{"product_id":"hope-as-a-coping-mechanism-marble-colour-vinyl-lp","title":"Hope As A Coping Mechanism: Marble Colour Vinyl LP","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLabel: 5DB Records\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRelease Date: 24th July\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBig old muscular post-punk anthems that build gradually and to the point that they can't be ignored, kinda like their namesake but you're more than happy for them to stick around. On their debut album 'Hope As A Coping Mechanism' they pull off that trick of some of post punk and new waves biggest as they take the darkness, the gloomy and make it irressistiblly life-affirming. \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\/float\/1889329557?i=1889329562\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWritten in snatches of time in hometown Bristol, recorded in London's 5dB\u003cbr\u003eStudios and produced by Sean Oakley (Georgia, Scaler, Sorry), who flew in\u003cbr\u003efrom LA especially for the project, 'Hoping as a Coping Mechanism' is the\u003cbr\u003estrongest display of MOULD's talents yet\u003cbr\u003eIn their own words, it's \"more focussed, paced and thought-out.\" Over 13 tracks that\u003cbr\u003eexplore the horrors of the outside world and the internal minefield of the brain,\u003cbr\u003eMOULD's debut also hits with the thrills of a brilliant live band who've distilled that\u003cbr\u003eenergy to tape.\u003cbr\u003eThe title comes from a line taken from the time signature-warping 'Emotive Language'\u003cbr\u003ethat distills what it means to be a band in 2026 down to one concise sentiment. \"This\u003cbr\u003ehas always been the dream, playing with your mates and making good songs and\u003cbr\u003egetting to tour and make records,\" says Kane. \"But the realities of trying to start a band\u003cbr\u003enow, when you're 30 and also have other goals at the same time are hard. We'd be\u003cbr\u003edoing it regardless, but you have to learn a lot.\"\u003cbr\u003eThis duality runs throughout the record, where tracks like lead single 'Float' speak of\u003cbr\u003e\"strolling through hellscapes\" of social media yet surround their frustrations with the\u003cbr\u003esort of barbed, visceral musicality that sounds like if Interpol had grown up in gloomy,\u003cbr\u003erain-soaked Britain. \"You're endlessly doom scrolling, past a funny video of a sausage,\u003cbr\u003eand then there's Farage and then there's an ad for something,\" Joe says of the track.\u003cbr\u003e\"That mindnumbing flashy distraction turns you into idiots.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MOULD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53515664720166,"sku":"5DB26101LPD","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0505\/7734\/2621\/files\/IMG_3079.jpg?v=1784837923","url":"https:\/\/www.limitedadditionrecords.com\/products\/hope-as-a-coping-mechanism-marble-colour-vinyl-lp","provider":"Limited Addition Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}