{"product_id":"somebody-s-knocking","title":"Somebody's Knocking","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the opening bars of \u003cem\u003eDisbelief Suspension\u003c\/em\u003e onwards, it’s clear that \u003cstrong\u003eSomebody’s Knocking\u003c\/strong\u003e is an album made by someone deeply obsessed with how music - with all its primal, spiritual healing power - truly penetrates the soul.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs a result, there’s joy in the music, as if created from a perfect set of inspirations smashed and grabbed from God’s own record shop. Some of the influences are oblique, others direct and fully respectful. From the Raw Power-esque garage metal grind of that opener to \u003cem\u003eLetter Never Sent\u003c\/em\u003e’s rocket-powered take on Love-era kaleidoscope-psych, through the pensive subterranean murk of \u003cem\u003eDark Disco Jag\u003c\/em\u003e and on to \u003cem\u003ePlaying Nero\u003c\/em\u003e’s sun-bleached riff on Joy Division’s \u003cem\u003eAtmosphere\u003c\/em\u003e, there’s the glee of infatuation running deep in the tracks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnd, in some ways, that display of infatuation serves to change the very perception of Lanegan the artist - this album being less the tale of a brooding, crepuscular rock’n’roll veteran and more that of someone consumed by a lifelong love of words and sound fused together.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith that perception shift in mind, one of the most remarkable moments on \u003cstrong\u003eSomebody’s Knocking\u003c\/strong\u003e is \u003cem\u003ePenthouse High\u003c\/em\u003e - a track that positively blooms, sounding like a love letter to imperial phase New Order. For Lanegan, it signals a return to one of his formative musical loves from a time even before he joined Screaming Trees.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAlthough \u003cstrong\u003eSomebody’s Knocking\u003c\/strong\u003e came together in an 11-day session in L.A. (Lanegan’s hometown of the last 22 years), many of the deepest musical influences on the record are European - be they the aforementioned electronic artists or newer, murkier forms provided by writing partners Martin Jenkins (who records as Pye Corner Audio) or Rob Marshall - a collaborator on \u003cem\u003eGargoyle\u003c\/em\u003e and on his own, forthcoming debut album as Humanist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn each case, Lanegan approached working with each of the writers from the perspective of a fan. \u003cstrong\u003eSomebody’s Knocking\u003c\/strong\u003e doesn’t need to be either commentary or allegory. Like Lanegan’s best work, it tells its own stories and weaves its own wonders, conjuring up feverish hallucinogenic visions to sit atop roughly hewn rock and glassy, brilliant bright electronics. And then it leaves them to penetrate their own ways right down to our deepest, darkest roots.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e2LP - Double 180 Gram Sea Blue Heavyweight Vinyl housed in Gatefold Sleeve. First Pressing only. CD - Digisleeve with 12 Page Booklet.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heavenly Recordings","offers":[{"title":"LP | x2","offer_id":50408961343819,"sku":"1063174","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50408961769803,"sku":"1063175","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/f749879d-5ee8-4c26-ac78-6b91158512ac_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726609027","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/products\/somebody-s-knocking","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}