Name: Suspended Second
Brand: The Granite Shore

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

RHEA7E1056

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Discs

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Housed in Gatefold Sleeve.

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2017-10-13

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Cargo

Tax rate GB

UPC / Barcode

5038622138011

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

RHEA7E1056CD

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5038622138028

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

The Granite Shore

Genre GB

Indie Pop / Shoegaze

Label GB

Occultation Recordings

First and foremost, the second Granite Shore album is a pop record, albeit an angry one. When writing began in spring 2016, it dealt largely with anxiety. <i>Suddenly</i>, says Nick Halliwell, “we were overtaken by what feltlike a national self-harming anxiety episode, which then went global.” Halliwell admits expecting the subject would be all over the arts by the time the record came out, yet little has materialised a year on. “I’m not sure this is my responsibility/But no-one’s stepping forward as far as I can see” goes one lyric. “A pop record is the obvious format for in-depth socio-political analysis so I allowed my lifelong love of ABBA free rein,” he remarks mischievously, “pop’s far more interesting than rock nowadays.” Enlisting cult singer John Howard’s voice of a (recording) angel was another step outside the Indie Ghetto. The album employs a number of metaphors. “I considered picking up where the (2015 debut) <i>Once More From The Top</i> narrative left off, but resisted the temptation”, Halliwell adds, “I wanted to focus on hooks, trimming off any fat...” The best pop is all about economy, hence unambiguous songs like Where does the Sadness come from?, Outside, looking in and Buyer beware sit alongside more expansive material like The Performance of a Lifetime, which conflates Brexit with the deaths of two Princes.

Suspended Second

Music GB