Name: Winning Star Champion
Brand: Ruler

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

CD-BARK-172

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Colour

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Discogs ID

Discs

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2018-05-25

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Redeye

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

655173117224

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

LP-BARK-172

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Includes Download Code.

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655173117217

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

Artist

Ruler

Genre US

Rock-Pop

Label US

Barsuk Records

Ruler's debut album <i>Winning Star Champion</i>. Available here on LP and CD.

The music on Ruler's debut album - hook-heavy, assertive, inspiring - is made for motion. It's a soundtrack for moving forward, for getting better, in terms of both healing and self-improvement. Built on main man Matt Batey's lifelong fears, anxieties, addictions, and failures, not to mention his preternatural gift for creating instantly classic indie rock, these eleven songs follow that old adage by Robert Frost: The best way out is through. And in this case the best way through is with the volume cranked up all the way. No platitudes or love songs here - only raw interior monologue and deep character analysis. For most us, this stuff is hard to confront and even harder to articulate. Batey's lyrics are pointedly specific - so much so that they're immediately relatable. And they're set to soaring tunes that are beautifully and earnestly upbeat. Amid his brilliance and artistry, Batey exposes himself as one of us. That's his purpose and his gift, spelled out in Winning Star Champion's bold, beautiful songs: Life hurts, but it's great, and that's it.<br>

Winning Star Champion

Music US