{"product_id":"drab-majesty-modern-mirror-white-black-colored-vinyl-vinyl-lp","title":"Drab Majesty: Modern Mirror (White \u0026 Black Colored Vinyl) Vinyl LP { vinyl }","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e“I think we throw around the term narcissist a lot and often forget what we’re referencing - \u003c\/i\u003ea tale of a man who rejects the true and tangible love of his lover to spend his life intoxicated by his own reflection. For me, the 'Modern Mirror' is our digital internet identity reflected back at us.” For their third full-length, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.com\/search?type=product\u0026amp;q=Drab+Majesty\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDrab Majesty\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e members \u003cstrong\u003eDeb Demure\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eMona D\u003c\/strong\u003e took their obsession with Greco-Roman iconography one step further by stealing away to Athens to write and record, returning with a sprawling modern allegory to Ovid’s Narcissus myth. They’ve taken the sound of 2016’s excellent \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.com\/search?type=product\u0026amp;q=Drab+Majesty+The+Demonstration\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Demonstration\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e and distilled it even further, slimming down to a lean eight songs that deploy their trusty toolkit of gated drums, neon synths (Roland JX-8P, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.com\/search?\u0026amp;q=SH-101\u0026amp;filter=Category_fq:%22DJ%20%2F%20Production%22\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eSH-101\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.com\/search?type=product\u0026amp;q=Korg+Monologue\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eKorg Monologue\u003c\/a\u003e + more, full gear list in the liner notes), cavernous vocals and chorus-soaked guitars more potently than ever before. But have a look beneath the glossy new wave lid and you’ll find an unexpected spiritual kinship to \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.com\/search?type=product\u0026amp;q=Johnny+Marr\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJohnny Marr\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.com\/search?type=product\u0026amp;q=Felt+Cherry+Red\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFelt\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e’s \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.com\/search?type=product\u0026amp;q=Maurice+Deebank\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaurice Deebank\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e or the classic fingerpicked folk of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.com\/search?type=product\u0026amp;q=Tim+Buckley\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTim Buckley\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e. Opener “A Dialogue” sets the stage with swaths of Deb’s incantations piled on top of one another and drenched in reverb, before settling into machine-assisted synthpop mode with “The Other Side.” Other highlights include the blurry, \u003cem\u003eLess Than Zero\u003c\/em\u003e-smeared “Noise Of The Void,” sentimental elegy “Long Division” or the utterly gorgeous “Oxytocin.” Hard to find anyone else depicting the sinister side of vapid and hedonistic Los Angeles so colorfully right now. 33RPM single LP pressing on limited colored vinyl, housed in matte jacket with stunning art direction from \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.com\/search?type=product\u0026amp;q=Juan+Mendez\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJuan Mendez\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e (\u003cstrong\u003eSilent Servant\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.com\/search?\u0026amp;q=Tropic%20Of%20Cancer\u0026amp;filter=Brand\/Manufacturer\/Artist_fq:%22Tropic%20Of%20Cancer%22\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTropic Of Cancer\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, Jealous God). Recommended.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eblack \u0026amp; white 'smash' colored vinyl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eprinted inner sleeve\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003elimited edition of 500\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eoriginal release year: 2019\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003emusic label: Dais Records 2025\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003ereviewed by him downstairs 07\/2019\u003c\/h6\u003e","brand":"Drab Majesty","offers":[{"title":"Vinyl LP","offer_id":57431402414411,"sku":"lp-16176","price":3.74,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0970\/6169\/9915\/files\/drabmajesty-coloredvinyl-1.jpg?v=1779696859","url":"https:\/\/vinylvintage.shop\/products\/drab-majesty-modern-mirror-white-black-colored-vinyl-vinyl-lp","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}