{"product_id":"4582561402227","title":"kate bollinger Songs From A Thousand Frames Of Mind (Bonus Track) [ARTPL-221] Ja","description":"\u003cp\u003eProduct Description\u003cbr\u003e\nKate Bollinger, the highly acclaimed multidisciplinary artist from Virginia, USA, now based in LA, has signed with Ghostly International and is finally releasing her long-awaited debut full-length album! Includes two bonus tracks for the Japanese edition! In Kate Bollinger's kaleidoscopic full-length debut, \"Songs From A Thousand Frames Of Mind,\" the whole world is contained within the smallest details. The Charlottesville-born, Los Angeles-based songwriter says, \"When I'm recording a song, my criterion for whether it's worth pursuing is whether I can see a movie in my head accompanying it.\" Blending classic pop songwriting with punk sensibilities, Kate Bollinger paints a collage-like vision. From heartwarming folk songs to mellow psychedelic rock reminiscent of Hope Sandoval fronting the early Rolling Stones, this album feels like flipping through a cool friend's record collection, discovering a new favorite with every turn. To create this epic fusion of styles, Bollinger spent years cultivating material, traveling across the US from her native Virginia to California, and collaborating with new artists. Evolving from the more enclosed approach of her early EPs and solo performances, she arrived at a rich sound based on intuitive reactions and the energy of the moment. \"I've come to realize that most of the music I love is the result of friends and long-time musicians getting together and playing live in a room,\" she says. Armed with countless hooks and rapidly shifting textures, Bollinger appears both like an art-house film director and songwriter creating the soundtrack and background for a non-existent film. (Bollinger studied film in college and also directed the striking music video for Jessica Pratt's latest single, \"World on a String\"). The album's highlights include collaborations with Spacebomb Records mastermind Matthew E. White, such as the jungle-pop classic \"Any Day Now\" and the theatrical \"I See It Now.\" After months of songwriting in Richmond and Los Angeles, Kate traveled upstate New York to record with producer Sam Evian (Big Thief, Blonde Redhead, Cass McCombs), with whom she had also grown close. Together with her longtime friend and drummer Jacob Grissom, they formed a tightly-knit collaborative group that matched her wide-ranging inspirations, from 60s icons like Fran?oise Hardy and The Velvet Underground to 90s touchpoints like No Doubt and Pavement. \"In a way, this album feels like my musical debut. I feel like I've finally been able to express all sides of myself in one album,\" Kate Bollinger says. For her, this cohesion between disparate materials is often inexpressible, but always deeply felt. \"Songwriting is like dreaming,\" she explains. ?gBoth tend to reveal things I wasn?ft even aware of. I came up with the album title before most of the songs were finished, but it became a self-fulfilling prophecy, which often happens in my music.?h As a lyricist, she expresses herself through delicate imagery and a narrative style aligned with a surreal stream of consciousness, allowing listeners to arrive at their own interpretations. When she touches on the rise and fall of romantic relationships, her writing has an almost therapeutic quality. In the lighthearted and empathetic ?gTo Your Own Devices,?h a second-person observation is told over a sun-drenched melody: ?gNow you?fre in a pinch \/ The mirror makes you flinch,?h she sings. ?gAnd all this time, you haven?ft made any sense??h In the opening track, ?gWhat?fs This About (La La La La),?h she and her band evoke a satirical and whimsical sensibility that puts them shoulder to shoulder with the mystical pop masters of Elephant 6 Collective. This accumulation reveals the breadth of Kate?fs perspective. ?gI like the balance of opposites,?h she says, and her gentle approach as songwriter and bandleader makes these juxtapositions feel natural, like singing with a friend. The dramatic outro of ?gI See It Now?h has a cheerful energy befitting a climactic bar showdown, and the refreshing, psychedelic ?gPostcard From A Cloud?h sounds like a dreamlike collaboration between Teenage Fanclub and Broadcast, where you can find the warm, melodic core of their Venn diagram. Written during a time of transition and change, ?gSongs From A Thousand Frames Of Mind?h is like a mixtape, carefully crafted and delivered from one person to another. In sharing this music with listeners, Kate drew inspiration from her own encounters with art that shaped her life: quietly admiring her brothers' early music projects, feeling the power of writing her own songs by attending local Charlottesville gigs, and finding a gateway to another world by receiving burned CDs from older classmates. (Bollinger, who provided the musical accompaniment for the video alongside friends Emma Collins and Evangeline Neuhart, ensures that the entire project feels equally collaborative and intuitive.) Sublimating a lifetime's worth of musical connections into 11 concise tracks, 'Songs From A Thousand Frames Of Mind' is a debut album brimming with a rare sense of purpose and ambition, offering a comfortable familiarity while simultaneously being full of surprises. And amidst the gentle, playful, and emotionally resonant performances, Kate Bollinger sounds more enthralled by the mystical than anyone else.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TOKYO JAPAN CD SHOP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53226960191797,"sku":"4582561402227","price":4290.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1011\/5966\/5973\/files\/51Vmf6o8UIL._AC.jpg?v=1785374629","url":"https:\/\/tokyojapancdshop.com\/products\/4582561402227","provider":"TOKYO JAPAN CD SHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}