{"product_id":"sorry-to-bother-you-1","title":"Sorry to Bother You","description":"Audio Mixers: Damion Gallegos; Boots Riley.\u003cbr\u003eRecording information: Chub Studios.\u003cbr\u003eDuring the six years between Pick a Bigger Weapon and Sorry to Bother You, the Coup survived a disastrous bus crash. Leader Boots Riley aligned with Tom Morello as Street Sweeper Social Club, and he also toured with Galactic. More significantly, Riley became a driving force in the Occupy Oakland movement -- something that could have fueled an album's worth of ideas. Instead, Sorry to Bother You draws inspiration from Riley's past as a telemarketer. It's presented as a soundtrack to \"a dark comedy with magical realism.\" There are enough guest stars joining Riley, Pam the Funkstress, Silk-E, studio comrade Damion Gallegos, and the band's instrumentalists to give it the feel of a funk-rap-rock opera. Lyrically, however, it's a typical Coup album in the best possible way. Riley's incisive, anti-capitalist rhymes and animated vocals are as energizing as ever, alternately intoxicating and sobering without wavering in force. Without being told, a longtime Coup fan wouldn't be able to discern the words' function as soundtrack material. Riley maintains hot-blooded realism and dips into slightly out-of-character fantasticism only for the oddball chamber agitprop of \"We've Got a Lot to Teach You, Cassius Green.\" A change of approach is instantly detectable in the music, which is often closer to assaultive and muscular new wave than the laid-back, bottom-heavy synth funk that runs through Pick a Bigger Weapon. According to Riley, that's just the way it played out. It might take some time for older fans to adjust -- its punk energy aims for the calves more frequently than the neck -- but Sorry to Bother You contains some of the Coup's most vehement and focused output. ~ Andy Kellman","brand":"MovieMars","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45461347926303,"sku":"045778689125","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0679\/7833\/0399\/files\/71805a11eb54fd4cbfce000629d15c80.jpg?v=1777851150","url":"https:\/\/www.moviemars.com\/products\/sorry-to-bother-you-1","provider":"MovieMars","version":"1.0","type":"link"}