DOUGIE POOLE - THE RAINBOW WHEEL OF DEATH VINYL (SUPER LTD. ED. OPAQUE FOREST W/ *SIGNED* POSTCARD)

SUPER LIMITED EDITION OPAQUE FOREST VINYL W/ * SIGNED * POSTCARD

Release Date: 24th February 2023

"A country songwriter from Brooklyn’s indie underground, Dougie Poole blurs the lines between genre and generation on his third solo album, ‘The Rainbow Wheel of Death’. Rooted in sharp songwriting and the organic sounds of a live-in-the-studio band, it’s a classic-sounding record for the modern world. ‘The Rainbow Wheel of Death’’s title nods to the colourful pinwheel that appears onscreen whenever a computer’s application stalls. For Poole - who found himself working as a freelance computer programmer once the pandemic brought his touring schedule to a temporary halt in 2020 - it’s also a reference to the holding pattern that’s left much of society feeling stuck, unable to move ahead in an uncertain world. That feeling was pervasive when he began writing these nine songs, finishing the first handful of tracks in his New York City bedroom and wrapping up the songwriting process in the recording studio itself. Once hailed as the ‘patron saint of millennial malaise’ for his sardonic wit and topical, tongue-in-cheek songwriting, Poole broadens his reach here. ‘High School Gym’ builds a bridge between 2020s lo-fi textures and 1980s pop vibes, while ‘Must Be In Here Somewhere’ - whose narrator sits at a lap top, searching through “every server burning in North Carolina” for a digital souvenir of a long-lost relationship - mixes modern concerns with classic country instrumentation."