{"product_id":"mindset","title":"Mindset","description":"\u003cp\u003eBritish electronic band Blancmange return with a new album. \u003ci\u003eMindset \u003c\/i\u003eis the 3rd album to be written and co-produced by Neil Arthur with Benge (Wrangler\/John Foxx And The Maths) at his Memetune studios in Cornwall, following the critically acclaimed \u003ci\u003eUnfurnished Rooms\u003c\/i\u003e in 2017 and \u003ci\u003eWanderlust \u003c\/i\u003ea year later. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpening with the free-flowing, wistful Neu! uplift of the title track, the album’s themes of truth and misinformation are immediately explored in the emotional wordplay of the chorus. \u003ci\u003eWarm Reception\u003c\/i\u003e comes in with powerful vocals and a propulsive drum machine, its icy electro-pop exterior worn like a blank mask. The cut-up vocals and Bossa nova beats of \u003ci\u003eThis Is Bliss\u003c\/i\u003e are a real joy, one of many moments on the album where there’s a refreshed dance-pop swing to Blancmange in the 2020s! \u003ci\u003eAntisocial Media\u003c\/i\u003e stomps in gleefully, like Human League’s \u003ci\u003eBeing Boiled\u003c\/i\u003e but with a contemporary bass thrust, \u003ci\u003eClean Your House\u003c\/i\u003e is a break-up song which whizzes along with a lightness of touch revealing Arthur’s pop instincts and slightly disguising the lyrical twists (at least on first hearing), while \u003ci\u003eInsomniacs Tonight\u003c\/i\u003e is about surrendering to a lack of sleep which leads to a half dream state becoming the norm. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSleep With Mannequin\u003c\/i\u003e is like a dead-eyed twin to \u003ci\u003eWarm Reception, Diagram\u003c\/i\u003e is the most beat-driven track on an album which keeps the tempo of a runner, as does \u003ci\u003eNot Really (Virtual Reality)\u003c\/i\u003e which riffs on all the album’s themes while adding some edgy guitar, by Arthur himself, to the mix. \u003ci\u003eWhen\u003c\/i\u003e slows to a heartbeat and asks the question, ‘when is anything about what it’s about?’ . We’ve all been there - the emotional outbursts that seem to come from nowhere because they’re actually rooted in something else completely, but it’s also a question that hovers in the air throughout the album. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blanc Check Records","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50498807497035,"sku":"1089850","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/2dc977ac-4666-44e6-b887-ac595c6bd436_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727757843","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/products\/mindset","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}