{"product_id":"crystalpunk","title":"Crystalpunk","description":"\u003cp\u003eIrish duo Chalk's full-length debut LP, \u003cem\u003eCrystalpunk\u003c\/em\u003e, speaks directly to the upbringing and roots of the band members - award-winning musicians and filmmakers Ross Cullen [vocalist and producer] and Benedict Goddard [multi-instrumentalist and director] The beauty, confusion, complexity, and intensity of their youth - lived under the shadow and around the scars of conflict - are entangled in the industrial dance-punk hybrid encoded in the record's DNA, aptly entitled \u003cem\u003eCrystalpunk\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eComing from dissimilar backgrounds and rallying together naturally, Ben and Ross first crossed paths in film school. As the story goes, Ben had noticed a framed poster of Dublin disruptors Gilla Band in one of Ross's Instagram photos and felt a kinship before ever actually speaking to him. \"Nobody else at our school was into experimental noise guitar bands, so that was all I needed to see,\" laughs Ben. Emerging in 2022, Chalk initially made waves with songs like \"Them,\" \"Velodrome,\" and \"Static.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUltimately, they come-of-age and tell a story that resonates beyond borders. Not just a portrait of the band, but one of their home, a complicated place where the sacrifices made and risks taken by activists, artists, ravers and punks created the only environment that a band like Chalk could emerge from. \u003cem\u003eCrystalpunk\u003c\/em\u003e is not about choosing a side, it's about choosing the future.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alter Music","offers":[{"title":"LP - Skem Grey Smoke","offer_id":56303717908811,"sku":"R4631-4467","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":56303717941579,"sku":"R4631-3461","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/38958da2-b885-4ae8-a80e-9951b73d79ed.jpg?v=1768406355","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/products\/crystalpunk","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}