Name: Too Much Tension!
Brand: The Mystery Lights

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

LP-WCK-004XX

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Colour

pink

Colour details

Magenta/Pink 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

Indie Exclusive.

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Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2019-05-24

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Redeye

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

823134990418

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

CD-WCK-004

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Download code: No

Extended format: No

2019-05-10

823134900424

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

Artist

The Mystery Lights

Genre US

Rock-Pop

Label US

Wick Records

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Amsterdam is a city of canals: liquid alleys spreading like veins feeding the city’s heart. Pip Blom’s music buoys on these waters. Their crew is headed by Pip Blom herself, her brother Tender on the guitar, Darek Mercks (bass) and Gini Cameron (drums). Together they write hook-laden pop jewels that knotted together composed their new album, ‘Boat’. The record was produced by Dave McCracken (Depeche Mode, Florence and the Machine) and mixed by Dillip Harris in a shipping container on the banks of the Thames in East London. A delectable listen to soundtrack these sunnier days.

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Simply stunning album and a Rough Trade Shops favourite. The Mystery Lights's sophomore album on Daptone's rock subsidiary, Wick Records, finds the group digging deeper into their well of eclectic influences, enriching their sound without echoing the past. It mixes the eerie, insistent synth sounds of groups like The Normal and Suicide, the energy and swagger of punk’s golden age, the pop sensibility of The Kinks, and the stark, deliberate execution of Television. The Mystery Lights are taking their idiosyncratic brand of rock and roll to dizzying new heights.