{"product_id":"goons-be-gone","title":"Goons Be Gone","description":"\u003cp\u003eNo Age’s number 2 record for Drag City, kicks into gear, takes you out west and gets some dirt on it, with what’s possible their most honed in and direct record yet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA guitar \/ drums duo (Randy RandallRandy Randall and drummer \/ vocalist Dean SpuntDean Spunt) with a penchant for self-recorded samples, No AgeNo Age are mostly unconcerned with things like space or pause, and \u003ci\u003eGoons Be Gone\u003c\/i\u003e is gorgeously thick - a hazy, delirious expanse that’s both comforting and disorienting. Opener \u003ci\u003eSandalwood\u003c\/i\u003e begins and ends in murk, and in between Randall and SpuntSpunt sputter and twitch and pound, alternately revealing and concealing a sweet, taut melody - such is No AgeNo Age’s agenda, burying an addictive little singalong in layers of effects and fuzz.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFeeler \u003c\/i\u003eis more immediately user-friendly, opening with sunny guitar chirps and a knee-slapping drumbeat, before Spunt starts barking intelligible lyrics (“Attention feels overrated \/ Dismiss this crowded place \/ Come away with me \/ Disguise the impact from your face”) and the music goes steady and frantic. \u003ci\u003eWorking Stiff Takes A Break\u003c\/i\u003e is a summer song in the sweatiest, most realistic sense - it’s not the Beach Boys' gooey, über-idealized, convertibles-and-beach-volleyball version, it’s the waiting-for-the-bus, sweaty and desperate but still-sorta-excited-about-all-that-sunshine take. \u003ci\u003eSmoothie\u003c\/i\u003e is similarly exuberant, full of power chords and distortion; it’s arguably the poppiest thing No Age have recorded to date (all those cries of \u003ci\u003eTambourine\u003c\/i\u003e are practically bubblegum), and accordingly, completely addictive. \u003ci\u003eHead Sport Full Face\u003c\/i\u003e, meanwhile, is the sound - both literally and metaphysically - of everything happening all at once, an ecstatic, feedback-addled lullaby.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGoons Be Gone\u003c\/i\u003e is so cacophonous, so fertile, and so ripe with sound that parsing out the samples and effects and various layers of guitar is nearly impossible; besides, it’s way more satisfying to just close your eyes and just enjoy it. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Drag City","offers":[{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50452199702859,"sku":"1088851","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Tape","offer_id":50452200489291,"sku":"1088852","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50452199833931,"sku":"1088853","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/f8b6ba13-a23f-4544-9db8-74393febe87b_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727144247","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/products\/goons-be-gone","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}