{"product_id":"oily-boys-cro-memory-grin-vinyl-lp","title":"OILY BOYS - CRO MEMORY GRIN VINYL (LP)","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRelease Date: 8th January 2021\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e“When Sydney's Oily Boys dropped their \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003elong awaited\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e debut LP on Cool Death over the summer we were caught unawares, and quickly fell in love with it. Static Shock is now very pleased to be releasing this across the pond for the uninitiated. Here's what the Cool Death originally said about this record, as we couldn't agree more: \"Chthonic, catatonic, chronic... \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003eCro\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e Memory Grin is a masterpiece. Thirteen turbocharged tracks indebted to the pleasures and pitfalls of their lives in the modern city of Sydney and to the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003ethe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e first and second waves of international extreme music freaks and loonies: pure fucking aggression. The Oily Boys have graced us with a beast of an album that swells between direct, gripping, tangible hardcore punk and near nauseating psychedelia and throb which at moments feels like either ritual trance or a nervous breakdown. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003eCro\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e Memory Grin contains near equal measures of tension and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003erelease;\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e an exercise in high catharsis. It’s rare that a punk record can give the listener anywhere near the same intoxicating feel of an “everything louder than everything else” live show, but that’s what Oily Boys have done. That lightning in a bottle feeling of excitement, chaotic energy, delirium, presence in a moment and frenzied flight into a mind state both frightening and ecstatic. The stone has been carved, the fire has been lit, and this is it... Cro. Memory. Grin.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"VENUS VINYL","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":41480272675074,"sku":"VEV-07299","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0003\/6395\/4238\/products\/OilyBoys_CroMemoryGrin.jpg?v=1607731369","url":"https:\/\/venusvinyl.com\/products\/oily-boys-cro-memory-grin-vinyl-lp","provider":"VENUS VINYL","version":"1.0","type":"link"}