{"product_id":"future-elevators-future-elevators-1","title":"Future Elevators: Future Elevators - COMPACT DISCS","description":"\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eFuture Elevators\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eArtist: \u003c\/b\u003eFuture Elevators\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eLabel: \u003c\/b\u003eCommunicating Vessel\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eProduct Type: \u003c\/b\u003eCOMPACT DISCS\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eUPC: \u003c\/b\u003e882167000464\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eGenre: \u003c\/b\u003eRock\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eRelease Date: \u003c\/b\u003e2016-02-19\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eNumber of Discs: \u003c\/b\u003e1\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \n                                         \u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \n                                         \n                                         2016 release. Michael Shackelford first wrote down the words “future” and “elevators” a few years ago on a rough instrumental demo. The music never grew into a finished song, but that simple, surprisingly evocative phrase stuck. It's an apt phrase for one of Birmingham's most original musical acts. Shackelford-the group's founder, mainstay, and guiding creative force-is something of a pop confectioner who thinks up impossible sounds and makes them a reality. His self-titled debut as Future Elevators expertly mixes whimsy and gravity, the fantastical with the everyday. Even as he grounds his lyrics in real-world issues, he fills his songs with new and improbable combinations of familiar sounds: the jagged pastoral folk of ‘Alabama Song’, the Rube Goldberg blues riffs of ‘Machine Maker’, the retro-futuristic R\u0026amp;B of ‘Modern World’, the warm drone of the ten-minute instrumental closer ‘Aphrodite’. Shackelford spent a year piecing his debut album together. Recording with him was Lynn Bridges (Devendra Banhart\/Dexateens) and the album was mixed by Darrell Thorp (Radiohead\/Beck).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTracks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1.1 Rome on a Saturday \u003cbr\u003e1.2 Modern World \u003cbr\u003e1.3 Losing Sleep \u003cbr\u003e1.4 Just Another Day \u003cbr\u003e1.5 Alabama Song \u003cbr\u003e1.6 Machine Maker \u003cbr\u003e1.7 It Is What It Is \u003cbr\u003e1.8 Everything Everywhere \u003cbr\u003e1.9 Narcosis \u003cbr\u003e1.10 Aphrodite\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAudio Sample:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n                                           \u003ci\u003eAll soundclips are provided by Tidal and are for illustrative purposes only. For some releases, the tracks listed may not accurately represent the tracks on the physical release.\u003c\/i\u003e\n                                           \u003cbr\u003e\n                                           \u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/embed.tidal.com\/albums\/56300462\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"width:100%;height:700px\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e","brand":"Future Elevators","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32464847568967,"sku":"30364301","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2976\/0132\/files\/3226643.jpg?v=1747770839","url":"https:\/\/tower.com\/products\/future-elevators-future-elevators-1","provider":"Tower Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}