{"product_id":"surprise-wish-ultra-clear-vinyl-lp","title":"Surprise Wish: Ultra Clear Vinyl LP","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePre-Order Item. Release Date Subject to Change.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLabel: Double Double Whammy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRelease Date: 26th June\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI don't know how long you spend reading these things so lets headline with MJ Lenderman, This Is Lorelei, Alex G and Weezer. If you like 'em, you'll like this - GUARANTEED. So for those reading further, 'Surprise Wish' follows Dari Bay's excellent sleeper hit debut album and proves further that he's the kind of artist who can do the lo-fi bedroom pop with the fuzzy indie rock, dream pop and folk. \u003cbr\u003eThink a lot of people will be obsessed with this. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ciframe height=\"150\" style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 660px; overflow: hidden; background: transparent;\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.music.apple.com\/gb\/album\/the-joke\/1882895913?i=1882895931\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSurprise Wish is the sophomore album from Burlington, Vermont indie-rock project Dari Bay and the band’s first release for Double Double Whammy. Following the cult-favorite debut Longest Day of the Year (2023), songwriter Zack James sharpens the project’s sound into something more immediate and visceral: scuzzy guitars, hypnotic rhythms, and conversational vocals that feel both intimate and unguarded. Raised in Brattleboro, Vermont in a musical family, James has spent years immersed in the region’s DIY scene - playing with artists like Lily Seabird and Greg Freeman, writing in the band Robber Robber, and touring as a member of Unknown Mortal Orchestra. With Surprise Wish, he distills that experience into his most focused songwriting yet. Written largely alone over the course of a year while James finished college and balanced multiple projects, the album embraces a raw, homespun approach. Rather than chasing genre aesthetics, James leaned into instinct and immediacy, building songs around ideas that arrived suddenly and refused to leave. The result is a record that blends ’90s alt-rock, indie, and slacker rock into something both familiar and newly restless. Across its nine songs, Surprise Wish captures the strange emotional terrain of young adulthood - a life shaped by the internet, isolation, friendship, near-disasters, and flashes of fragile hope. Tracks like the fuzzed-out rocker “The Joke,” the spiraling character study “Chevy,” and the cathartic single “We’re Gonna Be Okay” pair distorted guitars with lyrics that feel searching, self-aware, and quietly funny. At once scrappy and assured, Surprise Wish is a portrait of a person coming into being.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ciframe height=\"150\" style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 660px; overflow: hidden; background: transparent;\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.music.apple.com\/gb\/album\/the-joke\/1882895913?i=1882895931\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dari Bay","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52993393361190,"sku":"LPDDW116C","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0505\/7734\/2621\/files\/201375113846.jpg?v=1775661261","url":"https:\/\/www.limitedadditionrecords.com\/en-us\/products\/surprise-wish-ultra-clear-vinyl-lp","provider":"Limited Addition Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}