{"product_id":"half-string-a-fascination-with-heights-clear-vinyl-lp","title":"HALF STRING - A Fascination with Heights clear vinyl LP","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eHalf String’s \u003cem\u003eA Fascination With Heights \u003c\/em\u003egets a special reissue treatment by Independent Project Records with this newly remastered and expanded version of the band’s first and only full-length release. Filled with beautiful melodies and harmonies, alternately hard-edged and chiming guitars, \u003cem\u003eHeights\u003c\/em\u003e reveals Half String at their peak in 1995 churning out well crafted songs and their brand of ‘beautiful noise’.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJack Rabid, writing in The Big Takeover, has said, \"'Shelf Life' and especially 'Departures' set Half String off as the finest from the pack of American bands who've heard their share of U.K. post-Valentine pop-noises. The former positively soars over an airy, gorgeous twin-voiced chorus, cascading but also subtly hammering, unbelievingly beautiful but in no way limpid, fey, or undernourished. The latter seizes you with an ingeniously stabbing neo-jazz rat-a-tat martial-snare beat underneath untamed bass, swinging maniacally like it was indeed in a desperate hurry to depart for somewhere, the perfect marriage of beat, tune, sonic vistas, aggressive edge and pretty reflection.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe expanded reissue of \u003cem\u003eA Fascination With Heights\u003c\/em\u003e is presented in the original track sequence from the 1996 compact disc release, along with 9 unreleased recordings. (The vinyl version includes an unlisted additional track.) The extra material comes from a variety of sources: the ½-inch tape reels from the album recording sessions, rehearsal audiotapes, and a 1994 live performance. Also included is a special remix of the title track by Adam Cooper and featuring the vocals of Catherine Cooper of Alison’s Halo. But wait, there’s more! As an added bonus, this package includes a 7\" single with recordings from Half String’s 2012 and 2013 Part Time Punks radio sessions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eClear vinyl double LP features over 30 minutes of previously unreleased bonus material (plus one short instrumental not on the CD) and bonus black vinyl 7\" single with folding sleeve featuring two previously unreleased songs, all packaged in a numbered letterpress printed oversized die cut package with large folding insert with extensive liner notes.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independent Project Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49719855218925,"sku":null,"price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0804\/6995\/0701\/files\/b0ab592a-e1014b_356b0b11dbc840c0a8940dd502c70240_mv2.jpg?v=1774300802","url":"https:\/\/shop.independentprojectrecords.com\/products\/half-string-a-fascination-with-heights-clear-vinyl-lp","provider":"Independent Project Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}