{"product_id":"a-living-commodity-limited-gatefold-colour-lp","title":"A Living Commodity: Limited Gatefold Colour LP { vinyl }","description":"\u003cp\u003eEvery element of Egyptian Blue’s fierce, uncompromising sound feels like hypnotism fuelled by psychosis. Their grinding riffs achieve a mesmeric power through brute repetition, while their rhythm section produces taut, nervous energy and intense post-punk grooves in equal measure.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nFollowing on from their incendiary debut E. P’s; 2019’s \u003cstrong\u003e‘Collateral Damage’\u003c\/strong\u003e \u0026amp; 2020’s \u003cstrong\u003e‘Body Of Itch’\u003c\/strong\u003e, the band garnered a fervent following and had support from key tastemakers across the media including \u003cstrong\u003eSteve Lamacq, Jack Saunders, Tom \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRavenscroft, NME and Fader.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nIn the intervening time they have been heralded by their peers as one of the best new bands in the country; \u003cstrong\u003eIDLES frontman Joe Talbot \u003c\/strong\u003edescribing them as \u003cem\u003e“fucking sick’’ \u003c\/em\u003eand picking them as his act of choice for the \u003cstrong\u003eBBC Introducing stage at Glastonbury 2022\u003c\/strong\u003e. \u003cstrong\u003eYannis Philippakis\u003c\/strong\u003e is another avowed super-fan, personally choosing Egyptian Blue as support for Foals’ run of arena shows in the UK \u0026amp; Europe during their \u003cem\u003eLife Is Yours\u003c\/em\u003e tour run.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThe band have now re-appeared following an extended period of writing and recording their \u003cstrong\u003ehighly anticipated debut album \u003cem\u003e‘’A Living Commodity’’\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, due for release on 27\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e October 2023 via \u003cstrong\u003eYALA! 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