{"product_id":"circular-sounds","title":"Circular Sounds","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ccite\u003eCircular Sounds\u003c\/cite\u003e is the fourth LP from San Francisco’s home recording auteur Kelley Stoltz. Its 14 songs are a stereophonic advance on the lo-fidelity psych-fuzz of \u003ccite\u003eAntique Glow\u003c\/cite\u003e (Beautiful Happiness, 2004) and the mid-fi piano-rock of \u003ccite\u003eBelow the Branches\u003c\/cite\u003e (Sub Pop, 2006): two modest masterpieces which, by a curious coincidence, both made #24 in \u003ccite\u003e\u003cspan class=\"caps\"\u003eMOJO\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/cite\u003e magazine’s “Best Albums” list for their respective years. Kelley has also been praised by such esteemed publications as \u003ccite\u003eUncut\u003c\/cite\u003e, \u003ccite\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/cite\u003e, \u003ccite\u003eQ\u003c\/cite\u003e, \u003ccite\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/cite\u003e, \u003ccite\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/cite\u003e, \u003ccite\u003eTime Out London\u003c\/cite\u003e, \u003ccite\u003eThe Independent\u003c\/cite\u003e, and \u003ccite\u003ePtolemaic Terrascope\u003c\/cite\u003e. In Australia he is a bona fide cult sensation, having scored a radio hit with “Underwater’s Where the Action Is” (off \u003ccite\u003eAntique Glow\u003c\/cite\u003e), while “Birdies Singing” (off \u003ccite\u003eBelow the Branches\u003c\/cite\u003e) established him in Sweden after it was used to soundtrack a TV commercial for Volvo.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ccite\u003eCircular Sounds\u003c\/cite\u003e is very much a pop record, in the classic ’60s mold. The horn-and-harmony-soaked romance suggesting Love covering “Good Day Sunshine” of “Everything Begins,” and the glorious, garage-psych dilation of “Your Reverie” are amongst the album’s 14 highlights. And these tracks boast Kelley’s fullest production to date: radio-ready yet retaining the organic warmth that gave his earlier work its character. He is no longer a marginal, ‘lo-fi’ artist: “I work in a second-hand record store and that’s made me more of a hi-fi advocate. It’s hard for me to listen to stuff that was recorded on a cassette player nowadays. By the last record I was mid-fi. I think I’m mid-hi now!”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align:right;\"\u003e\u003ccite\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/cite\u003e review of \u003ccite\u003eCircular Sounds\u003c\/cite\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ccite\u003eThe Independent\u003c\/cite\u003e (UK) review of \u003ccite\u003eCircular Sounds\u003c\/cite\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kelley Stoltz","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50679141597249,"sku":"qyp1791987293755","price":9.36,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital","offer_id":50679141630017,"sku":"mne1791987293756","price":7.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/4278\/8417\/files\/circular-sounds_1.jpg?v=1791987300","url":"https:\/\/uniplyclad.shop\/products\/circular-sounds","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}