{"product_id":"giver-taker","title":"Giver Taker","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn \u003ci\u003eGiver Taker\u003c\/i\u003e, the gorgeous debut album by Anjimile, death and life are always entwined, wrapping around each other ina dance of reverence, reciprocity, and, ultimately, rebirth.\u003ci\u003e Giver Taker \u003c\/i\u003eis confident, intentional and introspective. Anjimile Chithambo (they\/them, he\/him) wrote much of the album while in treatment for drug and alcohol abuse, as well as while in the process of living morefully as a nonbinary trans person. Loss hovers over the album, whose songs grieve for lost friends (\u003ci\u003eGiver Taker\u003c\/i\u003e) and family members (\u003ci\u003e1978\u003c\/i\u003e) along with lost selves (\u003ci\u003eMaker, Baby No More, In Your Eyes\u003c\/i\u003e.) \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach song on the album is its own micro-journey, adding up to a transformative epic cycle created in collaboration with bandmate Justine Bowe of Photocomfort and New-York based artist\/producer Gabe Goodman. \u003ci\u003e1978 \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eMaker \u003c\/i\u003eboth begin as Sufan Stevens-esque pastoral ballads with Chithambo’s mesmerizing voice foregrounded against minimal instrumentation and swell into the realm of the majestic through the addition of warm, steady instrumentation (informed by the mix of 80’s pop and African music Chithambo’s Malawi-born parents played around the house) and harmonies by Bowe. \u003ci\u003eIn Your Eyes\u003c\/i\u003e starts out hushed and builds to a crescendo via a mighty chorus inspired by none other than The Lion King. The allusion is fitting: each song encapsulates a heroic voyage, walked alone until accompanied by kindred souls.The choirs present throughout are equally deliberate. Chithambo grew up as a choir boy himself, and several songs (notably \u003ci\u003eMaker\u003c\/i\u003e) grasp not only towards reconciliation between his trans identity and his parents’ strong religious beliefs, but towards reclaiming his trans identity as an essential part of his own spirituality. There is a boldness to this borrowing and shaping, a resoluteness that results from passing through hardship and emerging brighter, steadier. As a closing refrain on \u003ci\u003eTo Meet You There\u003c\/i\u003e might sum it up: “Catalyst light of mine \/ 2now is your time.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Father \/ Daughter Records","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50498887942475,"sku":"1099277","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"LP","offer_id":50498887975243,"sku":"1099279","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/992b784c-32ab-4e31-bd25-54ace48ed020_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727760835","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/products\/giver-taker","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}