{"product_id":"taking-my-time-to-be-white-vinyl-lp","title":"Taking My Time To Be: White Vinyl LP","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2023 WHITE VINYL REPRESS.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e- Long awaited repress of sell out debut Mini-LP. originally released in 2019, Strawberry Guy has\namassed a large following online, with over 50 Millions streams.\u003cbr\u003e\n- Limited Cream (No Strawberries) 180g Coloured 12” Vinyl.\u003cbr\u003e\n- Includes Download Code.\u003cbr\u003e\n- Forthcoming debut full album ‘Sun Outside My Window’ will be released early 2022 on Melodic.\u003cbr\u003e\nGreat review in MOJO already..\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘’WISTFUL, UPBEAT ONE-MAN-BAND AND ONLINE STAR”S FIRST LP DOES NOT DISAPPOINT..A\nPERFECT CONTINUATION OF THE DREAM POP OF BLACK, CHINA CRISIS AND THE LIGHTNING\nSEEDS’’ MOJO 4\/5\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Alex Stephens (A.K.A. Strawberry Guy) self-released his debut single last year, he was merely doing it\nout of a love for songwriting. What he wasn't expecting was a million Youtube streams and an avid fanbase.\nNow, the South-Wales born, Liverpool-based songwriter is ready to release a full EP of his compelling, lushly\nproduced dream-pop.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBorn outside Cardiff, Strawberry Guy moved to Liverpool to study music and grow as a writer. 'I knew that it\nwas a very artistic city with all it’s creative history, it seemed like the perfect place to move to.' he says.\nWhether it's playing keyboards in The Orielles or just being part of the city's growing musical scene, Alex\nplays music for the love of music, something that heavily translates into his adept songwriting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe intense emotional feel of the tracks he writes is down to Alex's songwriting process, recording the entire\nEP in his bedroom \u0026amp; producing it himself. 'I feel that it’s important to me to only write\/record when you’re\nchanneling some kind of emotion, so I would only work on it when I was in the right mood to do so.' He\nanswers when asked about the isolated environment into which he put himself for the recording process.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMuch of the inspiration for Alex's work comes from experience rather than other artists. 'When something\nsignificant happens to me, all I want to do is make music.' In terms of musical touchstones however, there's\nthe obvious dream-pop contemporaries such as Beach House and Weyes Blood, coupled with great\nsongwriters of old like Nat King Cole or Harry Nillson. Sonically, a blend of orchestral \u0026amp; synthesized\nmelodies layer together to act as a platform for his heartfelt lyrics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOpener 'Without You' is a fine example of this, a break-up song of sorts, with an infectious keyboard melody\nand swirling synths over which Alex contemplates whether it's even possible to find lasting love. The lyrics\n'Do you really have to talk about the things you do with him? Do you really have to talk about your love?' hit\nparticularly heavily.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContrast this with the final track, the titular 'Taking My Time To Be', a powerful song of self-discovery.\nBeginning with downtempo piano and drums, the song breaks out into a saxophone and synth solo that\nwouldn't go amiss on a Badalamenti soundtrack. 'The song is about me learning to be comfortable with\nmyself, but then wondering if I'll be accepted for being myself' Alex imparts. It's a fitting closer to a EP driven\nby emotion and experience.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Recordstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49978432225522,"sku":"MELO122","price":5.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0850\/1621\/5794\/files\/SharedImage-146879.png?v=1787661686","url":"https:\/\/recordstero.shop\/products\/taking-my-time-to-be-white-vinyl-lp","provider":"recordstero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}