{"product_id":"vinyl-thou-umbilical-colored-vinyl-gold","title":"Thou - Umbilical (Colored Vinyl, Gold)","description":"Thou has always been a force of raw energy and unapologetic dissent, defying easy\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ecategorization and challenging listeners to confront the complexities of existence.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThough often lumped in with New Orleans sludge bands like Eyehategod and Crowbar, Thou transcends genre boundaries, drawing inspiration from a diverse array of\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003einfluences spanning from '90s proto-grunge icons like Nirvana, Alice in Chains, and\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSoundgarden (all of whom they've covered extensively) to the raw intensity of obscure\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'90s DIY hardcore punk found on labels like Ebullition, Vermiform, and Crimethinc.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTheir latest record Umbilical, Thou's first full-length release of original music since\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003etheir 2018 Sacred Bones debut Magus, is their firmest nod to the latter - a record filled\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ewith mosh-ready riffs, heavy breakdowns and scathing vocals. The band's aesthetic and\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003epolitical impulses have always been punk and like anyone embroiled in the subculture\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThou have been exploring what it means to exist within and without a rigid morality.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThat exploration takes thematic center on Umbilical and their self-assessment is as\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eharsh as that of the world around them.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThey've called us anarchists, criminals, foreign meddlers, lunatics, dispossessed, relativists,\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eutilitarians, egoists, passion maximizers, ascetics, negators of everything. Clearly, the \"Thou\"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eexperiment is never going to appeal to audiences who demand that art rigorously enforce a\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ecoherent and righteous worldview.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd yet, are we not ourselves constrained by our own rigid morality? In those quiet moments\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eof deep contemplation, when the bargains and concessions are thoroughly examined, when\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ewe yield before the Judging Eye-what is the summation of our choices? If the unspoiled self\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ebeyond the immensity of time were given voice, what pronouncements would be made? What\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ewould such an internal audit yield? What undeniable character would be revealed?\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis record is for the radicals, the crackpots, the exiles who have escaped the wasteland of\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ecapitulation. This record is for the militants and zealots refusing to surrender to comforts, to\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003epracticalities, to thirty pieces of silver. And this record is most especially for the weaklings and\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003emalingerers, burdened by capricious indulgence, hunched by the deep wounds of compromise,\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eshuffling in limp approximation, desperately reaching back towards integrity and conviction.","brand":"mysite","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58363627307333,"sku":"SBON342C1.1","price":6.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1063\/8881\/6197\/files\/thou-music-vinyl-records-thou-umbilical-colored-vinyl-gold-843563174104-sbon342c1-1-41381357224188.jpg?v=1782303498","url":"https:\/\/midnightukvinyl.com\/products\/vinyl-thou-umbilical-colored-vinyl-gold","provider":"MIDNIGHT GROOVE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}