{"product_id":"last-war-cd","title":"Last War: CD","description":"\u003cp\u003eHaley Bonar was first discovered by Low’s Alan Sparhawk who\nspotted her at a local open mic club in Duluth, Minnesota and was so\nimpressed he immediately invited her to join them on tour. A week\nlater, nineteen year old Haley Bonar was transformed from college\nstudent to ambitious dropout, crammed into a Honda Civic with a\nguitar and a drummer for company, touring the US opening for Low.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHowever, there’s more to this story. In the decade since Haley has\nreleased a succession of recordings, each of which have garnered\nmore praise than the last and has seen her collaborate with the likes\nof Andrew Bird (with whom Haley occasionally plays live) and Justin\nVernon (who features on the new album). That’s not to mention the\ncompany she keeps in a rotating cast of premium band members\nincluding Jeremy Hanson (Tapes ‘n Tapes), Luke Anderson (Rogue\nValley), Jeremy Ylvisaker (Andrew Bird, Alpha Consumer) and Mike\nLewis (Bon Iver, Alpha Consumer). Now, with her new album ‘Last\nWar’ Haley looks set to find a wider audience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMuch of the joy of Bonar’s songwriting is in the tension between her\nsparkling melodic sensibility and her deeply ambivalent lyrics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlbum opener ‘Kill The Fun’ positively crackles with traces of The\nBangles and The Cure at their most pop, as Bonar chronicles her\ntravels with a lover, taking some moments to reveal the nature of the\nrelationship: “You’ll be here till morning \/ You will get back on the\nplane \/ Go back to work \/ where you never knew my name.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn ‘No Sensitive Man’ (which features the most Clem Burke drums\noutside of a Blondie record), she claims “I don’t want no sensitive\nman \/ I don't want to talk”, while on the captivating ‘Heaven’s Made\nFor Two’ Bonar’s daydreaming vocal drifts ethereally as the\ninstrumentation builds from stripped-back beginnings into a countrymeets-\nshoegaze wall of sound crescendo.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn ‘Last War’ the complexities hit as hard as the hooks, a smart,\ncareful balance achieved through equal doses of mystery and charm.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklisting\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n1.\tKill The Fun\u003cbr\u003e\n2.\tNo Sensitive Man\u003cbr\u003e\n3.\tLast War\u003cbr\u003e\n4.\tHeaven’s Made For Two\u003cbr\u003e\n5.\tFrom A Cage\u003cbr\u003e\n6.\tWoke Up In My Future\u003cbr\u003e\n7.\tBad Reputation\u003cbr\u003e\n8.\tCan’t Believe Our Luck\u003cbr\u003e\n9.\tEat For Free\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Recordstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49975919935730,"sku":"MI335CD","price":0.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0850\/1621\/5794\/files\/SharedImage-3798.jpg?v=1787641037","url":"https:\/\/recordstero.shop\/products\/last-war-cd","provider":"recordstero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}