{"product_id":"luna-rendezvous","title":"Luna - Rendezvous","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOn their seventh and final -- according to \u003c\/span\u003eDean Wareham\u003cspan\u003e -- collection of two-chord anthems featuring languid social observations and quietly perverse come-ons, dream pop veterans Luna do little to cement their handprints in rock \u0026amp; roll history. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRendezvous couldn't be more anticlimactic, but the \u003c\/span\u003eGalaxie 500\u003cspan\u003e spinoff was never about exclamation points. Recorded live in the studio, \u003c\/span\u003eWareham\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003eSean Eden\u003cspan\u003e's hypnotic guitar playing resonates deeper than on previous outings, ably complementing the singer's wry, bohemian non sequiturs, but even standout tracks like the rollicking \"Speedbumps\".\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe wistful \"Still at Home,\" and the lush \"Broken Chair\" -- the latter expounding on the group's recent forays into alt-country -- seem destined to fall off the disc itself, climb out of the window, and hitch a ride back to their creator. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThere's an air of indifference throughout the record that keeps otherwise excellent tracks like \"Malibu Love Nest,\" with its sly, late-night debauchery, grounded in the superficial. \u003c\/span\u003eWareham\u003cspan\u003e, whose 2002 collaboration \u003c\/span\u003eL'Avventura\u003cspan\u003e with bassist\/singer \u003c\/span\u003eBritta Phillips\u003cspan\u003e remains a career high point, continues to mine \u003c\/span\u003ethe Velvet Underground\u003cspan\u003e, but his demeanor throughout Rendezvous feels more reserved than reverent, resulting in a string of songs that, like Luna, hints at greatness but never seems to choose the fork in the road that might take them there.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MusicFromBigBlue","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57608009548149,"sku":"Luna-Rendezvous","price":30.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0109\/5807\/8011\/files\/Luna-Rendezvous.jpg?v=1790337886","url":"https:\/\/shop.lastnightfromglasgow.com\/products\/luna-rendezvous","provider":"lastnightfromglasgow","version":"1.0","type":"link"}