{"product_id":"apex-manor-blueprints-ep","title":"Apex Manor - Blueprints EP","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlueprints \u003c\/i\u003econtains demos, alternate versions, and songs left on the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/apex-manor-heartbreak-city\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eHeartbreak City\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ecutting room floor. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/apex-manor\"\u003eApex Manor\u003c\/a\u003e's Ross Flournoy:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwo of the tracks on this EP—“Morning Light” and “Actual Size”—are demos of songs that made it onto \u003ci\u003eHeartbreak City\u003c\/i\u003e. The “Morning Light” on the record is really sparse; the demo has acoustic and electric guitars, harmonies, and synths. I originally wrote “Actual Size” as a really uptempo, almost Queens of the Stone Age-meets-Can kinda thing. Then when we got in the studio, producer Rob had an idea to slow it way down. I like both approaches.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“The Long Goodbye (Alt. Version)” is just a stripped-down, acoustic version of the album track. I like this version too for its tenderness (yes, I used that word). The stars of this are the sick players who joined me: Dan Iead on pedal steel and Scott Claassen on piano (both from \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/the-broken-west\"\u003eThe Broken West\u003c\/a\u003e), and Mindy Jones (Moby) on vocals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe skeleton key—or keys, if you will—to what \u003ci\u003eHeartbreak City\u003c\/i\u003e might have been are the songs “Chosen One” and “True Love Runs Away.” I’d originally envisioned \u003ci\u003eHeartbreak City\u003c\/i\u003e as sort of a dark, nocturnal LA record: more synth-y, midtempo, moody. These songs give a sense of what that record would’ve sounded like.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e","brand":"merge records","offers":[{"title":"Download","offer_id":52739239149879,"sku":"MRG719digital","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0966\/3935\/3143\/files\/f7974323d4da04753ccc3a4a702887806408d4cc_09134436ef85e8fe7a9b2edc6c41907903cb78dc_medium_jpg.jpg?v=1785381948","url":"https:\/\/mergerecords.com\/products\/apex-manor-blueprints-ep","provider":"Merge Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}