{"product_id":"will-butler-generations","title":"Will Butler - Generations","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the five years since \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/will-butler\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWill Butler\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e released his debut album, \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/smarturl.it\/WillButlerPolicy\"\u003e\u003ci\u003ePolicy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, he’s toured the world both solo and as a member of Arcade Fire, released the \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/smarturl.it\/FridayNight_dig\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eFriday Nigh\u003c\/i\u003et\u003c\/a\u003e live album, recorded and released Arcade Fire’s international #1 album \u003ci\u003eEverything Now\u003c\/i\u003e, earned his master’s degree in public policy from Harvard, hosted a series of touring town halls on local issues (police contracts, prison reform, municipal paid sick leave, voting rights), and spent time raising his three children.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“My first record, \u003ci\u003ePolicy\u003c\/i\u003e, was a book of short stories,” Butler says. “\u003ci\u003eGenerations\u003c\/i\u003e is more of a novel—despairing, funny, a little bit epic… A big chunk of this record is asking: What’s my place in American history? What’s my place in America’s present? Both in general—as a participant, as we all are, in the shit that’s going down—but, also extremely particularly: me as Will Butler, rich person, white person, Mormon, Yankee, parent, musician of some sort, I guess. What do I do? What can I do? The record asks that question over and over, even if it’s not much for answers.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGenerations\u003c\/i\u003e was recorded and produced by Butler in the basement of his home in Brooklyn. Tracking finished in March 2020, as New York closed down for the pandemic. Half the record was mixed in Montreal by longtime Arcade Fire engineer Mark Lawson, the other half by Brooklyn-based producer Shiftee.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"merge records","offers":[{"title":"Peak Vinyl (Red Splatter)","offer_id":52739237151031,"sku":"MRG720lp-C1","price":21.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"LP (Black)","offer_id":52739237183799,"sku":"MRG720LP","price":19.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":52996578050359,"sku":"MRG720CD","price":14.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Download","offer_id":52739237249335,"sku":"MRG720digital","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0966\/3935\/3143\/files\/640957ebe4f9a0526215c1d3f4f5b13660407e2c_d46f45d41112f3bb17a2044b4bb2a9eb56c8d0e8_medium_jpg.jpg?v=1789587616","url":"https:\/\/mergerecords.com\/products\/will-butler-generations","provider":"Merge Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}