{"product_id":"special-friend-clipping","title":"Special Friend - Clipping","description":"\u003cp\u003eSpecial Friend have become the masters of weaving elegant and sophisticated pop musical webs while staying true to their low-fi indiepop roots.\u003cbr\u003eThe French\/American duo (Guillaume on guitar and vocals, Erica on drums and vocals) manage to create a sound like no other band.\u003cbr\u003eWhen they play live, audiences marvel at the huge, intricate structures the band construct, while falling in love with the crystal-clear vocal melodies that are threaded in between the shards of guitar and the rattle of the drums.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe new album is more diverse that the last, with the high-tempo indiepop of first single ‘Breakfast’, the majestic, Yo La Tengo-like dreampop of ‘Clipping’ and the country-ish, gentle, homesick melancholy of ‘Isolation’.\u003cbr\u003eFinal track ‘OOO’ is a bold piece of Krautrock-inspired experimentation; ‘Mold’ is a beautiful slice of slowcore and opener ‘Paint A Picture’ is modern pop at its catchiest and most direct.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Clipping’, the album title, refers to the discipline of pruning growth back, removing dead wood to create a perfectly shaped tree with abundant blossoms: an accurate description of the album, and of the songs that hang from its elegant branches.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Clipping’ was recorded in 2025 at Studio Claudio by Alexis Fugain and Margaux Bouchaudon.\u003cbr\u003eSet in an isolated rural environment conducive to immersion, the band had seven days in the studio—significantly more than for previous records—allowing for greater care in the recording process, particularly for vocals and arrangements.\u003cbr\u003eSeveral tracks feature synthesizers and organs, acoustic guitar, and even an electric bass on “Sanctuary”, a first for Special Friend.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SKEP WAX RECORDS","offers":[{"title":"Limited Edition Black Vinyl","offer_id":53362692489543,"sku":"TRI-71072","price":27.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0931\/9779\/5655\/files\/b3cd3b6e8b1cca30d8b4bd92d5d63380.jpg?v=1771866759","url":"https:\/\/towerrecords.ie\/products\/special-friend-clipping","provider":"Tower Records Dublin Ireland","version":"1.0","type":"link"}