{"product_id":"dari-bay-surprise-wish","title":"Dari Bay - Surprise Wish","description":"\u003ci\u003eSurprise Wish\u003c\/i\u003e is the sophomore album from Burlington, Vermont indie-rock project, Dari Bay, and the band’s first release for Double Double Whammy. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFollowing the cult-favorite debut, Longest Day of the Year (2023), songwriter, Zack James, sharpens the project’s sound into something more immediate and visceral: scuzzy guitars, hypnotic rhythms, and conversational vocals that feel both intimate and unguarded.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nRaised in Brattleboro, Vermont in a musical family, James has spent years immersed in the region’s DIY scene - playing with artists like Lily Seabird and Greg Freeman, writing in the band Robber Robber, and touring as a member of Unknown Mortal Orchestra. With \u003ci\u003eSurprise Wish\u003c\/i\u003e, he distills that experience into his most focused songwriting yet.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nWritten largely alone over the course of a year while James finished college and balanced multiple projects, the album embraces a raw, homespun approach. Rather than chasing genre aesthetics, James leaned into instinct and immediacy, building songs around ideas that arrived suddenly and refused to leave. The result is a record that blends ’90s alt-rock, indie, and slacker rock into something both familiar and newly restless.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nAcross its nine songs, \u003ci\u003eSurprise Wish\u003c\/i\u003e captures the strange emotional terrain of young adulthood - a life shaped by the internet, isolation, friendship, near-disasters, and flashes of fragile hope. Tracks like the fuzzed-out rocker “The Joke,” the spiraling character study “Chevy,” and the cathartic single “We’re Gonna Be Okay” pair distorted guitars with lyrics that feel searching, self-aware, and quietly funny.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nAt once scrappy and assured, \u003ci\u003eSurprise Wish\u003c\/i\u003e is a portrait of a person coming into being.","brand":"Double Double Whammy","offers":[{"title":"Ultra Clear LP","offer_id":51175467778326,"sku":"RMX-65872","price":25.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":51175467843862,"sku":"RMX-65873","price":13.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0839\/7750\/2998\/files\/669265248a398354602519ecc67175e1_a3cd8582-5e58-4add-ad22-d47c81dffcc9.jpg?v=1775653354","url":"https:\/\/resident-music-uk.myshopify.com\/products\/dari-bay-surprise-wish","provider":"Resident Music UK","version":"1.0","type":"link"}