{"product_id":"san-angulus-soon-we-ll-all-be-ghosts-lp","title":"San Angulus - Soon We’ll All Be Ghosts lp","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=3722102105\/size=small\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/transparent=true\/\" style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 42px;\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSan Angulus - Soon We’ll All Be Ghosts lp\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"It seems fitting to submit this review for San Angelus' first full-length, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSoon We'll All Be Ghosts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, a couple months after its release. The album's been a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003elong\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e time in the works: These current and ex-members of Pelican, Shift, Undertow, Sparkmaker and ÆGES recorded \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eGhosts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e in August 2009 and September 2010; had it mastered in 2011; and finally issued it on compact disc in late 2013–as both a self-released, limited-to-100 version in a tin case with a 42-page booklet (which they sent in for review here) and a more widely distributed, simple \"eco-package\" variation. You think these guys were going to take four years to put out a first album only to throw it up as a pay-what-you-want download? Of course not. (But, regardless, they actually did do that at some point.)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSeems like a lot of fuss for a new and pretty unknown band, right? Well, the actual music's legit. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSoon We'll All Be Ghosts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is definitely of the late '90s \"hardcore dudes playing rock\" thing, and often well-done at that. Think bands like Handsome and Hum, playing that sort of riffy, kinda heavy rock with really tasteful, slight stylistic detours (crunchier guitars and more aggression on \"Enslin\"; a slight, humming space rock vibe on the fantastic, modest chorus for \"Splitting Differences\"; the squall and distortion-licked \"Without You... (I Am Everything You Said I'd Never Be)\"; a big thump for closer \"Waiting for Accidents to Happen\" that shows off their alumni's past and present). Hell, if it isn't '90s alt enough for you, they even transparently title a song \"All Bets on the Slow Kid\"–a buoyant deep cut that gives the second half a nice jolt of life–just to emphasize that they're not beneath a good ol' underdog anthem (to be sure, there's a metaphor in there anyway).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSurprisingly, San Angelus already have a followup definitively scheduled for release (an EP seriously titled \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003euuÜuu\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e on ÆGES' label, The Mylene Sheath, in March), but this is certainly worth checking out first as proper background. It's mostly simple, subtly varied, and maybe took a while to cook, but strangely refreshing given how little of this stuff seems to currently exist.\" - Brian Shultz \/ Punk News\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Arctic Rodeo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":12743073955874,"sku":"","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2606\/0952\/products\/sa.jpg?v=1537043749","url":"https:\/\/www.stickfiguremailorder.com\/products\/san-angulus-soon-we-ll-all-be-ghosts-lp","provider":"Stickfigure Mailorder","version":"1.0","type":"link"}