{"product_id":"mandy-indiana-urgh-random-translucent-red-green-blue-vinyl","title":"MANDY, INDIANA  -  URGH (RANDOM TRANSLUCENT RED, GREEN \u0026 BLUE VINYL)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor Mandy, Indiana, the truth is the only way through. On their Sacred Bones debut \u003cem\u003eURGH\u003c\/em\u003e, the four-piece - vocalist Valentine Caulfield, guitarist and producer Scott Fair, synth player Simon Catling, and drummer Alex Macdougall - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eare a force of uncanny nature, grafting together a record that is as much a call to action as a parlay into oblivion and transcendence. Across the ten tracks, the band interpolate their own unconventional language into a mantra for self-determination and resilience, forging a template for a brighter future before it fades to black.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMuch of the album was written during a residency at an eerie studio house in the outskirts of Leeds, then recorded across Berlin and Greater Manchester. It was an intense environment partially due to the health issues faced by Caulfield and Macdougall during the writing and recording process.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYet Mandy, Indiana \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eremain\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e uncompromising. Caulfield uses her voice as a distorted\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003einstrument and a weapon, oscillating between playful and eviscerating. The throbbing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003esiren-sound of “Magazine” stands alongside the cut-up vocal fry of “try saying” and the\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eshapeshifting ferocity of “\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eist\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e halt so,” which channels the urgency of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eprotes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003emovements,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ereferencing resistance to the genocide in Gaza while speaking to struggles more broadly,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewhile final track “I’ll Ask Her” is a deliberate directness calling out toxic boy’s club\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eculture and a tenacious reckoning that hangs over the album at large.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-ccp-props='{\"335559685\":-993}'\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAlthough there are still undeniable “bangers” (like the frazzled rap of “Sicko!” featuring\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ebilly woods), \u003cem\u003eURGH\u003c\/em\u003e often feels hewn with precise cinema. From the bristling techno of\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Cursive” to the deconstructed feedback loops of “Life Hex,” the album moves between\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eindustrial catharsis and cinematic unease, threading a tension that Fair describes as “a\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eremix of itself.” This contrasting palette is both \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ea necessary aspect of the record as well as\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eunderlyin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003econnective tissue.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThough deeply personal, \u003cem\u003eURGH\u003c\/em\u003e reflects the violent, fractured state of the wider world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCaulfield’s lyrics grapple with assault, systemic indifference, and the omnipresence of\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003epain, while also insisting on moments of beauty and solidarity. 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