STRFKR - Being No One, Going Nowhere - Pink - VINYL LP

New pink vinyl variant of the 2013 album. It's hard to say exactly when it happened. It could've been during one of the 100+ shows STRFKR played in past two years - ecstatic sold-out dance parties that started in tiny, sweaty rooms before word of mouth spread and forced a move to larger (and even sweatier) venues. It might've been when touring guitarist Patrick Morris officially became a full-time member in late 2011, rounding out a line-up that included multi-instrumentalists Josh Hodges, Shawn Glassford, and Keil Corcoran. Most likely, though, there wasn't a single defining moment when the change occurred. With evolution there rarely is. Instead, progression happens naturally and steadily - each step leading inevitably to the next until you reach a point when you realize how far you've come without even being fully aware of how you got there.In early 2012, during a rare break in the group's touring schedule, Hodges retreated to secluded Astoria, Oregon. But this time, rather than completely isolating himself to work on new material (as had always been the case in the past), Hodges invited the other members to visit often and truly collaborate in the process of writing STRFKR's third full-length, Miracle Mile. And so it was that STRFKR became a band.As a result, whether participating in all-night lyric writing sessions, fleshing out song skeletons originally conceived during European soundchecks (InchMalmoInch) and long van rides (InchLeave It All BehindInch), or completing half-finished ideas kicking around Hodges' brain and hard drive, there isn't a single song on Miracle Mile that every member of STRFKR didn't contribute to and ultimately improve. For proof, look no further than first single and opening track InchWhile I'm Alive,Inch a song that bursts out of the gate with what can only be described as swagger. Not overconfidence or false bravado, but the undeniab

Violet & Cobalt Blue vinyl in a gatefold jacket w/ spot gloss and die-cut printed euro sleeves. Includes download code. . Prolific and constantly evolving, Portland, OR's STRFKR have continued to music that consistently connects with music lovers all over the globe. The band started out in a time when a co-sign from blogs and music outlets of note were all but mandatory for new music to be heard and accepted. STRFKR bypassed the hype machine almost completely, focusing instead on making their shows more exciting and pushing their music to new places. Their work ethic both in the studio and on the road has kept them on a steady climb, consistently playing venues on the level of legendary rooms like Terminal 5, Stubb's, and the 9 30 Club while using any available downtime to work towards the next recording.On their latest full-length album, Parallel Realms, STRFKR embrace a more pop-forward approach as heard on their recent single InchRunning Around,Inch while also hinting at experimentalism and the gentler textures on 2020's heralded, Future Past Life. Tracked by the band in their home studio in Portland, with additional engineering in Joshua Tree, CA, and mixed by Chris Coady (Beach House, The Drums), the new album feels exciting, cohesive, and familiar with immediate, yet diverse qualities that can only be found on STRFKR records. In addition to being streamed over 1B times around the world, STRFKR have performed at festivals including Coachella, Outside Lands, FYF Festival, Mad Decent Block Party, and others. The band has also toured consistently, playing to fans throughout North America, Europe, China, Japan, and other countries. Album Tracks 1. Always 2. Never 3. Holding on 4. Interspace 2 5. Feelings 6. Together Forever 7. Under Water 8. In Air 9. Armatron 10. Interspace 3 11. Chizzlers 12. Interspace 4 13. Running Around 14. Car

STRFKR's sound has morphed over the years through variations of hyper catchy, danceable pop, but on Ambient 1 - the band's first fully instrumental album - the band has achieved something very different. For a little shy of an hour, Ambient 1 drifts through softly glowing electronic instrumentals that extract the synth core from the group's well established synth pop sound. It's patient, playful, and calming music that travels through passageways of chaos and anxiety on a journey towards healing.Upon completing work on the lo-fi dreaminess of Future Past Life, STRFKR's principal songwriter Josh Hodges found himself returning repeatedly to albums by his favorite ambient artists and minimal composers. This growing obsession with synthesis and the culture around it also concurred with the daily darkness of the pandemic and some personal disruptions. Without spending too much time thinking about what it meant, Hodges began recording ambient experiments almost daily as a way of processing these difficult emotions. Echoes of masters like Harold Budd and Brian Eno can be heard in the angelic floating of InchWork Smoothly Lifetime PeaceInch while tracks like InchNexusInch are stormy and frenetic.In some ways, Ambient 1 is unlike anything STRFKR has created before, but when completely absorbed, it makes sense why it's included under the STRFKR banner. Even at his most drony and experimental, Hodges can't escape his distinctive melodic approach. Ambient 1 strips away the familiar and the expected, exposing Hodges' signature sonic personality at a granular level. Album Tracks 1. Rainzow 2. Work Smoothly Lifetime Peace 3. Bunji 4. Kaleidoscope 5. Telescope 6. Anxiety 7. Zee Majoor 8. Concentrate 9. Vergeten 10. Nexus 11. Zij Aan Zij 12. Sleep