{"product_id":"phoenix-1","title":"Phoenix","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn June 2018, with Bazan on bass, vocals, and arrangement writing, Erik Walters on guitar and backing vocals, and Sean Lane on drums, Pedro the Lion went into Studio X and Hall of Justice with producer Andy Park to create \u003ci\u003ePhoenix\u003c\/i\u003e, the first new Pedro album in 15 years. The songs themselves are the result of mining your past for who you are now. On opening track \u003ci\u003eYellow Bike\u003c\/i\u003e, Bazan encapsulates a core ache he’s been exploring since 1998’s \u003ci\u003eIt’s Hard to Find a Friend\u003c\/i\u003e with the line: My kingdom For someone to ride with. \u003ci\u003ePhoenix\u003c\/i\u003e also deals with having to be better to yourself in order to be better to others on \u003ci\u003eQuietest Friend\u003c\/i\u003e, and harkens back to Control’s \u003ci\u003ePriests and Paramedics\u003c\/i\u003e with a story about EMTs facing a gruesome scene, and storytelling as coping mechanism, on \u003ci\u003eBlack Canyon\u003c\/i\u003e. It bears witness to both what was around and what was inside, with the signature kindness and forgiveness that lightens Pedro the Lion’s darkest notes. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe result is a twisting, darkly hopeful introspection into home and what it means to go back, if you ever can. It is rock and roll wrapped in tissue paper, its hard edges made barely soft. Every melody is careful, a delicate upswing buoyed by guitar lines that hold each tender feeling together like string before ripping them apart to see what’s inside. It is an ode to the place he still loves despite how alien it can appear to him now. It is the story of a life from the beginning, but not a linear one. This life is a circle, and \u003ci\u003ePhoenix\u003c\/i\u003e goes back to that first point, to show that when we are looking for home we’ll eventually run into it again, whether it’s in the desert, in a rehearsal space, or on a stage. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Big Scary Monsters","offers":[{"title":"LP | x2","offer_id":50471609073995,"sku":"1052514","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50471608877387,"sku":"1052515","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/217b8315-29d9-4229-881a-92bbfa56825f_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727409995","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/fr\/products\/phoenix-1","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}