{"product_id":"rowland-s-howard-pop-crimes-lp","title":"ROWLAND S. HOWARD 'POP CRIMES' LP","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003evinyl LP pressing. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWe also have \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.brooklynvegan.com\/products\/rowland-s-howard-teenage-snuff-film-lp\"\u003eTeenage Snuff Film\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSounding dark and devious, as if he was perpetually pondering on a soapbox, ignored by all passerby’s, guitar in hand, preaching of the final days, and the lack of human immortality … in that who we are, and what we leave behind is a mere blurred vision of what we do and whom we effect.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEssentially, Pop Crimes is flawless at painting a perverse and askew image of pop culture in all of its subversive faded glory, complete with covers by both Talk Talk [“Life’s What You Make It”] and Townes Van Zandt [“Nothin”]. He tenders nether of these songs as one might expect, but then Howard seldom did anything by the numbers, leaving us to cypher the reasoning behind these choices. Listening to Pop Crimes is no easy task, it’s painful, it’s heartbreaking, it’s tar on your new shoes from summer heated city streets and the lack of breathable air, laboriously rolling on and on, like a man searching his pockets over and over, knowing he’ll never have the correct change for the subway to take him someplace more bearable.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIf nothing else, Rowland S. Howard has managed to show us a presence, and in the world of rock n’ roll, that’s saying something.- Jenell Kesler www.psychedelicbabymag.com\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1. (I Know) A Girl Called Jonny \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2. Shut Me Down\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e3. Life's What You Make It \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e4. Pop Crimes \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e5. Nothin' \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e6. Wayward Man \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e7. Ava Maria  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e8. The Golden Age of Bloodshed\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"FAT POSSUM","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67497764978906,"sku":"ROWLAND-S-HOWARD-POP-CRIMES-LP","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/4709\/4490\/files\/image_240a6fa3-e085-479c-b136-ba47b9f97d9b.jpg?v=1791231062","url":"https:\/\/metaledgemag.com\/products\/rowland-s-howard-pop-crimes-lp","provider":"Metal Edge","version":"1.0","type":"link"}