{"product_id":"cola-the-gloss-black-in-orange-vinyl","title":"Cola - The Gloss (Black in Orange Vinyl)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Gloss is the second album from Cola. From their inception Cola have expanded on the d.i.y. ethic of the Dischord and SST eras, creating potent sounds from a minimal palette of drums\/bass\/guitar and lacing their songs with winsome one-liners and societal commentary. What’s another word for commentary? Gloss, apparently. Never basic, the lyrics reward repeated listening for deeper meanings. David Berman’s poetry-via-garage light pennings are an inspiration, as equally so are the lighter side of UK first-wave New Wave and the Dunedin sound. The results are in the pudding: at times sparse and poetic, at others a thrilling, hook-laden good time, as with the cheeky romantic sketch of a one-night stand that is so overflowing with innuendo-cum-journalism talk that it almost teeters over into self-parody. But the results are the right combination of lightheartedness and sincerity. Romanticism is never far from laughter, and equally never far from righteous anger in the music of Cola: “Pulling quotes now in the dark\/Our outlook is restrained\/Your tongue might weaken to be-fit your smile\/Til nothing ill remains.” ‘nuff said. It's an album bursting with energy and wit and ideas–filled to the margins. Out June 14th 2024 on Fire Talk. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fire Talk Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46339439067394,"sku":null,"price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0352\/6174\/3148\/files\/https_3A_2F_2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com_2Fpublic_2Fimages_2Fbbc647b3-442c-4f74-ae8d-b29cb27b21c3_652x382_b1081b11-51a5-486e-baa8-81f99023bd16.png?v=1751051891","url":"https:\/\/goodrecordstogo.com\/products\/cola-the-gloss-black-in-orange-vinyl","provider":"Good Records To Go","version":"1.0","type":"link"}