{"product_id":"3760420426633","title":"Hundredth: Faded Splendor (Vinyl LP)","description":"\"Hundredth have built a career on transformation, embracing change as their most defining trait. Over the past decade, the South Carolina-based band have forged a reputation for pushing boundaries, evolving their sound with each new album as if stepping into a new world. From their ferocious hardcore roots to the lush, immersive shoegaze of RARE-which landed on Stereogum's 50 Best Albums of 2017 list- to the shimmering, cinematic synthpop of Somewhere Nowhere, each release has felt like the birth of a different band. Hundredth have explored a kaleidoscope of genres with unrelenting curiosity. Each era truly feels like a new identity-sometimes bruising, sometimes beautiful, but always unrelenting in it's desire to move forward.Now, after five years in the dark, they return with Faded Splendor-a vivid collision of post-punk urgency and widescreen indie rock. The album draws from decades of alternative influence: the angular pulse of early-2000s revival, the brooding intensity of '80s UK post-punk, the anthemic shimmer of '90s alt-rock, and the atmospheric drift of dream pop-with a touch of alt-country flickering in the margins, perhaps just a symptom of growing up in the South. But it isn't nostalgia-it's propulsion.The record opens with Curve, a soaring, emotionally charged track that sets the pace, with a lush, expansive sound reminiscent of Silversun Pickups or the atmospheric qualities of early-'00s indie rock. \"\"Big Love\"\" follows, carrying the weight of widescreen power-pop with an infectious, shimmering energy. \"\"Dark Side,\"\" the lead single, earned praise from Stereogum, who likened it's energy to early Bloc Party, highlighting Chadwick Johnson's vocal \"\"burly intensity\"\" over a hook that's \"\"clean and big.\"\" \"\"All The Way\"\" channels anthemic dance-punk and widescreen indie, with a stadium-sized energy driven by a pounding 4\/4 pulse and angular guitars. \"\"Blitz\"\" delivers a tightly wound, post-punk anthem-relentless and cathartic, landing somewhere between Placebo, Interpol, and the explosive fervor of early Arcade Fire. \"\"Waste\"\" grinds through a wall of blown-out guitars before collapsing into a chaotic swirl of samples and turntables-one of the album's most unpredictable moments. \"\"Glimmer\"\" follows like the end of a coming- of-age film-euphoric, nostalgic, and wide open. Then \"\"Dazzle\"\" pulls the rug again, blending alt-country vocal inflection with dream pop textures that recall the melodicism of Dizzy Up the Girl-era Goo Goo Dolls or early Third Eye Blind. The closer, \"\"Faded Splendor,\"\" slyly leads the listener to the edge-then freefalls into ambient jazz. It feels less like a curtain call and more like a cliff dive.\"  Curve, Big Love, Dark Side, All The Way, Blitz, Waste, Blur, Glimmer, Dazzle, Faded Splendor","brand":"Diggers Factory","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51554048082210,"sku":"3760420426633","price":37.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2231\/7305\/files\/4444337-3419571.jpg?v=1776636359","url":"https:\/\/www.besvinyl.com\/products\/3760420426633","provider":"besvinyl.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}