{"product_id":"true-north-2","title":"True North","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe masterful follow-up to his universally celebrated 2017 album \u003ci\u003e50\u003c\/i\u003e, Michael Chapman’s \u003ci\u003eTrue North\u003c\/i\u003e finds the elder statesman of British song writing and guitar plumbing an even deeper deep and honing an ever keener edge to his iconic writing. This authoritative set of predominantly new, and utterly devastating, songs hews to a more intimate sonic signature—more atmospheric, textural, and minimalist than \u003ci\u003e50\u003c\/i\u003e, stately and melancholy in equal measure. Recorded in rural West Wales, \u003ci\u003eTrue North\u003c\/i\u003e unflinchingly surveys home and horizon, traveling from the Bahamas to Texas to the Leeds of Chapman’s childhood, haunted by the mirages of memory and intimations of mortality. Joining him on this introspective journey is a cast of old friends and new disciples: once again Steve Gunn produces and plays guitar, and fellow UK song writing hero Bridget St John sings, collaborating with cellist Sarah Smout and legendary pedal steel player BJ Cole, who has accompanied everyone from John Cale to Scott Walker, Elton John to Terry Allen, Felt to Björk.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhereas \u003ci\u003e50\u003c\/i\u003e featured two new songs among radical reinterpretations of material from Chapman’s deep catalogue, \u003ci\u003eTrue North\u003c\/i\u003e includes twice as many new numbers among its quiver of eleven arrows - \u003ci\u003eIt’s Too Late, Eleuthera\u003c\/i\u003e, the fiery \u003ci\u003eBluesman\u003c\/i\u003e, and slow-rolling album centre piece \u003ci\u003eTruck Song \u003c\/i\u003e- confirming the exultant return of Chapman the songwriter. The other songs were selected from various obscure corners of Chapman’s vast catalogue (\u003ci\u003eYouth Is Wasted on the Young\u003c\/i\u003e was previously recorded with Thurston Moore and Jim O’Rourke for a compilation, for example.) In these renderings they receive their definitive treatments, utterly transformed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCD - Six Panel Gatefold Sleeve.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLP - 140 Gram Black Vinyl with Download.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLP+ - Limited 140 Gram Red Wine Coloured Vinyl with Download.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Paradise of Bachelors","offers":[{"title":"LP.","offer_id":50383995208011,"sku":"1052219","price":33.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50383995044171,"sku":"1052217","price":14.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"LP","offer_id":50383995502923,"sku":"1052218","price":29.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/abaf27b4-b5af-4aaf-93c6-eedc2d3b00c1_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726282180","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/products\/true-north-2","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}