{"product_id":"708857252121","title":"Grandaddy - The Sophtware Slump - Import CD","description":"\u003cp\u003eCredits:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrandaddy\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDescription:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePicking up where their Signal to Snow Ratio EP left off, Grandaddy's wittily named second album The Sophtware Slump upgrades the group's wry, country-tinged rock with electronic flourishes that run through the album like fiber-optic lines. Arpeggiated keyboards sparkle on \"Hewlett's Daughter\" and \"The Crystal Lake,\" and wind, birds, and transmissions hover around the songs' peripheries, suggesting a Silicone Valley landscape. Jason Lytle's frail, poignant vocals provide a bittersweet counterpoint to the chugging guitars and shiny electronics that envelop him like a cockpit or a cubicle on \"Chartsengrafs\" and \"Broken Household Appliance National Forest\" and set the tone for melancholy ballads like \"He's Simple, He's Dumb, He's the Pilot,\" \"Miner at the Dial-a-View,\" and \"Jed the Humanoid,\" the story of a forgotten, alcoholic android. Lost pilots, robots, miners, and programmers try to find their way on The Sophtware Slump, an album that shares a spacy sadness with Sparklehorse's Good Morning Spider and Radiohead's OK Computer. Though it's a little more self-conscious and not quite as accomplished as either of those albums, it is Grandaddy's most impressive work yet and one of 2000's first worthwhile releases. ~ Heather Phares\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dangerbird Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53189964857633,"sku":"708857252121","price":22.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0568\/8482\/2076\/files\/2222222222222_1f8498c4-67a6-47a2-92b5-d5911cd96880.jpg?v=1785974536","url":"https:\/\/cdsvinyljapan.com\/en-be\/products\/708857252121","provider":"CDs Vinyl Japan Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}