{"product_id":"long-march-through-the-jazz-age","title":"Long March Through the Jazz Age","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLong March Through the Jazz Age\u003c\/em\u003e is the last album by Chris Bailey and The Saints. It’s a moving farewell - a testament to a restless, uncompromising artist who always moved forward, one of rock’s great lyricists and iconoclasts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRecorded in late 2018 at Church Street Studios in Sydney, Bailey and longtime Saints drummer Pete Wilkinson flew in from Europe to reunite with guitarist\/engineer Sean Carey, who had previously toured and recorded with the band. They were joined by Davey Lane (You Am I) on guitar, plus a handpicked ensemble of Sydney’s most exciting young horn, string and keyboard players. From Bailey’s rough demos, Long March Through the Jazz Age grew into a deeply human snapshot of modern times.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEmpires (Sometimes We Fall) is the album’s anthemic opener, cast on a bedrock of western guitars punctuated by Bailey’s aching lyrics: “Sometimes we rise, sometimes we fall”. It’s the perfect set up for an album that swaggers with Bailey’s inherent punk spirit while flowing freely in a spacious production. A 12-string adds harmony and warmth to the string-laden Judas, it is a glorious melancholic piece, Gasoline smacks of the Stones country honking for Exile On Main Street, while Bruises is a candid recollection of how this celebrated troubadour got to where he did.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere are moments of Dylan-esque majesty as chiming guitars and strings widen the panoramic scale, while the title track carries a haunting, poetic intensity, its mournful trumpet break as spine-tingling as anything you'll hear. Long March Through the Jazz Age marks the end of Chris Bailey and The Saints’ remarkable journey - over four decades of music making and rule defying.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fire Records","offers":[{"title":"LP - Blue","offer_id":53176559010123,"sku":"R4824-3347","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":53176559042891,"sku":"R4824-2940","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Saints-LongMarchThroughtheJazzAge.jpg?v=1755175993","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/products\/long-march-through-the-jazz-age","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}