{"product_id":"triumph-and-sadness","title":"Triumph and Sadness","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePre-Order Item. Release Date Subject to Change.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLabel: Mr Bongo\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRelease Date: 16th October\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOz has the soul, baby. Ella Thompson's third album presents itself as the kind of vocal soul record that everybody needs in their collection. Backed by Australia's best soul and funk players with members of Karate Boogaloo and Surprise chef providing the backbone of super tight breaks, the funkiest basslines and all whilst Ella Thompson floats from sweet falsetto to a raw rasp and onto a rich smoothness to a sultry smokeyness. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor those who dig: Jalen Ngonda, Kendra Morris, Charles Bradley, The College of Knowledge crew...\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\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\/dandelion\/6782145081?i=6782145082\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStanding up for joy and pain and all the messy, confusing, beautiful details that make\u003cbr\u003elife worth living. Soulful and timeless, her songs tell stories of the heart, finding\u003cbr\u003euniversal truths in the honesty of personal experience.\u003cbr\u003eReleased on UK label Mr Bongo and College of Knowledge in Australia and New\u003cbr\u003eZealand, Triumph \u0026amp; Sadness is her most profound album yet - a powerful and unique\u003cbr\u003erecord inspired by a classic sweet soul sound and rooted in the contemporary\u003cbr\u003emoment. Reaching out with vulnerability and poise, it is a plea for connection in a\u003cbr\u003eworld gone numb. Recorded over four fruitful days at an all- analogue studio in the\u003cbr\u003estunning natural surroundings of rural Victoria (with additional sessions for horns\u003cbr\u003evocals and overdubs at Sound Park in Northcote), Triumph \u0026amp; Sadness was cut direct-\u003cbr\u003eto-tape with all the urgency and warmth of the iconic '60s and '70s sessions that first\u003cbr\u003einspired her. Written alongside Liam McGorry (Temporary Blessings), featuring\u003cbr\u003ecollaborators from bands Surprise Chef and Karate Boogaloo and mixed by Daptone\u003cbr\u003eand The Womack Sisters collaborator Wayne Gordon, it captures the live energy of a\u003cbr\u003eband at the top of their game.\u003cbr\u003eBecause it is through Melbourne's vibrant, supportive independent scene that\u003cbr\u003eThompson has found her voice. Coming up alongside contemporaries like Hiatus\u003cbr\u003eKaiyote, two solo releases followed in quick succession, the 7- track EP 'Domino' in\u003cbr\u003e2023, and LP Ripple on the Wing in 2024, pushing the boundaries of the song form\u003cbr\u003eand immersing herself in studio production, while building a creative community that\u003cbr\u003ehas in turn shaped her sound. Inspired by Australian soul singer Renee Geyer, who\u003cbr\u003eblazed a trail across the country in the 1970s, and a wide tapestry of influences from\u003cbr\u003esoul titans like Nina Simone and Curtis Mayfield, to the philosophical musings of Patti\u003cbr\u003eSmith, Alice Walker and Simone Weil, Thompson takes the listener by the heart and\u003cbr\u003ehand across the album's 10 shimmering songs.\u003cbr\u003eHer belief in the significance of connection shines through on the album's thematic\u003cbr\u003ecentrepiece, 'Promise To Keep'. It is a track that feels at once profound and whimsical\u003cbr\u003ein the best possible way, about building nerve, embracing naivety, bravery and love in\u003cbr\u003ean act that Thompson likens to a renewed romanticism. Then there is 'Change of\u003cbr\u003eHeart', which reflects on the temporality, impermanence and synchronicity of a\u003cbr\u003emoment, and the bittersweet paradox where everything contains its opposite: absence\u003cbr\u003eand presence, innocence and experience, triumph and sadness. Musically, it unfolds\u003cbr\u003eas a down-tempo, slinky ballad with falsetto vocals, ending in triumphant horns that\u003cbr\u003esignal the release of letting go. Drawing on the group vocal arrangements of bands\u003cbr\u003elike The Royalettes, it is devastating in its simplicity.\u003cbr\u003eAnd so, from 'My Weakness', which draws on the myth of Narcissus to question the\u003cbr\u003eloops of recognition and unsated longing built into life under Capitalism, to the\u003cbr\u003ebubbling intensity of 'Dandelion' whose contradiction between bitter taste and\u003cbr\u003ebeautiful flower inspires Thompson to ask what we fear by caring too much, Triumph\u003cbr\u003e\u0026amp; Sadness weaves together threads that speak of life's great challenges. It is a\u003cbr\u003ecomplete and compelling statement from an artist ready to connect with a global\u003cbr\u003eaudience for the first time.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ella Thompson","offers":[{"title":"Indie Only Yellow Marble Vinyl LP","offer_id":53507882615078,"sku":"MRBLP354M","price":23.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Vinyl LP","offer_id":53507882647846,"sku":"MRBLP354","price":20.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0505\/7734\/2621\/files\/de238a79-149f-46ca-9546-b5e007ce1488.jpg?v=1784721796","url":"https:\/\/www.limitedadditionrecords.com\/products\/triumph-and-sadness","provider":"Limited Addition Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}