{"product_id":"he-poos-clouds-fhdixk","title":"He Poos Clouds","description":"\u003cp\u003eRemastered version, originally released by Pallett's Final Fantasy. Owen Pallett describes \u003ci\u003eHe Poos Clouds\u003c\/i\u003e as \"an eight-song cycle about the eight schools of magic in Dungeons \u0026amp; Dragons.\" Deception (when used correctly) is one of the oldest and truest art forms, and Pallett should get an award for not producing either a wimpy and ironic whine-fest that utilizes childhood fantasies to dispel adult social anxieties or a sardonic lo-fi power metal record that pays \"tribute\" to the sword-wielding epics of Iron Maiden and Dio. Instead, the one-man classically trained Canadian string section -- think Andrew Bird and Patrick Wolf -- has created a gem of a baroque pop record that manages to appeal to both the bespectacled hipster and the disgruntled orchestra student. Employing a measured croon caught somewhere between Scott Walker and Louis Philippe with a soft Donovan-esque vibrato, Pallett assumes the position of narrator on the opening track, an ornate snapshot of youthful longing that manages to balance lyrics like \"she has a heart that will never melt\" and \"but the quarry don't share his taste for Anne McCaffery\" with equal parts heartbreak and bravado -- he shares more than a little in common, both musically and lyrically, with the Divine Comedy's Neil Hannon. Alternately dissonant and willfully melodic, each track that follows carries with it the possibility of either a crushing sigh of defeat (\"I'm Afraid of Japan\") or a violent outburst of passion (the one-two punch of the lilting and rhythmic \"Song Song Song\" and ultra-dramatic\/dynamic \"Many Lives 49 MP\"), making \u003ci\u003eHe Pools Clouds\u003c\/i\u003e far more dangerous than it is cloying and pretentious, despite all of its intentions otherwise.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Domino","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":50432913801547,"sku":"2003699","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/product_id._fd13684d_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726875115","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/products\/he-poos-clouds-fhdixk","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}