{"product_id":"the-past-is-still-alive-cd","title":"The Past Is Still Alive: CD","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"x_WordSection1\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"x_MsoNormal\"\u003eW\u003cspan class=\"x_normaltextrun\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eith the announcement of their latest and most liberating album to date, \u003cstrong\u003eHurray For The Riff Raff \u003c\/strong\u003e(aka Alynda Segarra, they\/them) opens the doorway to a language and world that are finally their own.  \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Past Is Still Alive\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e represents a new beginning in Segarra’s lauded evolution as a storyteller.  During a period of pain and personal grief, they found inspiration in radical poetry, railroad culture, outsider art, the work of writer Eileen Myles, and the history of activist groups like ACT UP and Gran Fury.  Discovering a stronger, more singular style of writing, Segarra uses their lyrics as memory boxes to process their trauma, identity, and dreams for the future.  They immortalize and say goodbye to those they have loved and lost, illustrate the many shapes and patterns of time’s passing, and honor the heartbroken and the hopeful parts of themselves, as they deliver a first-person telling of their life so far.  It is both a memoir and a roadmap, and though \u003cem\u003eThe Past Is Still Alive \u003c\/em\u003ewas made in North Carolina and produced by \u003cstrong\u003eBrad Cook\u003c\/strong\u003e (Bon Iver, Kevin Morby, Waxahatchee), the Bronx-born, New Orleans-based Segarra brings listeners to places far beyond: vivid experiences of small shops and buffalo stampedes in Santa Fe, childhood road trips to Florida, struggles of addiction in the Lower East Side, days-long journeys to outrun the cops in Nebraska, and more, across their most magnetic collection of songs yet. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"x_MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"x_normaltextrun\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“\u003cem\u003eThe Past Is Still Alive\u003c\/em\u003e is an album grappling with time, memory, love and loss, recorded in Durham, NC a month after losing my Father.  ‘Alibi’ is a plea, a last-ditch effort to get through to someone you already know you’re gonna lose.  It’s a song to myself, to my Father, almost fooling myself because I know what’s done is done.  But it feels good to beg.  A reckoning with time and memory.  The song is exhausted with loving someone so much it hurts.  Addiction separates us.  With memories of the Lower East Side in the early 2000s of my childhood, mixed with imagery of the endless West that calls to artists and wanderers.” – \u003cstrong\u003eAlynda Segarra\/Hurray For The Riff Raff\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"x_MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"x_normaltextrun\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe follow-up to their acclaimed Nonesuch debut, \u003cem\u003eLife on Earth\u003c\/em\u003e – which landed on Best of 2022 lists from the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eNPR Music\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMojo\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eUncut\u003c\/em\u003e, among others – \u003cem\u003eThe Past Is Still Alive\u003c\/em\u003e sees Hurray For The Riff Raff reunite with Brad Cook, while further expanding their creative cast of collaborators.  \u003cstrong\u003eAnjimile\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eConor Oberst,\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eS.G. Goodman\u003c\/strong\u003e all join Alynda Segarra on vocals at various points throughout the LP, with a band of musicians including \u003cstrong\u003eCook\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eLibby Rodenbough\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eMatt Douglas\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eMeg Duffy\u003c\/strong\u003e of Hand Habits, \u003cstrong\u003eMike Mogis\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003ePhil Cook\u003c\/strong\u003e, and \u003cstrong\u003eYan Westerlund\u003c\/strong\u003e.  Mike Mogis also mixed the album, and it was mastered by \u003cstrong\u003eHeba Kadry\u003c\/strong\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"x_WordSection2\"\u003e\u003cp class=\"x_MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"x_eop\"\u003e1. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"x_normaltextrun\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAlibi \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"x_eop\"\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"x_eop\"\u003e2. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"x_normaltextrun\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBuffalo \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"x_eop\"\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"x_eop\"\u003e3. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"x_normaltextrun\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHawkmoon \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"x_eop\"\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"x_eop\"\u003e4. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"x_normaltextrun\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eColossus of Roads \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"x_eop\"\u003e5. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"x_normaltextrun\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSnake Plant (The Past Is Still Alive)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"x_eop\"\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"x_eop\"\u003e6. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"x_normaltextrun\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVetiver  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"x_eop\"\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"x_eop\"\u003e7. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"x_normaltextrun\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHourglass \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"x_eop\"\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"x_eop\"\u003e8. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"x_normaltextrun\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDynamo \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"x_eop\"\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"x_eop\"\u003e9. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"x_normaltextrun\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe World Is Dangerous \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"x_eop\"\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"x_eop\"\u003e10. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"x_normaltextrun\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOgallala \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"x_eop\"\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"x_eop\"\u003e11. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"x_normaltextrun\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKiko Forever \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Recordstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49978759545074,"sku":"75597902594","price":4.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0850\/1621\/5794\/files\/past.png?v=1787664280","url":"https:\/\/recordstero.shop\/products\/the-past-is-still-alive-cd","provider":"recordstero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}