{"product_id":"museum-of-human-happiness","title":"Museum Of Human Happiness","description":"\u003cp\u003e“A cubicle for you, a cubicle for me….but not together…”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Year 2020 was not a year for a band to 'get things together in the country', or gather in a room to write songs. This statement certainly applied to the Legendary Pink Dots with two members in The Netherlands and one in the UK.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe pandemic reared its ugly head as the Dots’ criss-crossed Europe on the second stage of their 40th Anniversary Tour.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJust a few days before much of Italy locked down the band was in Milan. A few days later, the destination was Cologne where they opted for a hotel in the countryside…it turned out that the resting place was one village away from the most lethal outbreak of the virus in Germany.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe tour eventually finished in a sold-out club with a worryingly low ceiling in London. There were hugs, a real feeling of togetherness with a truly lovely audience. Then the World stopped. It was the last time The Dots were in the same room.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSongwriting and recording were necessarily deemed to happen in cyberspace for the rest of 2020 and 2021.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a result, the lyrics are utterly poignant, desperate, yet sometimes bearing a flash of gallows humour. The soundtrack is a purging fire. It’s a fire that still burns, and as I type this I can say I have never been so excited about the impending release of a new Dots’ album.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNever mind the distance, there is a single-mindedness about “The Museum Of Human Happiness.” It’s 2022. We’ll meet again….EK \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Metropolis Records","offers":[{"title":"Black | LP","offer_id":50453496496459,"sku":"1147699","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50453497184587,"sku":"1147698","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/a01fcc81-957d-4e4d-99a4-eeeb2064b731_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727172856","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/fr\/products\/museum-of-human-happiness","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}