{"product_id":"momus-vivid","title":"Momus: Vivid - COMPACT DISCS","description":"\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eVivid\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eArtist: \u003c\/b\u003eMomus\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eLabel: \u003c\/b\u003eAmerican Patchwork\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eProduct Type: \u003c\/b\u003eCOMPACT DISCS\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eUPC: \u003c\/b\u003e708527200230\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eGenre: \u003c\/b\u003eElectronic\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eRelease Date: \u003c\/b\u003e2020-07-17\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eNumber of Discs: \u003c\/b\u003e1\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \n                                         \u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \n                                         \n                                         2020 release. \"This is an amazingly intense moment for the whole of mankind and, for a marginal artist like me, an extraordinary opportunity to experience what everyone else is experiencing.\" That's what Momus told the BBC in mid-April when they approached him for a statement about his album in progress, a documentation of his own experience of COVID-19. On March 16th, in lockdown in Berlin, Momus had begun recording a new album called Vivid. \"Goodbye everyone, it's a scary old world, but thanks for the ride\", ran the lyric to Oblivion, a song whose rapid, phasing accordions evoked the post-minimalism of Steve Reich, Michael Nyman and Meredith Monk. The following day the Scottish songwriter came down with COVID-19 himself, and spent a week in bed, feverish and frightened. The infection passed without much damage, and Momus was able to resume work, completing fifteen tracks in just over a month. Songs like Working From Home, Self-Isolation, My Corona and Ten Foot Hut explore the odd mixture of fear and boredom that the pandemic has unleashed on us all: the sense of being possessed by some kind of malign spirit, and the vague hope that a better world might emerge at the end of all this. There's even room for some dark humour in the form of a chilly, forensic cover of Tom Lehrer's epidemiological song I Got It From Agnes. Vivid - already hailed as one of the strongest Momus albums in years - is published simultaneously with Niche, a playful autobiography described by Publishers Weekly as \"that rare show-biz memoir that's both entertaining and a literary triumph\".\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTracks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1.1 Oblivion \u003cbr\u003e1.2 Working from Home \u003cbr\u003e1.3 Ten Foot Hut \u003cbr\u003e1.4 September \u003cbr\u003e1.5 Parasite \u003cbr\u003e1.6 .Self-Isolation \u003cbr\u003e1.7 Empty Paris \u003cbr\u003e1.8 Movement \u003cbr\u003e1.9 I Got It from Agnes \u003cbr\u003e1.10 My Corona \u003cbr\u003e1.11 Long Distance Love \u003cbr\u003e1.12 Spring \u003cbr\u003e1.13 Levitation \u003cbr\u003e1.14 Fever Dream \u003cbr\u003e1.15 Optimism\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\/141244831\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"width:100%;height:700px\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e","brand":"Momus","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32495558492231,"sku":"40496597","price":15.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2976\/0132\/files\/3824813-2569724_cbdb4d51-3225-4610-8f9d-6eb8721e5e60.jpg?v=1711496585","url":"https:\/\/tower.com\/products\/momus-vivid","provider":"Tower Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}