{"product_id":"forth-wanderers-extended-edition-vinyl-lp","title":"Forth Wanderers - '10th Anniversary Edition' - Vinyl LP","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eForth Wanderers 'Slop (10th Anniversary Edition)' vinyl PRE-ORDER\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"gmail_quote\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eItems are expected to ship on or around February 26, 2027.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVINYL PACKAGE:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e✩ Original EP + the demos of all tracks\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e✩ Pressed on transparent green 45 RPM vinyl\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e✩ Insert with archival photos and handwritten lyrics\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eTracklist-\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eSide A\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1. Know Better\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e2. Slop\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e3. Nerves\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e4. Unfold\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSide B\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1. Know Better (Demo)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e2. Slop (Demo)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e3. Nerves (Demo)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e4. Unfold (Demo)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSome records have a way of staying with you. Forth Wanderers’ ‘Slop’ is one of them. Coming February 26, 2027 is ‘Slop (10th Anniversary Edition)’, an expanded version of the original, including never-before-released demos of all four songs and back on vinyl after being unavailable for years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOriginally released in 2016, ‘Slop’ is a perfect document of what made Forth Wanderers so special: bright, unruly guitars, restless rhythms, and vocals, equal parts tender and completely devastating. Four songs that somehow leave you wanting a whole lot more.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eForth Wanderers are five friends from Montclair, New Jersey. Together they make some of the most powerfully intimate and emotive indie-rock music you’re likely to hear. Comprised of singer Ava Trilling, guitarists Ben Guterl and Duke Greene, bassist Noah Schifrin and drummer Zach Lorelli, the group have been prolifically forging musical creations from the bedrooms of their Garden State township since 2013.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“In winter of my junior year of high school I was trying to find a way to talk to Ava, who was a freshman at the time and I kind of had a crush on,” recalls guitarist and songwriter Ben of the band’s formation. “I had no intention of starting a band, but I thought sending her a demo would be a great excuse to hang out because I knew she sung from middle school. I sent it to her and nothing came of it. We never got together and I forgot about the song, until eventually I received a demo back from her with vocals on and I just thought ‘wow’”. It’s the kind of story that great songs are written about.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut such is the perfect narrative that preempted the band’s debut EP ‘Mahogany’, as the songwriting partnership was completed by Ben’s three best classroom friends, followed swiftly by long-player ‘Tough Love’ in 2014. Over just four tracks, ‘Slop’ manages to create an intense impact with the effortless, earnest melody of Ava’s talismanic vocals soaring above the untempered churns of Ben’s haunting, raw guitars. ‘Slop’ is as euphoric as it is lamenting, with ‘Know Better’ opening proceedings with driving, strident guitar swirls and some real earworm hooks. ‘Nerves’ bursts forth from fizzing, lo-fi shackles to give some of one the band’s most head-nodding moments. Before seismic closer ‘Unfold’ bring things to a heart-wrenching finale “I’ve been tired of hearing fake speeches, needless to say I’m in love with you…” Ava croons amidst its epic closing bars. “I was going through a weird time,” she remembers. “But these songs felt great to write. With every song Ben sent me, lyrics would ultimately pour out.” The cathartic reward that Ava speaks of is impossible to escape when listening to ‘Slop’, the empathy from laying bare everyday life’s rawest moments.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSlop (10th Anniversary Edition) is a co-release between House Anxiety (world ex-North America) and Father\/Daughter Records (North America).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"My Store 5","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55739336982869,"sku":null,"price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1097\/0529\/8261\/files\/FD149lp-C1-mockup-2-BC.png?v=1794483946","url":"https:\/\/forthwanderersslop10yearanniversaryukrow.myshopify.com\/products\/forth-wanderers-extended-edition-vinyl-lp","provider":"Forth Wanderers - 'Slop' 10th Anniversary Edition","version":"1.0","type":"link"}