Name: Hard-Wired
Brand: Snails

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

GLAMLP026

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Colour

Orange

Colour details

Tangerine

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Format multiplier

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2020-10-09

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Cargo

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

5024545884814

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Total Cap

1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / orange

Artist

Snails

Genre GB

Indie Pop / Shoegaze

Label GB

Glass Modern

Glass Modern is a London independent record label that has been making waves in the music industry since its inception in 1981. Originally known as Glass Records (2), the label played a pivotal role during the vibrant 1980s music scene and continued to operate until 1990.
After a brief hiatus, Glass Records made a triumphant return in 2015 under the name Glass Redux. This resurrection brought new life to the label, allowing it to once again showcase its passion for groundbreaking music.
In 2018, Glass Modern was launched as an imprint of Glass Redux. With this exciting development, the label expanded its roster and continued to push boundaries within the industry. Known for their commitment to artistic integrity and innovation, *Glass Modern* has become synonymous with quality music that challenges conventions.

Bristol's Snails return in exuberant form on their second full-length album, Hard-Wired. Recommended to the label by Stephen Pastel and he knows a good 'un when he hears one. Over 10 songs that unfold with an origami-like precision and attention to detail, the west country 6-piece expand their lush, outsider-pop template into new sonic and emotional territory, alchemising existential doubt into condensed elegies of often breathtaking beauty. From opener It Doesn't Have to be True, Hard-Wired envelops the listener in a comforting intimacy of sound and vocal harmony, overflowing with a subtlety of lyricism and generosity of spirit that led Pete Paphides to praise their debut Safe in Silence as "simply the most effortlessly charming set of songs I've heard in a long time."Recording sessions for the LP were spread across three different Bristol studios. With basic tracking completed, further elements were added in his bedroom studio, from vintage synths and drum machines, to strings, Mellotron and percussion. Arrangements and song structure in some cases went through several iterations until they rang true to songwriter Dan Weltman's ears.

Hard-Wired

Music GB

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