{"product_id":"cola-the-gloss-cd","title":"Cola - The Gloss (CD)","description":"\u003cp\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\/p\u003e","brand":"Sonic Highway","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51597132431655,"sku":"634457173699","price":15.87,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0898\/0640\/5927\/files\/4330707-3146747.jpg?v=1783438167","url":"https:\/\/www.corkyscoffee.com\/products\/cola-the-gloss-cd","provider":"Corkys Coffee","version":"1.0","type":"link"}