{"product_id":"collections-from-the-whiteout","title":"Collections From the Whiteout","description":"\u003cp\u003eBen Howard returns with his fourth album, \u003ci\u003eCollections From The Whiteout \u003c\/i\u003ethrough Island Records. Produced alongside Aaron Dessner (The National, Sharon Van Etten, Taylor Swift), \u003ci\u003eCollections From The Whiteout\u003c\/i\u003e heralds the first time Ben has opened the door to production outside of he and his bands closer confines.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe foreboding darkness that coated Ben’s second record \u003ci\u003eI Forget Where We Were\u003c\/i\u003e and thinly veiled its follow up \u003ci\u003eNoonday Dream\u003c\/i\u003e, isn’t so evident on Collections.. These are songs written from headlines scanned, or news stories scrolled past. Ben has taken those snippets and let his curiosity take control, creating an aural scrapbook that reverberates with tape loops and guitar FXs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere are sounds akin to Brian Eno, Durutti Column and Steve Reich in there, but also Neil Young and Townes Van Zandt. It’s a million miles away from Ben’s multi-platinum selling debut, but a path plotted from Ben’s then to his now isn’t so far removed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe door was also left open to some new players too. Yussef Dayes, one of the UK’s most innovative young drummer\/producer’ especially in the field of jazz features, as does Kate Stables from This Is The Kit, James Krivchenia from Big Thief, Kyle Keegan from Hiss Golden Messenger, and the aforementioned Aaron Dessner lent his hand too where needed. Long-term guitarist to Ben’s band, Mickey Smith, remains a reassuring presence. Rob Moose, a long-standing arranger of strings for Bon Iver and a collaborator to Laura Marling, Blake Mills, and Phoebe Bridgers is also present, peppering the mix.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Island","offers":[{"title":"Clear | LP | x2","offer_id":50389411692875,"sku":"1112887","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"Black | LP | x2","offer_id":50389411955019,"sku":"1112886","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"LP","offer_id":50389411365195,"sku":"1118036","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50389411529035,"sku":"1112885","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/318117eb-9a71-41c0-afc0-1e032209b1b2_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726359930","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/products\/collections-from-the-whiteout","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}