSongs were born out of freewheeling jam sessions with his roommates, with Lenderman often free-styling lyrics that would later become the foundations of the finished songs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLenderman would write 20 disconnected lines a day, scrapping most of them but preserving a few to be used later. This process aided in what became an extremely prolific writing period for the artist in the spring of 2020.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe record sounds like country music being played by a noisy punk band, unkempt and imperfect like the characters in his songs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHere, Lenderman broadened his lyrical scope beyond solemn introspection, adding humor to scenes larger than his own life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHe points to authors Harry Crews and Larry Brown as inspirations, both of whom were southern, self-taught writers who balanced empathy, humor, and darkness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis leads to the erosion of the line that separates humor and sadness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe resulting songs are about over-indulgence and drug\/alcohol abuse, full of self-loathing and pity while celebrating the absurdity of it all.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"No Label","offers":[{"title":"LP - Black","offer_id":50478542487883,"sku":"2021580","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/product_id._28d09f0f_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727485615","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/fr\/products\/ghost-of-your-guitar-solo-7xvhhj","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}