{"product_id":"should-the-great-pretend","title":"Should - The Great Pretend","description":"\u003cp\u003e1. Don't Send Me Your Regrets, 2. Loveless Devotion, 3. Mistakes Are Mine, 4. In Monotone, 5. Down A Notch, 6. Everybody Knows, 7. Dalliance, 8. A Lonely Place, 9. Amends, 10. Gold Stars, 11. Don't Get To Know Me\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"37fln\" data-offset-key=\"4lolo-0-0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-offset-key=\"4lolo-0-0\" class=\"_1mf _1mj\"\u003e\u003cspan data-offset-key=\"4lolo-0-0\"\u003eThe Great Pretend is Should's fourth album and the first since 2011's Like a Fire Without Sound — a gentle but idiosyncratic collection of dream pop that marked the Baltimore band's return from a 13-year hiatus. That same year, Captured Tracks reissued Should's 1995 debut A Folding Sieve in an expanded form as the inaugural release of the label's Shoegaze Archive Series, which has since included reissues by Medicine and For Against. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"37fln\" data-offset-key=\"73da1-0-0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-offset-key=\"73da1-0-0\" class=\"_1mf _1mj\"\u003e\u003cspan data-offset-key=\"73da1-0-0\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"37fln\" data-offset-key=\"jrt1-0-0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-offset-key=\"jrt1-0-0\" class=\"_1mf _1mj\"\u003e\u003cspan data-offset-key=\"jrt1-0-0\"\u003eThroughout its 11 songs, The Great Pretend demonstrates that Should has flourished creatively in the interim. While still informed by their shoegaze and dream pop roots, the album twists and turns, subverting expectations. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"37fln\" data-offset-key=\"fvd0j-0-0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-offset-key=\"fvd0j-0-0\" class=\"_1mf _1mj\"\u003e\u003cspan data-offset-key=\"fvd0j-0-0\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"37fln\" data-offset-key=\"39mv3-0-0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-offset-key=\"39mv3-0-0\" class=\"_1mf _1mj\"\u003e\u003cspan data-offset-key=\"39mv3-0-0\"\u003eThe mono-chord, krautrock groove of the opener \"Don't Send Me your Regrets\" gives way to elegant, lush pop of \"Loveless Devotion\" - only to morph abruptly into an endless refrain atop heavy toms and buzzing guitars. The strident guitar and emphatic drums of \"Mistakes are Mine\" turns on a dime to an orchestrated, drumless bridge. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"37fln\" data-offset-key=\"8fn4k-0-0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-offset-key=\"8fn4k-0-0\" class=\"_1mf _1mj\"\u003e\u003cspan data-offset-key=\"8fn4k-0-0\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"37fln\" data-offset-key=\"bf12h-0-0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-offset-key=\"bf12h-0-0\" class=\"_1mf _1mj\"\u003e\u003cspan data-offset-key=\"bf12h-0-0\"\u003eBut the album is still stamped with Should's signatures: Marc Ostermeier and Tanya Maus' harmonies on \"In Monotone\" and \"A Lonely Place\" and the churning shoegaze wash of \"Dalliance,\" which harkens back to the band's debut and will no doubt be relished by longtime fans. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"37fln\" data-offset-key=\"fmmut-0-0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-offset-key=\"fmmut-0-0\" class=\"_1mf _1mj\"\u003e\u003cspan data-offset-key=\"fmmut-0-0\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"37fln\" data-offset-key=\"3ldia-0-0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-offset-key=\"3ldia-0-0\" class=\"_1mf _1mj\"\u003e\u003cspan data-offset-key=\"3ldia-0-0\"\u003eThe starkest contrasting hues of Should's expanded songwriting palette lie between the unabashed Factory post-punk tones of \"Amends\" and \"Don't Get To Know Me,\" a 3\/4-time piano vamp embellished with increasing layers of orchestration as the album closes. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Words On Music","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":49853836034119,"sku":"zof1792634990921","price":9.01,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0680\/2653\/1911\/files\/should---the-great-pretend_1.jpg?v=1792634996","url":"https:\/\/ombreffectstylewear.shop\/products\/should-the-great-pretend","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}