abracadabra shapes & colors Vinyl LP 2023 Ltd Dinked Edition #231
Dinked Edition: #231
- “Slate Grey” vinyl *
- Flexi disc with dub mix of 'swim' *
- Signed postcard *
- Printed die-cut inner
- Download Code inc. the bonus dub mix *
- Limited pressing of 400
*Dinked Edition EXCLUSIVE
Tracklist:
1. talk talk
2. in a photo
3. telling time
4. swim
5. inyo county
6. don't like u
7. impactor
8. at the zoo
9. shapes & colors
10. dawn of the age of aquarius
If you find the time, please come and stay a while in abracadabra’s beautiful neighbourhood; a magically wonky wonderland where strangers leave as friends to a block party soundtrack as eclectic as it is infectious. The California duo’s album ‘shapes & colors’ is a dazzling collage of psych-fuelled synthscapes and contemporary Baroque-pop of anti-capitalist movements and escapism, precisely pieced around their own working lives in a blue-collar town.
In the heart of Oakland’s industrial Jingletown above a former auto-repair shop in what was once a mechanics’ break room where poker rounds ensued, Hannah Skelton (Vocals, Synthesizers) and Chris Niles, (Bass, Synthesizers) constructed the angular 80s-tinged anthems (think John Hughes montages to Talking Heads) of their new album, to positively offset the pandemic’s amplification of dysfunctional society. “It reflects our current reality: a huge mess that is systematically broken but isn’t entirely lost,” Hannah tells. “We’re inviting listeners to conjure up every drop of hope and willpower left inside them, pour that into the giant vat of anger and frustration bubbling inside us all, and with this potion collectively enact the necessary change to bring love and light into this dark space.”
*Limited to 1 copy per customer/household, multiple orders will be cancelled without notice.