{"product_id":"cola-the-gloss-cd","title":"Cola - The Gloss (CD) |","description":"The Gloss is the second album from Cola. From their inception Cola have expanded on the d.i.y. ethic of the Dischord and SST eras, creating potent sounds from a minimal palette of drums\/bass\/guitar and lacing their songs with winsome one-liners and societal commentary. What’s another word for commentary? Gloss, apparently. Never basic, the lyrics reward repeated listening for deeper meanings. David Berman’s poetry-via-garage light pennings are an inspiration, as equally so are the lighter side of UK first-wave New Wave and the Dunedin sound. The results are in the pudding: at times sparse and poetic, at others a thrilling, hook-laden good time, as with the cheeky romantic sketch of a one-night stand that is so overflowing with innuendo-cum-journalism talk that it almost teeters over into self-parody. But the results are the right combination of lightheartedness and sincerity. Romanticism is never far from laughter, and equally never far from righteous anger in the music of Cola: “Pulling quotes now in the dark\/Our outlook is restrained\/Your tongue might weaken to be-fit your smile\/Til nothing ill remains.” ‘nuff said. It's an album bursting with energy and wit and ideas–filled to the margins. Out June 14th 2024 on Fire Talk.\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat Detail: CD\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat: CD\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabel: Fire Talk Records\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCatalog Number: CD-FTK-274\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Cola","offers":[{"title":"- ALT\/INDIE *NEW*","offer_id":45087808716915,"sku":"0120QY-N0MY-U2","price":12.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0500\/7837\/files\/alt-indie-new_xcpUG.jpg?v=1781035293","url":"https:\/\/www.lovevinylrecords.com\/products\/cola-the-gloss-cd","provider":"Love Vinyl Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}