{"product_id":"absolute-zero","title":"Absolute Zero","description":"Personnel: Adam O'Regan (vocals, guitar, piano); Steven Appleby (vocals, guitar); Faye O'Rourke (vocals, Wurlitzer organ); Dylan Lynch (vocals, drums); Donagh Seaver O'Leary (vocals).\u003cbr\u003eAudio Mixer: Ruadhri Cushnan.\u003cbr\u003eRecording information: Angelic Studios, Northamptonshire (04\/2012).\u003cbr\u003eIllustrator: Steve Doogan.\u003cbr\u003eArranger: Little Green Cars.\u003cbr\u003e\"Harper Lee,\" the alternately bloody and bucolic leadoff cut on Irish indie folk collective Little Green Cars' Glassnote debut, may not deal directly with the To Kill a Mockingbird author from whom it derives its name, but its fevered protagonist, who repeatedly intones \"There's a gun in the attic\/Let me go grab it\/I'd blow holes in my soul just so you could look past it,\" echoes the loss of innocence at the heart of the Pulitzer Prize-winning story. It's a theme that obviously resonates with the group, whose members are barely in their twenties, but for each pounding of fists against the injustices of adulthood, there's a roar of pure, youthful joy, albeit tempered with the resigned bleat of heartache. The past is still too raw and relatively close to devolve completely into nostalgia, but co-lead vocalist Steven Appleby's throaty, emotive croon sounds as sentimental as it does world-weary, and it casts a wistful patina over otherwise stadium-ready songs like the aforementioned \"Lee\" and \"Big Red Dragon,\" the latter of which benefits greatly from Arcade Fire\/Coldplay\/Mumford \u0026amp; Sons producer Markus Drav's expansive knob twiddling. Absolute Zero switches gears when guitarist\/vocalist Faye O'Rourke takes the helm, especially on the evocative, gospel-tinged \"My Love Took Me Down to the River to Silence Me,\" shifting from earthy, Frightened Rabbit\/Band of Horses-inspired introspection to soulful, full-on Florence + the Machine\/Anna Calvi-infused bombast, but Appleby and O'Rourke manage to complement each other more times than not, resulting in a kind of Tango in the Night-era Fleetwood Mac-meets Lady Antebellum style of gender juggling, Americana-kissed indie pop that seems ripe for the radio. In fact, the only real misstep on the extremely likable Absolute Zero is the forgettable \"Red and Blue,\" a perfectly good song that's ruined by an oppressive (and dated) amount of Auto-Tune, a gimmick that should never be wasted on people who can actually sing. ~ James Christopher Monger","brand":"MovieMars","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45323873714463,"sku":"892038002688","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0679\/7833\/0399\/files\/1d1c872e1b71bcbe5d97bb4e2d8a3e4c.jpg?v=1777844503","url":"https:\/\/www.moviemars.com\/products\/absolute-zero","provider":"MovieMars","version":"1.0","type":"link"}