Name: Lad Ash
Brand: Real Lies

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

UNREAL6

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Colour

Black

Colour details

Discogs ID

[r24689099]

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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

Housed in Gatefold Sleeve with Printed Inner.

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2022-09-30

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

5053760084396

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Total Cap

2 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

UNREAL6CD

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2022-06-10

5053760080725

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

UNREAL6C1

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Blue

Extended format: Yes

LP++ - Housed in Gatefold Sleeve with Printed Inner.

5053760087656

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2 / Extended format: Yes / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / blue

Artist

Real Lies

Genre GB

Electronic

Label GB

Unreal

<p>Real Lies is a London-based electronic group that was formed in 2012. With their unique blend of electronic beats and heartfelt lyrics, they have captivated audiences around the world. Their music seamlessly combines elements of dance, pop, and indie rock to create a sound that is both infectious and thought-provoking. Real Lies' captivating live performances have earned them a dedicated fan base and critical acclaim. With their innovative approach to music-making, Real Lies continues to push boundaries and redefine what it means to be an electronic artist.</p>

Unreal is released and marketed by Music Research GmbH

Back In Stock

London electronic act Real Lies combine classic English pop-poetic story-telling with the uncanny rainswept atmospheres of auteurs like Claude Young, Drexciya and Richard D James. On their second album, lyricist Kevin Lee Kharas romanticises ecstasy-fuelled teenage joyrides that set the coordinates for two decades of thrill-seeking hedonism. A wild period that resulted in both the group’s euphoric 2015 debut <i>Real Life </i>and the prolonged six-year wait for its follow up.

In places, that euphoria remains – they’ve never sounded higher than on ‘Dream On’ – but generally the mood here is darker, more late-night, club-ready and ruminative. There are songs about losing childhood friends in mysterious circumstances (‘Dolphin Junction’), bandmates (‘Boss Trick’ is a wake for former member Tom Watson), childhood innocence (‘An Oral History Of My First Kiss’) and huge swathes of memory (‘The Carousel’). As the title implies, Lad Ash is a coming-of-age album that draws out the beauty and longing of the young British male experience by reframing it through an elegiac, at times almost gothic, lens. 

Lad Ash

Music GB

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