{"product_id":"case-oats-bottom-of-an-afternoon","title":"Case Oats - Bottom of an Afternoon","description":"\u003cp\u003eJust in time for their first-ever run of US headline dates, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/case-oats\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCase Oats\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e are back, sharing “\u003cstrong\u003eBottom of an Afternoon\u003c\/strong\u003e,\" written and performed by \u003cstrong\u003eCasey Gomez Walker\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eSpencer Tweedy\u003c\/strong\u003e. Rather than stripping down their sound, this configuration of \u003cstrong\u003eCase Oats\u003c\/strong\u003e reveals new facets to their songwriting, centering Gomez Walker's voice in an entirely different soundscape than the one that buffeted her on the band's 2025 debut album\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/case-oats-last-missouri-exit\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLast Missouri Exit\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e. The instrumentation, including an aching trumpet solo by Gomez Walker, laps at the frayed edges of pained memory, haunting her already disarmingly beautiful, honest sense of the lyric.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cu\u003eCasey Gomez Walker, on “Bottom of an Afternoon”:\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"This song is a mantra for grief. As a kid I read Aesop’s Fables and was comforted by the idea that there’s always a moral to draw from an experience. As an adult, I find myself calling out asking “why?”, begging for visits from ghosts, holding on to any lesson I can find in the pages of books.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e “Bottom of an Afternoon\" is accompanied by a \u003ca href=\"youtube.com\/watch?v=QHVasXnBeWs\u0026amp;feature=youtu.be\"\u003enew music video\u003c\/a\u003e, performed, filmed, and edited by Casey Gomez Walker and Spencer Tweedy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"merge records","offers":[{"title":"Download","offer_id":52739439264055,"sku":"MRG898digital","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0966\/3935\/3143\/files\/790cb21d1e6740b7c6c4dcd489c75698f998f629_61c0abc080788ca9c24de2dd58e52b3a8205e56d_medium_jpg.jpg?v=1785382933","url":"https:\/\/mergerecords.com\/products\/case-oats-bottom-of-an-afternoon","provider":"Merge Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}