Name: Next of Kin
Brand: Bellows

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

LP-TSR-234LEC

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Colour

clear

Colour details

Clear Vinyl

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Discogs ID

Discs

Download code

Download code: Yes

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: Yes

Format detail

OBI strip + printed dust sleeve

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Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2022-09-30

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Redeye

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

634457062917

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

CD-TSR-234

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Download code: No

Extended format: No

2022-04-08

634457062931

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

Artist

Bellows

Genre US

Rock-Pop

Label US

Topshelf Records

 While foundationally a rock album, <i>Next of Kin</i> has a magical iridescence. Oscillating and shifting dramatically between sounds and genres over its fourteen song tracklist, the album glistens with sheens of alt-country, pristine pop production, and richly layered rock maximalism. The first Bellows album to feature a constant full-band presence bolstering Kalb’s home recordings, the album channels the immediacy and intensity of the band’s live performances. Songs like “McNally Jackson” and “Dawn at Central Park” marry Kalb’s penchant for contemplative, almost literary narration with lavish, kinetic composition. But it’s <i>Next of Kin</i>’s climax “Thumb in the Dam” that is the album’s thematic centerpiece: as Kalb realizes he’s lost a sense of his own selfhood in a deeply enmeshed romance, crossing and confusing identities with a lost love, the album ends with a recognition of identity as perpetually in flux, with change itself being the only constant force. 

Next of Kin

Music US