{"product_id":"various-artists-under-the-bridge-2","title":"Various Artists - Under The Bridge 2 |","description":"\u003cp\u003eUnder The Bridge 2 is the sequel to the celebrated 2022 compilation album that reunited groups and songwriters who had once recorded for cult label Sarah Records. The new album showcases the continuing creativity of a special group of musicians who have never rested on their laurels.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBigger and more expansive than the first album, Under the Bridge 2 is a double LP, containing twenty brand new tracks. There is a huge range of material here, from intense, dark chamber pop to dense shoegaze to out-and-out indiepop. Exciting new groups are unveiled: The Gentle Spring (a new project by Michael Hiscock of The Field Mice); Vetchinsky Settings (a collaboration between Mark Tranmer and James Hackett of The Orchids); and Mystic Village (which features new songs by Robert Cooksey of The Sea Urchins).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eYou will also see familiar starry names like Even As We Speak, The Orchids and Secret Shine - bands whose line-ups have remained mostly unchanged since the 1990s. And there are established bands who didn’t appear on the first album but are now represented – bands like Action Painting! and The Hit Parade.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMost of the tracks are exclusive and unreleased: there’s the first new song from The Catenary Wires since 2021, a brand new fizzbomb from Jetstream Pony, a haunting instrumental from GNAC.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe emphasis of Under The Bridge is on the new. The bands’ shared history means they have a shared aesthetic, even a shared ethos – they all believe that the future is more important than the past. They are as independent and as uncompromising as ever, but they are still uncynical - and still excited about what Pop Music can be.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Various Artists","offers":[{"title":"- ALT\/INDIE *NEW*","offer_id":45137628987507,"sku":"HE6C1Q-Z3IS-ET","price":33.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0500\/7837\/files\/alt-indie-new_gKVWq.jpg?v=1779554755","url":"https:\/\/www.lovevinylrecords.com\/products\/various-artists-under-the-bridge-2","provider":"Love Vinyl Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}