{"product_id":"yo-la-tengo-theres-a-riot-going-on","title":"YO LA TENGO - THERE'S A RIOT GOING ON","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThere’s a riot going on. You don’t need me, or \u003cspan class=\"il\"\u003eYo\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"il\"\u003eLa\u003c\/span\u003e Tengo, to tell you that. These are dark times, in our heads as much as in the streets. It’s easy to lose contact with the ground. Confusion and anxiety intrude into daily life and cause you to lose your compass. There are times that call for anthems, something to lift \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eyou out of your slump and put fire in your feet. And \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003esometimes what is needed is a balm, a sound that will wrap around you and work out the knots in your neck. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor \u003cspan class=\"il\"\u003eYo\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"il\"\u003eLa\u003c\/span\u003e Tengo, this is a slow-motion action painting. Ira Kaplan, Georgia Hubley, and James McNew did it all themselves, in their rehearsal studio, with no engineer and no complicated equipment (John McEntire later assisted in mixing). They did not rehearse together beforehand; they turned on the recorder and let things coalesce. Songs came together over long stretches, sometimes as much as a year going by between parts. You’d never guess this, since the layers are joined with such a liquid brush. You’d imagine most of the songs had sprung forth whole, since they will enter your head that way. Within two listens you will be powerless to resist the magnetic draw of “Shades of Blue,” will involuntarily hear “She \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMay, She Might” on your internal jukebox first thing in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe morning and “Let’s Do It Wrong” late at night. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhile there’s a riot going on, \u003cspan class=\"il\"\u003eYo\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"il\"\u003eLa\u003c\/span\u003e Tengo will remind you what it’s like to dream. The sound burbles \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand washes and ows and billows. If records were \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ededicated to the cardinal elements, this one would be water. There are shimmery hazes, spectral rumbles, a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eash of backward masking. You are there. And even if \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eyour mind is not unclouded--shaken, misdirected, out \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eof words and out of time--you can still float, ride the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewaves of an ocean deeper than your worries, above the sound and above the Sound.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Matador","offers":[{"title":"Vinyl LP","offer_id":52033578598713,"sku":null,"price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0060\/2744\/4291\/files\/YOLATENGO-THERE_SARIOTGOINGON.webp?v=1773945062","url":"https:\/\/www.goingundergroundrecords.com\/products\/yo-la-tengo-theres-a-riot-going-on","provider":"Going Underground Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}