{"product_id":"bonnie-prince-billy-pond-scum-cd","title":"Pond Scum (CD)","description":"There are no Peel sessions\r\nanymore - that tradition was buried in the pyramids with John Peel himself upon\r\nthe great man's passing. Of the thousands left in the wake, six are ascribed to Bonnie 'Prince'\r\nBilly - and of those six, three have been combined to form the deeply congruous\r\nexperience of Pond Scum. A span of eight years is covered, in reverse, and many\r\nchestnuts are rolled out, freed of former contexts with sparse arrangements.\r\n\"(I Was Drunk at the) Pulpit\" feels, ten years from inception, more\r\nvividly worn; \"Death to Everyone\" is loosed from its frame, the bones\r\ndecoupled and spread out, giving the song a reÔ¨Çective air (as opposed the\r\nbiting declamation of the original); \"Arise, Therefore\" adapts its\r\nmetronomic base, the evangelic twist of its roots made palpable. With the\r\ncenter of the performance in stark relief, the gnomic qualities of two\r\n\"Get On Jolly\" pieces are intensiÔ¨Åed. Further accenting the devoted\r\nspirit of this collection is the inclusion of Bonnie's\r\ntake on Prince's\r\n\"The Cross\", as well as the previously-unreleased original\r\n\"Beezle.\"  Bonnie's lone\r\nshadow casts over this lot, accompanied on the Ô¨Årst four tracks by David\r\nHeumann, but otherwise playing solo through a set of original songs (and two\r\ncovers) representing a decade of progress in the almost unbearably\r\nintimate-yet-unknowable manner that was so often the vibe of those strange and\r\nwondrous days. Layers\r\npeel to reveal the subtle artistry and refinement contained within these sessions,\r\nso begin to dig deep into the vault on January 22nd, 2016! But wait, there's more! Listen below to a new\r\narrangement of \"Rich Wife Full of Happiness\" (which is similar in\r\ntone, but not found on Pond Scum!) and get your tickets to see the Prince on his Midwest tour and at Big Ears\r\nin April!\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat Detail: CD\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat: CD\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenre: Rock\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Bonnie 'Prince' Billy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42471195213905,"sku":"RI1J18-635A-GO","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/5023\/8545\/files\/bonnie-prince-billy-pond-scum_GPAgD.jpg?v=1748795340","url":"https:\/\/apocalypsevinyl.com\/products\/bonnie-prince-billy-pond-scum-cd","provider":"Apocalypse Vinyl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}