{"product_id":"the-tubs-dead-meat-cassette","title":"The Tubs - Dead Meat (Cassette)","description":"\u003cp\u003eLondon 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sonic Highway","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52543659639079,"sku":"650076674041","price":13.63,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0898\/0640\/5927\/files\/4159598-2916999.jpg?v=1793973455","url":"https:\/\/www.corkyscoffee.com\/products\/the-tubs-dead-meat-cassette","provider":"Corkys Coffee","version":"1.0","type":"link"}