{"product_id":"cola-the-gloss-lp","title":"COLA - THE GLOSS (LP)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eINDIE EXCLUSIVE TRANSPARENT OLIVE GREEN VINYL LP.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eThe Gloss is the second album from Cola. From their inception Cola have expanded on the d.i.y. ethic of the Dischord and SST eras, creating potent sounds from a minimal palette of drums\/bass\/guitar and lacing their songs with winsome one-liners and societal commentary. What’s another word for commentary? Gloss, apparently. Never basic, the lyrics reward repeated listening for deeper meanings. David Berman’s poetry-via-garage light pennings are an inspiration, as equally so are the lighter side of UK first-wave New Wave and the Dunedin sound. The results are in the pudding: at times sparse and poetic, at others a thrilling, hook-laden good time, as with the cheeky romantic sketch of a one-night stand that is so overflowing with innuendo-cum-journalism talk that it almost teeters over into self-parody. But the results are the right combination of lightheartedness and sincerity. Romanticism is never far from laughter, and equally never far from righteous anger in the music of Cola: “Pulling quotes now in the dark\/Our outlook is restrained\/Your tongue might weaken to be-fit your smile\/Til nothing ill remains.” ‘nuff said. It's an album bursting with energy and wit and ideas–filled to the margins. Out June 14th 2024 on Fire Talk.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"REDEYE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45540659036377,"sku":"","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0450\/0858\/4864\/files\/Screenshot2024-06-08at2.46.58PM.png?v=1717876024","url":"https:\/\/10000hzrecords.com\/products\/cola-the-gloss-lp","provider":"10,000 Hz Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}