{"product_id":"new-sweeping-promises-you-say-i-romanticize-lp","title":"New - Sweeping Promises - You Say I Romanticize - LP","description":"\u003ciframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 42px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=1806110927\/size=small\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/track=2263686036\/transparent=true\/\" seamless\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sweepingpromises.bandcamp.com\/album\/you-say-i-romanticize\"\u003eYou Say I Romanticize by Sweeping Promises\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLoser Edition!\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSweeping Promises' introduction to the global punk underground was their debut album, Hunger for a Way Out, which ended up being one of the breakout successes in music during pandemic lockdown. In 2023, they followed up with Good Living is Coming for You, a satirical, hyper-critical rebuke of capitalism that made Album of the Year lists for Pitchfork, NPR, Paste, and BBC, just to name a few. Bassist\/vocalist Lira Mondal and guitarist Caufield Schnug decided to tilt their approach a few degrees forward on their third LP.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe big theme of You Say I Romanticize is hinted at in it's title. Coming from a lyric sung on album closer \"Write Lightly\"-a narrative about the importance of self-expression in writing being scrubbed away by \"professional\" concerns-many of the characters singer\/bassist Mondal fleshed out here are outcasts, marginalized by society and turned into fanatics for a cornucopia of specific causes. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe visceral songwriting on You Say I Romanticize features an equally visceral musical approach. Sweeping Promises brought live drummer Spenser Gralla into the recording sessions to give the songs a similar urgency to their live show. The frenzy of it's execution also materializes in Mondal's vocal performances. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA shadow side exists along with Sweeping Promises' love of their artistic community-borne of weirdos channeling their \"outcast\" status into vibrant art and punk rock music. You Say I Romanticize takes the ethos Mondal and Schnug have developed and explores the obsessive, fanatical aspects of being ostracized and isolated by mainstream society.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tone Deaf Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50252510888176,"sku":null,"price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0053\/3315\/5912\/files\/148992_main_11c0045f-c1da-4633-af8e-dd0215779e88.jpg?v=1786660259","url":"https:\/\/tonedeafrecs.com\/products\/new-sweeping-promises-you-say-i-romanticize-lp","provider":"Tone Deaf Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}