{"product_id":"momus-vivid","title":"Momus- Vivid (CD)","description":"\u003cp\u003e2020 release. \"This is an amazingly intense moment for the whole of mankind and, for a marginal artist like me, an extraordinary opportunity to experience what everyone else is experiencing.\" That's what Momus told the BBC in mid-April when they approached him for a statement about his album in progress, a documentation of his own experience of COVID-19. On March 16th, in lockdown in Berlin, Momus had begun recording a new album called Vivid. \"Goodbye everyone, it's a scary old world, but thanks for the ride\", ran the lyric to Oblivion, a song whose rapid, phasing accordions evoked the post-minimalism of Steve Reich, Michael Nyman and Meredith Monk. The following day the Scottish songwriter came down with COVID-19 himself, and spent a week in bed, feverish and frightened. The infection passed without much damage, and Momus was able to resume work, completing fifteen tracks in just over a month. Songs like Working From Home, Self-Isolation, My Corona and Ten Foot Hut explore the odd mixture of fear and boredom that the pandemic has unleashed on us all: the sense of being possessed by some kind of malign spirit, and the vague hope that a better world might emerge at the end of all this. There's even room for some dark humour in the form of a chilly, forensic cover of Tom Lehrer's epidemiological song I Got It From Agnes. Vivid - already hailed as one of the strongest Momus albums in years - is published simultaneously with Niche, a playful autobiography described by Publishers Weekly as \"that rare show-biz memoir that's both entertaining and a literary triumph\".\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cdiv data-bt-autogen\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOblivion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWorking From Home\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTen Foot Hut\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSeptember\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eParasite\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSelf-Isolation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEmpty Paris\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMovement\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI Got It From Agnes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMy Corona\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLong Distance Love\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSpring\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLevitation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFever Dream\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOptimism\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Alliance - BT","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46986716184797,"sku":"708527200230","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/1056\/6043\/files\/3824813-2569724.jpg?v=1762931490","url":"https:\/\/shop.darksiderecords.com\/products\/momus-vivid","provider":"Darkside Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}