{"product_id":"650076674065","title":"The Tubs: Dead Meat (Vinyl LP)","description":"London group The Tubs return to Trouble In Mind with their hotly anticipated full-length album entitled Dead Meat. The band were formed in 2018 from the ashes of beloved UK post-punk band Joanna Gruesome by former members Owen 'O' Williams and George 'GN' Nicholls. By incorporating elements of post-punk, traditional British folk, and guitar jangle seasoned by nonchalant Cleaners From Venus-influenced pop hooks and contemporary antipodean indie bands (Twerps\/Goon Sax, et al).Dead Meat is resplendent in hi-fidelity strum \u0026amp; thrum, incorporating fleeting elements of post-punk and indie jangle, but the group's penchant for trad British folk \u0026amp; Canterbury folk-rock takes a noticeable, caffeinated step forward. Echoes of Fairport Convention's decidedly English chime cross swords with singer Owen Williams' lyrics directing Bryan Ferry's thinking man's libertine persona into a more dolorous outlook. Many songs (like Round The Bend and Duped) soar with an urgent strum under Williams' acerbic lyrics, recalling a younger fiery Richard Thompson. They languish in an aching, bitter resignation (of both the situations described \u0026amp; the protagonist's place in it), particularly near the album's second half. Others like the previously released I Don't Know How It Works, Two Person Love and Illusion (re-presented here as Illusion Pt. II and all rerecorded from their original 7-inch versions) up the urgency, implying that the journey for the person described in each tune is not over \u0026amp; may be even more desperate than before. The band has never been tighter \u0026amp; more dynamic, often imperceptibly ratcheting up the tension, an extra guitar strum overdubbed, a barely audible organ\/synth cranking under a chorus or bridge, or unexpected backups from current Ex-Vöid (and ex-Joanna Gruesome) vocalist Lan McArdle. The Tubs are poised to take over your stereo - there's no point in resisting.  Illusion Pt. II, Two Person Love, I Don't Know How It Works, Dead Meat, Sniveller, Duped, That's Fine, Round the Bend, Wretched Lie","brand":"Trouble in Mind","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44409346359586,"sku":"650076674065","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2231\/7305\/products\/4159596-2917000_b44578ca-971d-459f-87a0-267d40dcc768.jpg?v=1705287274","url":"https:\/\/www.besvinyl.com\/products\/650076674065","provider":"besvinyl.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}