{"product_id":"johnny-foreigner-forwards","title":"Johnny Foreigner - Forwards","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFORWARDS!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a collection of songs by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJohnny Foreigner \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eabout their hometown and how they really feel about it. For almost twenty years, Birmingham indie-rock 4 piece have occupied a unique corner of UK alternative music, and today they announce a brand new LP, or what they are calling a “Small Collection of Songs,” due \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e4th\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSeptember via Alcopop! Records on strictly limited (to 500) 'industrial smoke vinyl' (never to be pressed again in this colour) and CD. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe record includes 10 full length tracks, ‘6 actual songs’, each named from prominent bits of Birmingham media, and ‘4 cursed field recordings’.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1. foreward\u003cbr\u003e2. The Remnants of the Lunar Society\u003cbr\u003e3. The Sacking of Fairhill House\u003cbr\u003e4. The Concrete Collar\u003cbr\u003e5. OUR CITY ELDERS REFRAIN\u003cbr\u003e6. The Rea Will Rise Again\u003cbr\u003e7. The New Navigation\u003cbr\u003e8. The Great Work\u003cbr\u003e9. OUR CITY ELDER'S REPRISE\u003cbr\u003e10. yr ideas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eForwards! \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003emoves roughly chronologically through moments in Brummie history; from the Lunar Society\/Priestley Riots, through post war brutalist redevelopment, to the current era of apathy, strikes, mystery fires, and grifters stoking dangerously misguided “patriotism”. The record grew from the band's view of the city as both a microcosm of the wider country, and testing ground for 200 years of unaccountable Westminster experimentation. The title itself is taken from the Birmingham's oft-derided civic motto.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThroughout the record, fellow Birmingham punx \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLuxury Nan Smell\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e take the role of The City Elders, providing backing vocals that interrupt, question or comment on the songs like a running director's commentary. Meanwhile, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBryn Bowen\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, whose CV stretches across numerous Birmingham bands of the 2000s, appears as The Lords of Change, a recurring voice embodying the landlords, lawmakers and civic powerbrokers who shape the city from above.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHIS IS A PREORDER DESPATCHING ON OR AROUND SEPTEMBER 4th\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIF YOU ARE FROM THE USA, PLEASE ORDER FROM THE ALCOPOP!\/JOFO BANDCAMP. WE'LL GET SOME TO THE STATES WHERE THEY CAN BE SHIPPED MORE CHEAPLY FOR YOU \u0026lt;3 \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johnny Foreigner","offers":[{"title":"Vinyl","offer_id":58180591944054,"sku":"112701","price":22.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":58180591976822,"sku":"112702","price":12.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/7233\/3774\/files\/JoFoForwardsMock.jpg?v=1782807026","url":"https:\/\/ilovealcopop.co.uk\/products\/johnny-foreigner-forwards","provider":"Alcopop! Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}