{"product_id":"ugly-the-south-facade","title":"Ugly - The South Facade","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe state51 Conspiracy is proud to announce...\u003cbr\u003eThe brand new album from \u003cstrong\u003eUgly\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe South Facade\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith radio support across \u003cstrong\u003eBBC6M, BBC R1, RadioX, Beats1\u003c\/strong\u003e, press features with \u003cstrong\u003eThe Independent, So Young, Dork\u003c\/strong\u003e, Japan's coveted \u003cstrong\u003eNero Magazine\u003c\/strong\u003e in which the band were featured on the cover as well as a 22 page spread and wider Press support across \u003cstrong\u003eThe Times, DIY, NME, The Line of Best Fit,\u003c\/strong\u003e and more, the album is lining up to be their greatest release yet.\u003cbr\u003eA UK tour will be followed by headline tours in \u003cstrong\u003eChina\u003c\/strong\u003e and the \u003cstrong\u003eEU\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003cbr\u003eMake sure to send us you links for inclusion in the announcements on \u003cstrong\u003eMonday\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSince forming in Cambridge in 2016, Ugly have been relentless live performers. Their breakout EP Twice Around The Sun, released in 2024, drew critical acclaim and established the six-piece band as one of the UK's most exciting and ambitious new bands.\u003cbr\u003eUgly have been building and shaping The South Facade - their debut album - for almost three years. Early writing sessions took place during extended retreats in a converted barn overlooking Ely Cathedral. Songs followed the band through rehearsal rooms, bedrooms, studios and eventually onto stages. Ideas were passed between members, arrangements dismantled and rebuilt, choruses rewritten and individual parts debated down to the smallest detail.\u003cbr\u003eSome of the songs have become familiar fixtures of Ugly’s live shows. Audiences have watched The South Facade evolve in front of them and on 23rd October, they get to hear where the band landed.\u003cbr\u003eAcross the album, Ugly push at the boundaries of guitar music without losing the idiosyncrasies that have come to define them. Wiry, interlocking guitars rub against driving percussion and intricate choral harmonies whilst moments of raw power sit alongside meticulous arrangements.\u003cbr\u003ePart of that sound emerged from the rules Ugly imposed upon themselves. Looking towards records by Television, XTC, Fleetwood Mac, Steely Dan, Prefab Sprout and Gentle Giant, the band became as interested in what they didn’t want to make as what they did. There are no instruments needlessly doubling one another, no easy sentimentality and no crescendo simply for crescendo's sake.\u003cbr\u003eRecorded in Wales and completed in London with producer Balázs Altsach, The South Facade captures the density of that process without sanding away its spontaneity. For all the meticulous construction behind it, the record still carries the feeling of six friends discovering the songs together.\u003cbr\u003eThe announcement of their album follows the release last month of ‘Marina’, a swaggering, raw and playfully theatrical cut from the record.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The state51 Conspiracy","offers":[{"title":"Black Vinyl 1LP","offer_id":54902171992391,"sku":"TRI-78568","price":32.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":54902172025159,"sku":"TRI-78569","price":16.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0931\/9779\/5655\/files\/STA_20260820_1814_171641_004_p_0e43b58f-9bf0-e3d0-fac6-930a3ecc00f4_3_001.png?v=1788688055","url":"https:\/\/towerrecords.ie\/products\/ugly-the-south-facade","provider":"Tower Records Dublin Ireland","version":"1.0","type":"link"}