{"product_id":"momus-vivid-1","title":"Momus - Vivid","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease date: 7\/14\/2020\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"This is an amazingly intense moment for the whole of mankind and, for a marginal artist like me, an extraordinary opportunity to experience what everyone else is experiencing.\" That's what Momus told the BBC in mid-April when they approached him for a statement about his album in progress, a documentation of his own experience of COVID-19. On March 16th, in lockdown in Berlin, Momus had begun recording a new album called Vivid. \"Goodbye everyone, it's a scary old world, but thanks for the ride\", ran the lyric to Oblivion, a song whose rapid, phasing accordions evoked the post-minimalism of Steve Reich, Michael Nyman and Meredith Monk. The following day the Scottish songwriter came down with COVID-19 himself, and spent a week in bed, feverish and frightened. The infection passed without much damage, and Momus was able to resume work, completing fifteen tracks in just over a month. Songs like Working From Home, Self-Isolation, My Corona and Ten Foot Hut explore the odd mixture of fear and boredom that the pandemic has unleashed on us all: the sense of being possessed by some kind of malign spirit, and the vague hope that a better world might emerge at the end of all this. There's even room for some dark humour in the form of a chilly, forensic cover of Tom Lehrer's epidemiological song I Got It From Agnes. Vivid — already hailed as one of the strongest Momus albums in years — is published simultaneously with Niche, a playful autobiography described by Publishers Weekly as \"that rare show-biz memoir that's both entertaining and a literary triumph\".\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e1. Oblivion, 2. Working From Home, 3. Ten Foot Hut, 4. September, 5. Parasite, 6 .Self-Isolation, 7. Empty Paris, 8. Movement, 9. I Got It From Agnes, 10. My Corona, 11. Long Distance Love, 12. Spring, 13. Levitation, 14. Fever Dream, 15. Optimism\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"American Patchwork","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":67994318242068,"sku":"AMPATCH027","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"mp3 album","offer_id":67994318274836,"sku":"AMPATCH027-3","price":8.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1035\/0284\/0084\/files\/MomusVividDarla.jpg?v=1793920185","url":"https:\/\/primeunion.shop\/products\/momus-vivid-1","provider":"Linden \u0026 Oak","version":"1.0","type":"link"}