{"product_id":"191400087019","title":"Buck Meek \"The Mirror\" LP (Clear Vinyl)","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col-lg-12 pt-2\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pt-2\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col-lg-12 pt-2\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pt-2\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col-lg-12 pt-2\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pt-2\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col-lg-12 pt-2\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pt-2\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA gleaner of the forgotten, Buck Meek tips over the familiar and turns the unknown into a companion. On\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Mirror\u003c\/em\u003e, the artist’s fourth solo record and second album released by 4AD, there’s a tender power, countered by immutable vulnerability. With an uncanny curiosity, Meek conjures twin worlds to reveal the uniqueness in the mundane. Inviting in reflection as collaborator and demon as friend,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Mirror\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003edoesn’t seek to know but to ask, looking to the shape of a question rather than the illusion of its answer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMeek grew up in Wimberley, Texas, teenage protege to an old guard of mystic Texas songwriters and musicians. He later moved to New York where he met Adrianne Lenker. The two lived in a van while singing their songs across the country before forming Big Thief. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe partnership of Meek and producer, James Krivchenia, emerged from a decade of work together in Big Thief. Conceptually,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Mirror\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eemerged from the idea to combine Meek’s  band’s live, kinetic energy with an oblique electronic world. The pair invited a collective atmosphere in which simultaneous experiment could occur––the musicians responded to each other in real time, while their instruments triggered modular synthesizers and electronic magic boxes.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Mirror\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewelcomed in friends, family, longtime collaborators from ranging musical eras of life as vital co-creators. New creative partners and longtime friends like composer and ambient musician Alex Somers joined in on synthesizer, toy microphone, and piano, and Mary Lattimore brought in the sounds of her prismatic harp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLexical mirrors are handheld, tactile, and kept close throughout the record––each one holding up a new truth.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Mirror\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eaptly embraces the unknown with an abiding curiosity and Meek continues to reveal his\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eskill\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eas translator of human feeling and its endless portals.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Mirror\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003elooks for duality, finding it in the weeds and overgrowth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col-lg-12 pt-2\"\u003eTrack List:\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col-lg-12 pt-2\"\u003e1. Roses\u003cbr\u003e2. Paper and Stone\u003cbr\u003e3. Robin's Egg (feat. I'm With Her)\u003cbr\u003e4. Singing Saw\u003cbr\u003e5. In Your Ocean\u003cbr\u003e6. Defiance, Ohio\u003cbr\u003e7. Wait Up (feat. I'm With Her)\u003cbr\u003e8. Grace Notes\u003cbr\u003e9. Dates and Dead People\u003cbr\u003e10. Half Measures\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pt-2\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pt-2\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pt-2\"\u003estreet date 2\/27\/26\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col-lg-12 pt-2\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Matador","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44893961748680,"sku":"191400087019","price":36.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0628\/1337\/2616\/files\/92_b002a623-e52a-4266-a4c1-8fb014b5fc6a.jpg?v=1767804357","url":"https:\/\/1234gorecords.shop\/en-ca\/products\/191400087019","provider":"1-2-3-4 Go! Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}