LIMITED EDITION TRANSLUCENT RED VINYL
VENUS VINYL OF THE MONTH - JANUARY 2025
Release Date: 17th January 2025
Limited edition pressing of 500. The second album from the British DIY punk-power-pop band featuring members of The Tubs & formerly Joanna Gruesome. In Love Again sees the band fully lean into their pop sensibilities, creating instant banger after instant banger! Like a grittier lo-fi Lemonheads mixed with anthemic 90s power-pop, classic British shoegaze finished with some Americana-country vibes akin to Waxahatchee's rockier side. We are In Love (Again) with Ex-Vöid!
FFO: The Tubs, Joanna Gruesome, The Lemonheads, Waxahatchee
"Ex-Vöid - featuring Lan McArdle (Joanna Gruesome, Lanny) and Owen Williams (The Tubs) - return with their second LP: In Love Again. Joined by Laurie Foster (bass) and George Rothman (drums), the record sees the band flourish from a chaotic power punk group into a fully fledged pop behemoth. Taking in elements of shoegaze (Pinhead), country (Outline), 90s indie rock (In Love Again) and pretty much the entire history of guitar music, In Love Again reveals McArdle and Williams to be true students of perfect pop. The pair have been collaborating for a decade now, having played in Joanna Gruesome as teenagers, and In Love Again sees them both building on the sound they’ve honed together and embracing a new, unapologetic attitude towards songcraft. “We wanted to stop being cringed out by the idea of writing pop music. We’re a bit older now and not trying to remind everyone we come from hardcore/DIY scenes. It’s still there in our DNA but we wanted to see what might happen if we write the biggest bangers possible” says Williams. Backed by the tight-yet-raucous rhythm section of Foster and Rothman, In Love Again delivers as a huge pop album without sacrificing any of the hardcore propulsion that characterised the band’s first album. Perhaps the most striking aspect of the Ex-Vöid sound is the sublime blend of McArdle and Williams’ vocals: close, folk- indebted harmonies which guide the listener through an onslaught of hooks. And while this is utilised to full effect on In Love Again, the album also sees McArdle make full use of their vocal range.""
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