{"product_id":"sophtware-slump","title":"Sophtware Slump","description":"Grandaddy includes: Jason Lytle.\u003cbr\u003eRecorded at Little Portugal, Modesto, California.\u003cbr\u003eIncludes bonus disc THROUGH A FROSTY PLATE GLASS E.P.\u003cbr\u003eGrandaddy: Jason Lytle.\u003cbr\u003eRecorded at Little Portugal, Modesto, California.\u003cbr\u003eTHE SOPHTWARE SLUMP is a kick in the pants for anyone who believes that indie-rock is, after a notable creative peak in the mid-'90s, dying a slow and stupefying death. Not with underground sounds like these around. Guided by Jason Lyttle's vision of spacey, mid-fi country-rock, Modesto, CA's Grandaddy unites a mess of guitar-based, late-90's fringe-musics into coherent statements about humanity and technology--and if it at times sounds a lot like OK COMPUTER or a lower-fidelity SOFT BULLETIN, that's partly the point.\u003cbr\u003eAs the band has grown, the classic indie sound of Pavement has ceased to be its sole touchstone. Sparklehorse's studio-created ambient-Gothic bleeds have taken a strong hold, as has Radiohead's symphonic balladeering. But, mixed in an unselfconscious manner, these influences underline Lyttle's desire to have the music convey the era's confusion. So the epic mid-tempo opener \"He's Simple, He's Dumb, He's the Pilot\" recalls the stilted pace of \"Paranoid Android,\" \"Broken Household Appliance National Forest\" is a metaphorically lumbering rocker whose sounds spill over like punky stoners doing Black Sabbath, and \"Chartsengrafs\" rocks out in first-rate VIVADIXIE fashion. SOPHTWARE is the sum of its grand parts.","brand":"MovieMars","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46561290780959,"sku":"5033197122526","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0679\/7833\/0399\/files\/333290bbbffd2d0b4a89ce5353a90d59.jpg?v=1780755368","url":"https:\/\/www.moviemars.com\/products\/sophtware-slump","provider":"MovieMars","version":"1.0","type":"link"}