{"product_id":"644110411815","title":"PRE-ORDER: Knifeplay \"What Is Truth?\" 2xLP","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHIS IS A PRE-ORDER: We expect this to ship on or around JANUARY 22nd, 2027. Any items that are ordered with this will be held until they can all ship together. If you need certain items faster please order them separately.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"What Is Truth?\" is the third full-length album from Philadelphia based slowcore band Knifeplay, and their first for indie label Double Double Whammy. It marks a full departure from the band's shoegaze roots, moving into something more spacious and lyrics-forward: slow-burning arrangements rooted in slowcore and \"apocalyptic folk\".\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhere earlier Knifeplay records searched, this one arrives with intention. Written and recorded as a band in a room rather than built from bedroom demos, it is the group's most deliberate work to date. Songwriter Tj Strohmer turns away from purely personal confession toward something larger: a meditation on love and art as the only things that stay true while the modern world falls into decline. The result is heavy and unflinching, but never hopeless. Beneath the darkness runs a steady thread of resilience and, finally, redemption.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAcross the album, the music moves from reckoning to something like grace. \"Love Song,\" the lead single, sits with the loneliness of carrying your own trauma and hoping to be understood and accepted anyway. The closing track, \"Please Let the Children Be Artists,\" with French horn and flute drifting over mellotron strings, lands as a plea for healing, with love and art offered as a way back to ourselves.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col-lg-12 pt-2\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pt-2\"\u003estreet date 1\/22\/2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"RedEye","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45229213483208,"sku":"644110411815","price":33.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0628\/1337\/2616\/files\/6ac65fb51ce1f.jpg?v=1791401934","url":"https:\/\/1234gorecords.shop\/products\/644110411815","provider":"1-2-3-4 Go! Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}