Name: Uneasy Laughter
Brand: Moaning

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

SP1342X

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Colour

white

Colour details

Discogs ID

Discs

Download code

Download code: Yes

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: Yes

Format detail

Loser Coloured Vinyl.   Single-Pocket Sleeve with Spot-Gloss and Custom Dust Sleeve.

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2020-03-20

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

PIAS

Tax rate GB

UPC / Barcode

0098787134209

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1 / Extended format: Yes / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / white

SP1342

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black

Extended format: No

Single-Pocket Sleeve with Spot-Gloss and Custom Dust Sleeve.

0098787134216

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

Artist

Moaning

Genre GB

Alternative / Modern

Label GB

Sub Pop

What happens when an abrasive rock trio trades guitars for synths, cranks up the beats and leans into the everyday anxieties of simply being a functioning human in the 21st century? The answer is Uneasy Laughter, the sensational second Sub Pop release from Los Angeles-based Moaning.

Vocalist / guitarist Sean Solomon, bassist / keyboardist Pascal Stevenson and drummer Andrew MacKelvie have been friends and co-conspirators amid the fertile L.A. DIY scene for more than a decade. They are also immersed in other creative pursuits — Solomon is a noted illustrator, art director and animator, while Stevenson and MacKelvie have played or worked behind the boards with acts such as Cherry Glazerr, Sasami and Surf Curse. On Uneasy Laughter, they’ve tackled challenges both personal and universal the only way they know how: by talking about how they’re feeling and channeling those emotions directly into their music.

Moaning’s 2018’s self-titled Sub Pop debut featured songs mostly written in practice or brought in already complete by individual band members. It garnered acclaim from Pitchfork, Stereogum and Los Angeles Times, who observed, “Moaning craft anxious music for an increasingly nervous local scene.” But Uneasy Laughter is a collaborative breakthrough which significantly brightens Moaning’s once claustrophobic sound, again abetted by producer / engineer Alex Newport (At The Drive-In, Bloc Party, Melvins). The trio points to first single Ego, which features a costume-heavy video directed by Ambar Navarro, as an embodiment of this evolution.

Uneasy Laughter

Music GB