{"product_id":"ex-re-save-as-vinyl","title":"Ex:Re - Save as - Vinyl","description":"\u003cp\u003eThere is no grand, overarching storyline to Save As, the second solo album from Elena Tonra's\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEx: Re project. Rather, the album - produced by Fabian Prynn and also featuring Josephine \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStephenson on cello, Hinako Omori on synthesisers, Ben Reed on bass and Jethro Fox on electric \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eguitar - is the latest in the Daughter lead singer's catalogue of expert chronicles of the gnawing \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eminutiae of human consciousness: the over-thinking that consumes us, and the places we travel \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eto escape. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe title of album opener \"Radio Station\", which begins with stately strummed acoustic guitar \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand morphs into a trippy song about an endless California roadtrip, is a metaphor for how \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTonra feels about her mind. \"I end up getting stuck because I can't make decisions,\" she says. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDemo recordings live on in many of the final cuts, as on \"Sleep\", which Tonra first recorded in a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehotel room in Paris. The final version features a melodic loop made from the demo's acoustic \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eguitar run through a vocoder and a drum machine, which together offer a muffled quality to the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003esound, like hearing a party through a wall. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOther tracks, such as the stand-out \"Am I Even Real?\", a Tonra-Prynn duet on which Tonra sings \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eabout spaceships to ask whether she is being true to herself in a relationship, found their true \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eversion in the studio. That combination of long-held ideas stored in notebooks and on laptops \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewith unfiltered first thoughts and improvisations is key to the album's perfect mingling of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eliveliness and deep thoughtfulness.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTracks:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"aec-tracknum\"\u003e1\u003c\/span\u003e Radio Station\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"aec-tracknum\"\u003e2\u003c\/span\u003e Sleep\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"aec-tracknum\"\u003e3\u003c\/span\u003e Am I Even Real?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"aec-tracknum\"\u003e4\u003c\/span\u003e Two Chords\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"aec-tracknum\"\u003e5\u003c\/span\u003e Save As\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"aec-tracknum\"\u003e6\u003c\/span\u003e Frozen Aisle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"aec-tracknum\"\u003e7\u003c\/span\u003e Wasp\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"aec-tracknum\"\u003e8\u003c\/span\u003e Language of Love\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"aec-tracknum\"\u003e9\u003c\/span\u003e Healing (Slow)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"AMS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67881667002675,"sku":null,"price":31.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0754\/8859\/2179\/files\/4538810-3723876.jpg?v=1793651224","url":"https:\/\/pancakes-records.com\/products\/ex-re-save-as-vinyl","provider":"PANCAKES RECORDS","version":"1.0","type":"link"}