{"product_id":"gangloff-mike-april-is-passing","title":"Mike Gangloff: April Is Passing - VINYL LP","description":"\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eApril Is Passing\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eArtist: \u003c\/b\u003eMike Gangloff\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eLabel: \u003c\/b\u003eVHF Records\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eProduct Type: \u003c\/b\u003eVINYL LP\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eUPC: \u003c\/b\u003e783881016512\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eGenre: \u003c\/b\u003eRock\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eRelease Date: \u003c\/b\u003e2025-02-21\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eNumber of Discs: \u003c\/b\u003e1\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \n                                         \u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \n                                         \n                                         Second VHF solo LP from the Pelt\/Black Twigs mainstay, following 2022's acclaimed \"Evening Measures.\" \"April is Passing\" builds on the striking solo Hardanger-style fiddle performances on the previous LP to take the music even further out, with deep drones and extended techniques defining a vocabulary that is Americana-adjacent, but a unique and special sound that Mike is pursuing almost alone. Joined on selected tracks by Cara Gangloff's Sruti and Kaily Shenker's sonorous Cello, the all-original, all-live performances are resonant with both overt melody and a cloud of thick string overtones, whether on the more upbeat tunes like \"Ironto Dancer\" or the epic 11+ minute LP closer \"Helen's Song.\" \"September Air\" is a mournful slow build, the fiddle embroidering a minor-key melody over the drone of the Surti box and a low cello counter point. \"A Fallen Palace of Snowville\" is a solo performance where the additional sympathetic strings of the hardanger fiddle are strongly heard as a ghostly accompaniment, as Mike's elegant melody switches back and forth from minor to major. \"Helen's Song\" closes side 2 with a complex, ever-changing swirl of melodic and harmonic invention, with Mike's keening, languorous bowing leading the way through multiple moods and sounds.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTracks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Mike Gangloff","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41393701486663,"sku":"44910310","price":24.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2976\/0132\/files\/4400164-3318948.jpg?v=1736682692","url":"https:\/\/tower.com\/products\/gangloff-mike-april-is-passing","provider":"Tower Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}