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{"id":8873814589690,"title":"R.J.F. (Ross J. Farrar) \/\/ Cleaning Out The Empty Administration Building LP [COLOR]","handle":"r-j-f-cleaning-out-the-empty-administration-building-lp-color","description":"\u003cp\u003eCeremonyやSpiceのブレインとしても活動しているRoss J. Farrarが、2025年8月にDaisからリリースしたソロレコードです。\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eノーウェーブ〜アヴァンジャズ10曲を収録。真珠カラー盤です。\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=2066619965\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=none\/transparent=true\/\" style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eレーベルその他作品は\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/tobirarecords.com\/collections\/dais\"\u003eこちら\u003c\/a\u003e \/\/\/ Click \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/tobirarecords.com\/collections\/dais\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e to see more Dais Records releases available at Tobira.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-----------------------------------------\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003eRELEASE DATE: 15th August 2025\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e12\" opaque white vinyl.\u003cbr\u003eWhite vinyl edition of 400.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e1. Advance\u003cbr\u003e2. The Solitude of Victory 02:37\u003cbr\u003e3. Ovidian\u003cbr\u003e4. Gravity Hill\u003cbr\u003e5. In Your City\u003cbr\u003e6. Exile 03:52\u003cbr\u003e7. Here Again W\/ Birdy\u003cbr\u003e8. Frogs\u003cbr\u003e9. Strawberry\u003cbr\u003e10. Traveling Light From Afar\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDais Records:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003e...\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eFarrar’s punk pathos is present in traces of 'Cleaning', while his clearest cues come from music built more through repetition: drone, no-wave, Avant-jazz, and beyond. His plainspoken prose nods to Lou Reed, Rowland S. Howard and other weirdo greats. His lyrics riff on love, addiction, fatherhood, and life in the modern world. \"I wanted to make images that people can see clearly,\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003ehe says. Farrar used to teach writing and literature, and here he applies the simple principle he encouraged his students to follow: don’t overthink it. \"I was just saying to myself, these songs should be fun. They shouldn't be stressful. Do a couple of different takes and call it, you know, don't obsess over the sounds of everything. Do whatever comes out naturally, and if you feel it, then print it.\" Selected from hundreds of freeform songs he’s recorded on borrowed gear in recent years, the album presented itself over time. \"It just kept coming.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Cleaning''s tone has a way of bending time, displacing the listener through a hall of songs, each opening a different door into rooms that often feel eerily familiar. The gurgling bass of opener \"Advance\" returns elsewhere, haunting tracks like \"Ovidian,\" a reference to Metamorphōsēs by the Roman poet Ovid, where Farrar waxes on the wonder of change over distant chimes.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eInstrumentals \"Gravity Hill,\" a flutter of buzzing synth and static, and \"Frogs,\" all strums and pots n’ pans percussion, serve as trance-inducing interstitials, adding to the power of the prose that surrounds. \"Exile\" looks back on fallouts he can no longer repair; “So much of your heart caught in my exile,” he sings with tender resignation, looping a lone piano refrain with ambling guitar chords for the collection’s most structured arrangement, a reminder of Farrar’s knack for melodic phrasings.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe album ends on \"Traveling Light From Afar,\" a full step faster than anything that precedes it. Here, over a backbone of motorik pulses, Farrar addresses the crux of the project head-on. “I’ve been so young in my old age \/ Selfish \u0026amp; self-pitying \/ But that’s just narcissism–man.” It is this balance, between gritty self-interrogation and the clarity of self-awareness that comes with getting older, that the artist can make space for progress, emptying out the building, one line at a time.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArtist : R.J.F.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLabel : Dais Records\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ecat no : DAIS242lp-C1\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2025-08-03T07:09:33+09:00","created_at":"2025-07-31T16:53:48+09:00","vendor":"Tobira Records","type":"","tags":["dais records","lp","new","strange beats"],"price":339500,"price_min":339500,"price_max":339500,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":47566951973114,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":null,"requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"R.J.F. 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Farrarが、2025年8月にDaisからリリースしたソロレコードです。\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eノーウェーブ〜アヴァンジャズ10曲を収録。真珠カラー盤です。\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=2066619965\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=none\/transparent=true\/\" style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eレーベルその他作品は\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/tobirarecords.com\/collections\/dais\"\u003eこちら\u003c\/a\u003e \/\/\/ Click \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/tobirarecords.com\/collections\/dais\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e to see more Dais Records releases available at Tobira.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-----------------------------------------\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003eRELEASE DATE: 15th August 2025\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e12\" opaque white vinyl.\u003cbr\u003eWhite vinyl edition of 400.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e1. Advance\u003cbr\u003e2. The Solitude of Victory 02:37\u003cbr\u003e3. Ovidian\u003cbr\u003e4. Gravity Hill\u003cbr\u003e5. In Your City\u003cbr\u003e6. Exile 03:52\u003cbr\u003e7. Here Again W\/ Birdy\u003cbr\u003e8. Frogs\u003cbr\u003e9. Strawberry\u003cbr\u003e10. Traveling Light From Afar\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDais Records:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003e...\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eFarrar’s punk pathos is present in traces of 'Cleaning', while his clearest cues come from music built more through repetition: drone, no-wave, Avant-jazz, and beyond. His plainspoken prose nods to Lou Reed, Rowland S. Howard and other weirdo greats. His lyrics riff on love, addiction, fatherhood, and life in the modern world. \"I wanted to make images that people can see clearly,\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003ehe says. Farrar used to teach writing and literature, and here he applies the simple principle he encouraged his students to follow: don’t overthink it. \"I was just saying to myself, these songs should be fun. They shouldn't be stressful. Do a couple of different takes and call it, you know, don't obsess over the sounds of everything. Do whatever comes out naturally, and if you feel it, then print it.\" Selected from hundreds of freeform songs he’s recorded on borrowed gear in recent years, the album presented itself over time. \"It just kept coming.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Cleaning''s tone has a way of bending time, displacing the listener through a hall of songs, each opening a different door into rooms that often feel eerily familiar. The gurgling bass of opener \"Advance\" returns elsewhere, haunting tracks like \"Ovidian,\" a reference to Metamorphōsēs by the Roman poet Ovid, where Farrar waxes on the wonder of change over distant chimes.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eInstrumentals \"Gravity Hill,\" a flutter of buzzing synth and static, and \"Frogs,\" all strums and pots n’ pans percussion, serve as trance-inducing interstitials, adding to the power of the prose that surrounds. \"Exile\" looks back on fallouts he can no longer repair; “So much of your heart caught in my exile,” he sings with tender resignation, looping a lone piano refrain with ambling guitar chords for the collection’s most structured arrangement, a reminder of Farrar’s knack for melodic phrasings.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe album ends on \"Traveling Light From Afar,\" a full step faster than anything that precedes it. Here, over a backbone of motorik pulses, Farrar addresses the crux of the project head-on. “I’ve been so young in my old age \/ Selfish \u0026amp; self-pitying \/ But that’s just narcissism–man.” It is this balance, between gritty self-interrogation and the clarity of self-awareness that comes with getting older, that the artist can make space for progress, emptying out the building, one line at a time.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArtist : R.J.F.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLabel : Dais Records\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ecat no : DAIS242lp-C1\u003c\/p\u003e"}