{"title":"Lou Barlow","description":"\u003cp\u003eArguably the most prolific songwriter of his generation, \u003cstrong\u003eLou Barlow\u003c\/strong\u003e has also been one of the most influential; thanks to his lo-fi legacy, any geek with a guitar, a four-track machine, and an unrequited crush on a girl could become an underground pop star.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"lou-barlow-sentridoh-iii","title":"Lou Barlow - = Sentridoh III","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDescribed by the band as \"an almost live representation of the Lou Barlow + the missingmen live show\", \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e= Sentridoh III\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is another step forward for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/lou-barlow\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLou Barlow\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and his first release with new backing band \u003c\/span\u003ethe missingmen\u003cspan\u003e. With new cuts, rocking reworks of songs from Lou's latest solo record \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eGoodnight Unknown\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and a hauntingly beautiful cover of Skip James's \"I'm So Glad\", \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e= Sentridoh III\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is sure to please fans new and old alike.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"merge records","offers":[{"title":"Download","offer_id":52739165290807,"sku":"MRG396DA","price":4.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0966\/3935\/3143\/files\/9eb4efbde6bf9f3ce2f78a3680e6b1333e02ece3_2b95d86d3d43026aace2724e886d644db8c20adf_medium_jpg.jpg?v=1785380240"},{"product_id":"lou-barlow-goodnight-unknown","title":"Lou Barlow - Goodnight Unknown","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the four years since his career-redefining, mostly acoustic record Emoh, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/lou-barlow\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLou Barlow\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e has reunited with Dinosaur Jr. and reissued three of Sebadoh's classic albums. But as the brilliant \u003cem\u003eGoodnight Unknown\u003c\/em\u003e illustrates, he's hardly living in the past. Borrowing the live-band energy of Dinosaur Jr. and the stylistic reach of Sebadoh, Barlow has built on Emoh's full production and written a set of immediate, melodic pop songs that Lou describes as, \"a cross between my later work with Folk Implosion and my earlier work with Sebadoh...to my ears, anyway.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"merge records","offers":[{"title":"Download","offer_id":52739170238775,"sku":"MRG332digital","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0966\/3935\/3143\/files\/342a51eb6ecedd3371532928e41cc092a2018544_6f959db6d0a0df623a97faad229a43dac5055fc8_medium_jpg.jpg?v=1785380410"},{"product_id":"lou-barlow-emoh","title":"Lou Barlow - Emoh","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/lou-barlow\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLou Barlow's\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e first “solo” record, a lush, well-produced affair with eight tracks recorded with producers Mark Nevers, Josh Schwartz, and Wally Gagel, and six tracks impeccably recorded at home by Barlow himself. \u003ci\u003eEmoh\u003c\/i\u003e represents some of Barlow's strongest songwriting and will have longtime fans and newcomers alike singing along. Of course, the lyrics are sharp, funny, and in one case, downright sacrilegious.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first album Barlow released under his own name celebrated its 15th anniversary with a 2-LP reissue, marking its domestic debut on vinyl. \u003cstrong\u003eDigital download includes 8 bonus tracks of demos from the era. ***\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe LP is now sold out on the Merge Records Store.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e***\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEmoh \u003c\/i\u003ecan also be found at your favorite local \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.recordstoreday.com\/Stores\"\u003eindependent record store\u003c\/a\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e+++\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEmoh\u003ci\u003e was released in January 2005, within a day or two of my first child, Hannelore, being born. I put my real name on it, and it felt like the beginning of a new, more confident era. At the same time, I was asked to rejoin Dinosaur Jr, so, instead of spending the next year touring in support of \u003c\/i\u003eEmoh\u003ci\u003e, I started a Dinosaur Jr reunion that continues to this day. It was a bittersweet decision because my LP was warmly received and seemed to point to a self-reliant future.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThough \u003c\/i\u003eEmoh\u003ci\u003e was a positive step forward for me, listening to it now, I realize the songs clearly track the slow dissolution of my first marriage, the fatal break of several partnerships, and my struggle to acclimate to living in LA. That I was able to describe my decline in such detail then hand it out to friends and family members as my “comeback” LP kind of amazes me now.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align:right;\"\u003e—Lou Barlow, March 2020\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"merge records","offers":[{"title":"Download","offer_id":52739236069687,"sku":"MRG254digital","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0966\/3935\/3143\/files\/1013fde3f3f706b60c51cb76b2340fc7218ef1be_655fededa6291109f9baf32874166f8991834732_medium_jpg_394ef3e0-7356-4288-b8f1-ca748740ba17.jpg?v=1789600481"}],"url":"https:\/\/mergerecords.com\/collections\/lou-barlow.oembed","provider":"Merge Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}