{"product_id":"madder","title":"MADDER!","description":"\u003cp\u003eAfter conquering the world with their 28th studio album \u003cem\u003eMAD!,\u003c\/em\u003e the eternally- creative Ron and Russell Mael are releasing the first EP of their illustrious career.\"Not wanting the Mad!ness to end and buoyed by the phenomenal reaction to \u003cem\u003eMAD!,\u003c\/em\u003e we made a hasty but intense retreat to the studio to record a Sparks first: an EP,\" say the band.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMADDER!,\u003c\/em\u003e a four-song companion piece to the album, is for everyone who isn't yet \u003cem\u003eMAD!\u003c\/em\u003e enough. We hope these new songs will take you to an even \u003cem\u003eMADDER!\u003c\/em\u003e place.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe first single from the \u003cem\u003eMADDER!\u003c\/em\u003e EP, is 'Porcupine', a song of a guy's fascination with a woman who possesses, shall we say, a prickly personality, all to a verse with a highly infectious organ riff that yields to heavy guitars in the choruses. \"She's a porcupine,\" Russell croons - a metaphor or something more troubling?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe other tracks on the EP are 'Fantasize', 'Mess Up' and 'They', and the new material is in the pioneering spirit of the MAD! album, which was greeted with rave reviews, including five-star ratings from Record Collector (\"...further proof of genius\") and the Daily Telegraph (\"The gold standard for left field pop\").\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Transgressive","offers":[{"title":"10\" - Picture Disc","offer_id":53254615138635,"sku":"R0625-4120","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"10\" - Black","offer_id":53254615105867,"sku":"R0625-3876","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":53254615073099,"sku":"R0625-5848","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/75d87e22-88e0-4ae9-a1fa-97bec448c3d9.jpg?v=1756222521","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/products\/madder","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}