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But music box hallucination “Paranoid Inlay” captures the group’s oblique comedic side, always glimmering beneath: over a warped, wobbly beat Balance intones an opaque narrative of serenity, Saint Peter, and suicidal vegetables, accompanied by spiraling harpsichord and stuttering squelches of electronics. “It seems concussion suits you,” he repeats twice, like a macabre pickup line, before dictating a dear diary entry about risks and failures, finally concluding with as close to a self-portrait as Coil ever came: “On a clear day I can see forever \/ that the underworld is my oyster.”\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"---","offers":[{"title":"VINYL","offer_id":42466966044847,"sku":"011586672062","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0552\/8833\/2463\/products\/a2258188040_10.jpg?v=1681585163"},{"product_id":"843563129340","title":"Carpenter, John \"Skeleton b\/w Unclean Spirit\" 12\" [Blood Splatter Vinyl - EOAE Exclusive]","description":"\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEND OF AN EAR EXCLUSIVE -  Blood Splatter Vinyl Ltd. 300\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eLegendary composer \/ director John Carpenter has returned with his first non-soundtrack music since 2016's Lost Themes II. Collaborating again with son Cody Carpenter and godson Daniel Davies, his bandmates and co-composers for the David Gordon Green-directed Halloween films, Carpenter is sharing the propulsive new single Skeleton and its B-side, the haunting Unclean Spirit. The sessions for these songs saw the trio shifting their focus from scoring for the screen and engaging a totally different creative muscle. 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Following the release of that album, he went on his first-ever concert tour, performing material from the Lost Themes albums, as well as music from his classic film scores. He re-recorded many of those classic movie themes for 2017’s Anthology album, working alongside son Cody Carpenter and godson Daniel Davies. The following year, he was asked to executive produce and compose the music for the new Halloween movie directed by David Gordon Green, which promptly became the highest-grossing installment in the series.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eNow, he returns with his first album of non-soundtrack music in nearly five years, Lost Themes III: Alive After Death. Whereas the original Lost Themes album came as a pleasant surprise after years of relative silence from Carpenter, the third installment sees him in the midst of a resurgent moment as a cultural force. 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Sacred Bones is honored to reissue Didn’t You Hear? as it was meant to be heard, taken from the original master tapes and given a pristine remaster by engineer Josh Bonati.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"---","offers":[{"title":"VINYL","offer_id":42467089416367,"sku":"843563129968","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0552\/8833\/2463\/products\/a2636396888_10.jpg?v=1681585937"},{"product_id":"843563130063","title":"Garson, Mort \"Music from Patch Cord\" [Green Seafoam Vinyl - EOAE Exclusive]","description":"\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eA collection of rare and unreleased recordings from the archives of electronic music pioneer Mort Garson, composer of Mother Earth's Plantasia. The compilation plays like an ultimate Mort Garson playlist, and includes alternate takes of Plantasia tracks, music for never-aired radio advertisements, themes for science fiction films, erotic oddities, and much more from the prolific composer's '60s and '70s synthesizer oeuvre. 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At home in North Carolina's Blue Ridge Mountains, Olsen penned songs that finally grappled with these troubles, particularly love-how forever is too much to promise, how relationships can lock us into static versions of ourselves, how you can go through hell just to make someone else happy. These heartsore explorations shape Whole New Mess, Olsen's first solo album since her 2012 debut and an emotional portrait so intimate and vulnerable you can hear her find meaning in these crises in real-time. At least nine of the 11 songs on Whole New Mess should sound familiar to anyone who has heard All Mirrors, Olsen's grand 2019 masterpiece that earned high honors on prestigious year-end lists and glossy spreads in stylish magazines.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"---","offers":[{"title":"VINYL","offer_id":42468445356207,"sku":"656605235479","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0552\/8833\/2463\/products\/angel.jpg?v=1681586821"},{"product_id":"656605363684","title":"Whitney \"Candid\" [Seaglass Wave Vinyl - EOAE Exclusive]","description":"\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEND OF AN EAR EXCLUSIVE - Seaglass Wave Vinyl\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eFollowing their acclaimed sophomore album Forever Turned Around, Whitney have returned with Candid, a 10-song collection boasting covers of artists like Kelela, David Byrne, John Denver, SWV, and more. 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