{"product_id":"you-say-i-romanticize-yellow-vinyl-lp","title":"You Say I Romanticize [Yellow Vinyl LP]","description":"\u003ch2\u003eSweeping Promises - You Say I Romanticize [Yellow Vinyl LP]\u003c\/h2\u003e\nSweeping Promises' introduction to the global punk underground was their debut album, Hunger for a Way Out, which ended up being one of the breakout successes in music during pandemic lockdown. In 2023, they followed up with Good Living is Coming for You, a satirical, hyper-critical rebuke of capitalism that made Album of the Year lists for Pitchfork, NPR, Paste, and BBC, just to name a few. Bassist\/vocalist Lira Mondal and guitarist Caufield Schnug decided to tilt their approach a few degrees forward on their third LP.\n\nThe big theme of You Say I Romanticize is hinted at in it's title. Coming from a lyric sung on album closer \"Write Lightly\"-a narrative about the importance of self-expression in writing being scrubbed away by \"professional\" concerns-many of the characters singer\/bassist Mondal fleshed out here are outcasts, marginalized by society and turned into fanatics for a cornucopia of specific causes.\n\nThe visceral songwriting on You Say I Romanticize features an equally visceral musical approach. Sweeping Promises brought live drummer Spenser Gralla into the recording sessions to give the songs a similar urgency to their live show. The frenzy of it's execution also materializes in Mondal's vocal performances.\n\nA shadow side exists along with Sweeping Promises' love (more...)","brand":"Sweeping Promises","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48774248333529,"sku":"098787147704","price":47.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0586\/0468\/3425\/files\/Sweeping-Promises-You-Say-I-Romanticize-_Yellow-Vinyl-LP-691051313.jpg?v=1781114407","url":"https:\/\/drownedworldrecords.com\/en-nz\/products\/you-say-i-romanticize-yellow-vinyl-lp","provider":"Drowned World Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}