Name: Euphoric Recall
Brand: Braids

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

LP-SCRT-152

Colour

Black

Colour details

Discogs ID

[r26939150]

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Download code

Download code: Yes

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2023-04-28

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Redeye

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

680341526010

Total Cap

Black LP

CD-SCRT-152

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Includes 12-page booklet

680341526027

Artist

Braids

Genre US

Rock-Pop

Label US

Secret City Records

Braids is a Canadian indie rock/shoegaze ensemble hailing from Calgary, Alberta. The band was formed in 2006 and consists of members Raphaelle Standell-Preston, Katie Lee, Taylor Smith, and Austin Tufts.

With their unique blend of indie rock and shoegaze influences, Braids has garnered critical acclaim for their atmospheric soundscapes and introspective lyrics. Their music captures the essence of raw emotion and vulnerability, creating an immersive experience for listeners.

Known for their captivating live performances, Braids has toured extensively around the world, showcasing their talent on stages big and small. Their dedication to pushing boundaries and experimenting with different musical styles sets them apart as true innovators in the indie rock scene.

Over the past decade, Braids have devoted themselves to exploring their art, together, making for one of the more daring and fluid catalogs in contemporary experimental pop. JUNO Award winners and twice-shortlisted for the Polaris Music Prize, Braids see their story as a series of actions and reactions, a collective expression that swings like a pendulum between process-driven precision and open-hearted freeness. For their fifth full-length, Euphoric Recall, the band embraced the latter, intuitively pursuing the playful joy and spontaneity they'd been craving in the absence of live performances — the ""kinetic and exciting"" (The New York Times) energy that's become their superpower across over 500 shows played worldwide. Standell-Preston found herself in the rush of new love, drawing generously from her tender heart space, which Smith and Tufts, renewed by recent collaborations and studio work, understood intrinsically. As songs emerged, the rhythms and textures became brighter and looser, unhurried and brimming with life, the result of greenlighting the ideas that simply felt good the second they hit the air. Often written on the spot in just a few takes, Standell-Preston's lyrics are vivid, exhilarating, and evocative, a directness indicative of fully knowing oneself and engaging the moment. Organic and electronic elements weave in and out, shading a rich universe without crowding it. Self-produced and for the first time composing and arranging string parts, the band welcomed the guiding flourishes of an ensemble on cello, viola, and violins. The sound is lush and sprawling yet captured with in-the-room clarity; it grooves viscerally, freer, and wholly anew. Braids abandoned strategy, burned it down, and realized their love record. Love, all of it; the unbound bliss, the budding impulses, and the messy imperfections, a supernova swirled up in a suite of bold, patient, symphonic pop songs surrendered to the present, Euphoric Recall.

Euphoric Recall

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