{"product_id":"fuxa-covered-in-stars","title":"Fuxa - Covered in Stars","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease date: 10\/7\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLimited edition of 500 vinyl LP Picture Disc in a printed sleeve.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eCovered In Stars\u003c\/em\u003e featuring members of Luna, Spacemen 3, Slowdive, Spectrum, Add N To (X), The Vacant Lots, Spiritualized, Slipstream and others.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eThis is a wonderfully colourful, beautiful fun and powerfully transcendent album by Fuxa, Featuring driving drum machines, gritty fuzz bitten guitars on The Sun Is Shining and Mary, 80's neon midnight post-punk disco grooves on Shadazz and perfectly blissed out floating in space vibes (Help Me Please and Cluster Fuxa). The synths shimmer and elevate, guitars attack and sparkle and the vocals deliver dark romanticism which evoke often David Cronenberg inspired fantasies such as photographs of car crashes, crushes on perfect strangers and unknown futures. \u003cbr\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eSimon Scott (Slowdive)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eFuxa returns with new album \u003cem\u003eCovered In Stars\u003c\/em\u003e. Eight new songs and several years in the making, of what can best be described as a full on sonic explosion. 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Performing the songs that Spacemen taught him touring across North America and Europe as well as recording and releasing several releases with Sonic under the Spectrum moniker.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRandall has since worked with and released numerous amounts of material with the likes of \u003cstrong\u003eMartin Rev\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e(Suicide)\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eThe Telescopes\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eDean and Britta\u003c\/strong\u003e (Luna) to name a few.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is no surprise that Randall would once again build this new album with friends that he became close to over the years musically and there's certainly no shortage of indie royalty star power on this album.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProduced by \u003cstrong\u003eRandall Nieman\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eRichard Formby and Stefan Persson.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eMastered by \u003cstrong\u003eSimon Scott \u003c\/strong\u003e(Slowdive)\u003cbr\u003eThis album features guest appearances from \u003cstrong\u003eBritta Phillips\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eDean Wareham\u003c\/strong\u003e (Luna), \u003cstrong\u003eAnn Shenton\u003c\/strong\u003e (Add N to (X)), \u003cstrong\u003eMark Refoy and Jonny Mattock\u003c\/strong\u003e (Spiritualized, Slipstream), \u003cstrong\u003eRoger Brogan\u003c\/strong\u003e (Spectrum\/Dean Wareham), \u003cstrong\u003eJared Artaud\u003c\/strong\u003e (Vacant Lots) and more! 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