{"product_id":"mikey-erg-waxbuilt-castles","title":"Mikey Erg: Waxbuilt Castles - VINYL LP","description":"\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eWaxbuilt Castles\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eArtist: \u003c\/b\u003eMikey Erg\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eLabel: \u003c\/b\u003eDon Giovanni Records\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eProduct Type: \u003c\/b\u003eVINYL LP\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eUPC: \u003c\/b\u003e634457821613\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eGenre: \u003c\/b\u003eRock\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eRelease Date: \u003c\/b\u003e2019-07-26\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eNumber of Discs: \u003c\/b\u003e1\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eAdditional Details: \u003c\/b\u003eDIGITAL DOWNLOAD CARD\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \n                                         \n                                         Vinyl LP pressing. Waxbuilt Castles is the second full-length solo album by New Jerseys Mikey Erg. As the drummer and principal songwriter in The Ergs! And at least a dozen other bands, Erg has as sturdy a set of pop-punk bona fides as you're likely to find. Waxbuilt Castles is a departure, though. Recorded in collaboration with multi-instrumentalist Alex Clute - who performed with Erg in The Chris Gethard Shows house band - it's a set of songs that takes it's central inspiration from the melodicism and craft of 70s pop rock. In their production and arrangement, the songs emulate Ergs pre-punk musical heroes - ELO, Elvis Costello, Phil Ochs, and especially the Beatles. I really wanted to make my version of Paul McCartneys first record, explains Erg. Homemade and very loose. Not too overthought. Getting there took a bit of adjustment on Ergs part. As a singer, he had to reconcile with hearing his voice in a quieter and more vulnerable context. It was funny to have to rethink the way I sang a lot of the songs, says Erg. Alex would say, You're singing too forcefully, calm it down a bit. I had to get used to hearing my voice without this white noise behind it, masking it. Lyrically, though, it's a Mikey Erg record through and through. They're the same type of songs that I've been writing forever - about relationships. Juts simple, personal songs, says Erg. That's the through line, I feel. No matter what the record sounds like, it's the same exact songs that I've been doing. It's the thing that I'm most proud of. That I can make a different sounding record, but that it still goes together. That is can all fit in the same box.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTracks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Mikey Erg","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32080252665927,"sku":"39217325","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2976\/0132\/files\/3685635-2472119.jpg?v=1711012043","url":"https:\/\/tower.com\/products\/mikey-erg-waxbuilt-castles","provider":"Tower Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}