{"product_id":"bambara-love-on-my-mind-lp-green-vinyl","title":"Bambara - Love On My Mind LP (Green Vinyl) ( VINYL )","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWith Love on My Mind - the six song mini-album, mixed by Claudius Mittendorfer (Tennis, Parquet Courts, Johnny Marr) - Bambara condense all the energy and darkness that have made them\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eso compelling and rearrange it into something defiantly new. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOpening track, \"Slither in the Rain,\" all hissing high-hat and spectral synthlines, is a true statement of intent. It's minimal and atmospheric, foregrounding Bateh's raw vocals as he introduces one \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eof Love On My Mind's main characters years after the events of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ethe album are over, a lonely man who throws bottles at airplanes \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eand dances a two-step in the pattern of a figure-8. While Bateh \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ehas always been adept at character sketches, tracks lke \"Slither\" introduce a newfound vulnerability that runs true through the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eentire album and cause the songs to hit on a more human level. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSimilarly, \"Point And Shoot\" - in which each stanza describes the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003elouche, lawless scenes of \"rooftop girls \/ standing shoulder-to-shoulder, naked figures with their hips \/ cocked,\" busted up jaws, and couches full of burn-holes captured by the snapshots of Love on My Mind's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003efemale lead - displays an autobiographical intimacy that is not as apparent in Bambara's previous releases. This tenderness is echoed on \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"Birds,\" a rare love song (from which the EP's title is derived), and album closer \"Little Wars,\" a gripping finale of loneliness and isolation. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBut while these songs may display a softer side of Bambara, it's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eimportant to note that they haven't lost the thrill of what attracted so \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003emany people to them in the first place. \"Mythic Love\" (featuring vocals \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003efrom Bria Salmena), with it's driving bassline and ricocheting guitar \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003elines, brings to mind past rave-ups like \"Serafina\" and \"Sunbleached \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSkulls\" but obliterates them in the process, while \"Feelin' Like A Funeral\" - a dangerously oscillating tale of a city knifing - is probably the most thrillingly anthemic song the band have ever recorded. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTaken together, Love on My Mind amounts to another massive step forward for Bambara - the boldest thing they've \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eever done - and the sound of yet another breakthrough\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"06- Secretly Distribution","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56731618083189,"sku":"843563143735","price":3.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/8300\/2485\/files\/4050649-2786990.jpg?v=1770885408","url":"https:\/\/warmvibevinyls.com\/products\/bambara-love-on-my-mind-lp-green-vinyl","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}