{"product_id":"the-tubs-cotton-crown_aec-mrg903-1","title":"The Tubs - Cotton Crown","description":"\u003cp\u003eCotton Crown is the second full-length album from Celtic Jangle boyband venture The Tubs.Cotton Crown sees the group venture into darker, more personal territory while continuing to hone their highly addictive brand of songcraft. It's a true level up album which sees the band expand their sonic palette to take in a kaleidoscopic range of influences: everything from soulful pub rock (Chain Reaction) to Hüsker Dü aggression (One More Day) to melancholy sophisto-pop (Narcissist) gets a look in. The band continues to explore this world and create a distinctly Tub-ular sound in the process.This is in no small part down to Owen 'O' Williams' vocal performance- often compared to a young Richard Thomson- and his frank, bleakly funny lyric writing. The essential trick Cotton Crown plays is to offset Williams' lyrical bleakness with joyous, hook-laden blasts of pop perfection.Guitarist George Nicholls effortlessly slips between the virtuoso jangle of Marr, the driving folk-rock of Pentangle and the chorus-heavy hi-fi grooves of contemporary bands like Tops or The 1975 across the album. Add to that the breakneck rhythm section of Taylor Stewart (Drums) and Max Warren (Bass)- who attack each song with power-pop ferocity, recalling Guided by Voices at their drunken-yet-tight best- and you've got yourself a recipe for indie rock greatness. On his jangle-pop group's second album, the former Joanna Gruesome singer finds unlikely inspiration in familial grief. Against his glum lyrics and cold, stricken voice, the music chugs along merrily.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Merge Records","offers":[{"title":"New \/ Vinyl \/ Cotton Crown Merge Records","offer_id":49321867903284,"sku":"MRG903.1","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0790\/7436\/1652\/files\/4546720-3728654_439cdc38-cc7c-409e-a95d-cf36e87430a7.jpg?v=1792856804","url":"https:\/\/www.fye.com\/products\/the-tubs-cotton-crown_aec-mrg903-1","provider":"FYE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}