{"product_id":"wolfgang-amadeus-phoenix-2","title":"Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix","description":"Phoenix (France): Thomas Mars (vocals); Christian Mazzalai, Laurent Brancowitz (guitar); Deck d'Arcy (bass guitar).\u003cbr\u003ePersonnel: Cedric Plancy (flute); Thomas Hedlund (drums, sampler).\u003cbr\u003eAudio Mixer: Philippe Zdar.\u003cbr\u003eAudio Remasterer: Mike Marsh.\u003cbr\u003ePhotographer: Shoichi Kajino.\u003cbr\u003eThe slyly referential MOR-pop of Phoenix has, in part, staked it's effectiveness on the reclaiming of unfashionable music styles of yore. From electro-inflected country \u0026amp; western ditties to airy, synth-heavy soft-rock, the group's giddy embrace of all that's considered schlock--retouching the results to a fine point with crisp, modern production and a hip, young attitude--ascended them to the status of postmodern pop auteurs par excellence. WOLFGANG AMADEUS PHOENIX, the band's fourth album, further refines their approach, reining in the scattershot, darts-to-the-wall tactics of the past to reveal some of the most vibrantly melodic and robust songwriting of their career. The album kicks off with the bouncy, feel good rave-up \"Lisztomania,\" a song whose, mostly, nonsense lyrics singer Thomas Mars imbues with convincing stylistic panache. The only song that deviates from the album's revved-up and stylized pop perfection is the plangent, nearly eight-minute, epic \"Love Like a Sunset,\" which explores the shoegazery melodrama of groups like M83.","brand":"MovieMars","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47399345520927,"sku":"892038002176","price":11.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0679\/7833\/0399\/files\/9d53d99d54bf9cd5d72b23f0133bd1f7_9f3e0dfa-1c3c-4186-9971-2f9a60a2ecd0.jpg?v=1777896669","url":"https:\/\/www.moviemars.com\/products\/wolfgang-amadeus-phoenix-2","provider":"MovieMars","version":"1.0","type":"link"}