{"product_id":"famous-mammals-famous-mammals-lp","title":"Famous Mammals – Famous Mammals [LP]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFamous Mammals were already going to be fantastic the moment they decided to form as a pandemic avocation in 2020, considering they’d been birthed from the flames of recent Oakland, CA scene-definers Rays, The World and Andy Human \u0026amp; The Reptoids. Yet when their wonderfully sharp \u0026amp; confounding self-titled tape came out in 2021, they were better than that, even. Their initial sound clicked along, searched and then found oblique treasure in a deep DIY post-punk void one might associate with 39 Clocks or the Swell Maps - sometimes aggressively sharp and pointed, other times given to captivating and off-centered murky quaalude meandering in all the ways you love.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI’m a big fan of Stanley Martinez’ vocals and guitar, and have been since the first time I saw \u0026amp; heard Rays, and he transported his A-game to a recording session yet again. Likewise Amber Sermeno - we all swooned for her fronting The World, and while we only get one lone track w\/ her vocals, it might even be the best thing on here: the chugging \u0026amp; propulsive “Unspoken Chair”. Andy Human - well, that guy just moves from strength to strength, excelling as a bass player here and general instrumental conductor of an echoey and wide-open sound partially transported from the hinterlands, moors\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand home studios of 1979 Northern England. To my ears, this was the first truly great set of recordings to emerge from a “pandemic band”, and now that they’ve gone on to be a full-fledged recording project and occasional touring band of some renown, it’s phenomenal to see it in the format it’s always deserved.\u003cbr\u003e- Jay Hinman (Dynamite Hemorrhage)\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003eInscrutable Records, 2024\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"naturestripstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45763978920177,"sku":"","price":47.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/8859\/0065\/files\/famous_mammals.jpg?v=1733540595","url":"https:\/\/naturestripstore.myshopify.com\/products\/famous-mammals-famous-mammals-lp","provider":"naturestripstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}