{"product_id":"stars-of-the-lid-stars-of-the-lid-and-their-refinement-of-the-decline-3lp","title":"Stars Of The Lid - Stars of the Lid and Their Refinement of the Decline 3LP","description":"\u003cp\u003eLabel: \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" mce-data-marked=\"1\"\u003eKranky\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCatalog: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eKRANK 100LP\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2023 repress. \"This is the first time this monumental album has been available on the vinyl format in five years. Painstakingly recorded, processed and assembled over five years, SOTL once again deliver a massive work filling two compact discs and three vinyl albums, clocking in at over two hours. While most albums of this length would be considered tedious at best, SOTL are arguably the only contemporary composers who can seemingly alter the time-space continuum simply through the playback of their organized sound. They take time itself and stretch, compress and turn it inside out, altering what would otherwise be an arduous test of nerves into an interlude of half awake dreams that ends too soon. In this album, SOTL picks up where \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Tired Sounds Of...\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e left off with an emphasis on melodic development, moving their epic soundscapes beyond mere drone and subsequently frustrating all the typical ambient cliches associated with their music. Perhaps the best references for this current work would be found in the score to the film \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLe Mepris\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e by Georges Delerue, the orchestral works of Zbigniew Preisner, or the 1958 CSO\/ Fritz Reiner recording of Hovhaness' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMysterious Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, specifically the third movement. But in the final analysis, such comparisons are superfluous at best, as Stars of the Lid have created a musical universe in which they are the sole inhabitant. Simply put, this album is a masterpiece.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"I simply feel that they are making the most important music of the 21st century.\" --Ivo Watts-Russell (4AD label founder)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"352\" width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/6cHPEbPryLpH5VX5Eb1Vvo?utm_source=generator\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Forced Exposure","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67911645364384,"sku":"ame1793051677186","price":45.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1045\/5833\/0016\/files\/stars-of-the-lid---stars-of-the-lid-and-their-refinement-of-the-decline-3lp_1.jpg?v=1793051683","url":"https:\/\/boardroomwear.shop\/products\/stars-of-the-lid-stars-of-the-lid-and-their-refinement-of-the-decline-3lp","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}