{"product_id":"special-friend-clipping","title":"Special Friend - Clipping","description":"Special Friend have become the masters of weaving elegant and sophisticated pop musical webs while staying true to their low-fi indiepop roots. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe French\/American duo (Guillaume on guitar and vocals, Erica on drums and vocals) manage to create a sound like no other band. When they play live, audiences marvel at the huge, intricate structures the band construct, while falling in love with the crystal-clear vocal melodies that are threaded in between the shards of guitar and the rattle of the drums. How can a duo achieve so much? UK audiences will be able to ponder this question in March: Special Friend are coming over from France to do a substantial tour of the UK. These shows are highly recommended!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nThe album is more diverse that the last, with the high-tempo indiepop of first single ‘Breakfast’, the majestic, Yo La Tengo-like dreampop of ‘\u003ci\u003eClipping\u003c\/i\u003e’ and the country-ish, gentle, homesick melancholy of ‘Isolation’. Final track, ‘OOO’, is a bold piece of Krautrock-inspired experimentation; ‘Mold’ is a beautiful slice of slowcore and opener, ‘Paint A Picture’, is modern pop at its catchiest and most direct. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n‘\u003ci\u003eClipping\u003c\/i\u003e’, the album title, refers to the discipline of pruning growth back, removing dead wood to create a perfectly shaped tree with abundant blossoms: an accurate description of the album, and of the songs that hang from its elegant branches. The album artwork is by Erica: Special Friend are in control of every aspect of this elegant artefact.","brand":"Skep Wax Records","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":50942532223254,"sku":"RMX-60518","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0839\/7750\/2998\/files\/9fccb4f45d653c56505254904d2ba80e.jpg?v=1768489241","url":"https:\/\/resident-music-uk.myshopify.com\/products\/special-friend-clipping","provider":"Resident Music UK","version":"1.0","type":"link"}