{"product_id":"richard-buckner-surrounded","title":"Richard Buckner - Surrounded","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn the time since \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eOur Blood\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e was released and after a few long tours, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRichard Buckner\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e attempted to work on writing short stories but found himself drawn back into the music room. The evidence of his time in the writer’s chair is clear in the dense, lovely prose of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSurrounded\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. The album’s liner notes include text-embedded lyrics, a technique Buckner employed on his earlier albums \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSince\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eImpasse\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, but this marks the first time he used the songs’ extended story to construct the album’s overall view and track sequence.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThrowing out the “tricks and trades” of his previous efforts, Buckner hunkered down at home and chose a few unfamiliar pieces of gear—a Suzuki QChord electronic autoharp and an Electro-Harmonix POG2 pedal—to create basic tracks and open up more sonic possibilities. “The best outcomes happen sometimes when I’m unfamiliar with the tool that I’m using (imagine MacGyver wearing a dog cone).”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe now-infamous process of recording and re-recording \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eOur Blood\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e left him a bit gun-shy, so this time, Buckner decided to get each song out of his house as soon as it was finished to avoid the contamination of over-thinking. After hearing an interview with famed producer Tucker Martine, Buckner found a destination for his songs: “Tucker understood the urgency in me to tie the whole thing up before I fell into the same trap that I’d had finishing \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eOur Blood\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and was generous enough to move other commitments around to fit \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSurrounded\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e in. When I had finally finished \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eOur Blood\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, I felt like I’d just survived a stroll through a mine field. With \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSurrounded\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, it was more of a sensation that I’d successfully organized a messy desk.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLP includes a coupon for a full download.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"merge records","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":52739168633143,"sku":"MRG499LP","price":21.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":52739168665911,"sku":"MRG499CD","price":14.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Download","offer_id":52739168600375,"sku":"MRG499digital","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0966\/3935\/3143\/files\/b2176c7abb76c22db3214a25ccad1d83e8675418_8c2e480c2958ec661969c86b9561845f9bcd127c_medium_jpg.jpg?v=1785380358","url":"https:\/\/mergerecords.com\/products\/richard-buckner-surrounded","provider":"Merge Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}