{"id":3048,"date":"2023-02-14T14:30:43","date_gmt":"2023-02-14T14:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/?p=3048"},"modified":"2023-02-14T13:14:27","modified_gmt":"2023-02-14T13:14:27","slug":"squid-o-monolith-9june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/squid-o-monolith-9june\/","title":{"rendered":"Pre-sale of the week: Squid \u2013 <em>O Monolith<\/em>, out 9 June"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Squid - O Monolith\" href=\"https:\/\/hundredrecords.co.uk\/products\/squid-o-monolith\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"centre aligncenter\" title=\"Squid - O Monolith\" src=\"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/img\/rls\/offer\/2306\/Squid.jpg\" alt=\"Squid - O Monolith\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Teeming with melodic epiphanies and layered sounds, <strong>Squid<\/strong>\u2019s second album, <strong><em>O Monolith<\/em><\/strong>, is a musical evocation of environment, domesticity and self-made folklore. Like its predecessor, 2021\u2019s critically acclaimed, UK number 4 album <em>Bright Green Field<\/em>, it is dense and tricksy \u2013 but also more warm and characterful, with a meandering, questioning nature.<\/p>\n<p>Expansive, evocative and hugely varied, <em>O Monolith<\/em> retains Squid\u2019s restless, enigmatic spirit, but it still holds surprises for those familiar with <em>Bright Green Field<\/em>. It\u2019s a reflection of the outsized progression of a band always looking to the future. Like its namesake, <em>O Monolith<\/em> is vast and strange: alive with endless possible interpretations of its inner mysteries.<\/p>\n<p><em>Note<\/em>: The LP is initially available on <strong>transparent blue vinyl<\/strong>, exclusive to independent shops.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Squid - O Monolith\" href=\"https:\/\/hundredrecords.co.uk\/products\/squid-o-monolith\">Click here<\/a> for more details and to order your copy.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Teeming with melodic epiphanies and layered sounds, Squid\u2019s second album, O Monolith, is a musical evocation of environment, domesticity and self-made folklore. Like its predecessor, 2021\u2019s critically acclaimed, UK number 4 album Bright Green Field, it is dense and tricksy \u2013 but also more warm and characterful, with a meandering, questioning nature. Expansive, evocative and&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3,159],"tags":[36,829,830,194,1518],"class_list":["post-3048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","category-new-releases","category-promotions","tag-new-release","tag-pre-sale-of-the-week","tag-pre-sale-offers","tag-special-offer","tag-squid"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3048","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3048"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3048\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3049,"href":"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3048\/revisions\/3049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}