Description
//Sub Pop//
£22.99 – 1xLP, Limited Loser Edition Magenta
The big theme of You Say I Romanticize is hinted at in its title. Coming from a lyric sung on album closer “Write Lightly”—a narrative about the importance of self-expression in writing being scrubbed away by “professional” concerns—many of the characters singer/bassist Mondal fleshed out here are outcasts, marginalized by society and turned into fanatics for a cornucopia of specific causes.
The visceral songwriting on You Say I Romanticize features an equally visceral musical approach. Sweeping Promises brought live drummer Spenser Gralla into the recording sessions to give the songs a similar urgency to their live show. The frenzy of its execution also materializes in Mondal’s vocal performances.
A shadow side exists along with Sweeping Promises’ love of their artistic community—borne of weirdos channeling their “outcast” status into vibrant art and punk rock music. You Say I Romanticize takes the ethos Mondal and Schnug have developed and explores the obsessive, fanatical aspects of being ostracized and isolated by mainstream society.
Tracklisting:
1.Shooting Shadows
2.My Friend’s An Entomologist
3.Last Man
4.Rapture, Or…
5.Abduction On Camera
6.My Anchoress
7.Cocoon
8.Accent
9.Does He Want To Be The Weatherman?
10.Write Lightly
