Poptical Illusion

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Artist: John Cale
Genre: Rock, Pop
Format:Vinyl LP
Format:Vinyl LP
Format:CD
Released:14th June 2024
Released:14th June 2024
Released:14th June 2024
Catalogue No:DS178LP
Catalogue No:DS178LPX
Catalogue No:DS178CD
Barcode:0887832017815
Barcode:0887832017839
Barcode:0887832017822

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2 LP One unique thing about this record is that there are two versions of the track “Shark, Shark” and LP version and a CD/Digital version. Customers who buy the LP will be able to hear the original version on the LP only and will also have access to the new version via the Download card. Folks who buy the CD will have the new version too. Despite the album’s playful title, Cale’s second album in just over a year still contains the same feelings of fierce and inquisitive rage that were present in 2023 album MERCY. He remains angry, still incensed by the willful destruction that unchecked capitalists and unrepentant conmen have hoisted upon the wonders of this world and the goodness of its people. But this is not at all MERCY II, or some collection of castoffs, as throughout his career of more than six decades, Cale has never been much for repetition. His vanguard-shaping enthusiasms have shifted among ecstatic classicism and unbound rock, classic songcraft and electronic reimagination with proud restlessness. And so, on POPtical Illusion, he foregoes the illustrious cast to burrow mostly alone into mazes of synthesizers and samples, organs and pianos, with words that, as far as Cale goes, constitute a sort of swirling hope, a sage insistence that change is yet possible. Produced by Cale and longtime artistic partner Nita Scott, POPtical Illusion is the work of someone trying to turn toward the future – exactly as Cale always has.