Name: Hope
Brand: Ceramic Dog

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

LP-NS-139LE

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Colour

Colour details

Red and Blue Vinyl

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Discogs ID

Format multiplier

Download code

Download code: Yes

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: Yes

Format detail

Indie Exclusive. Includes vinyl-only bonus track.

Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2021-06-25

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Redeye

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

309272739886

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Total Cap

2 / Extended format: Yes / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / red

LP-NS-139

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Black

Extended format: No

Includes vinyl-only bonus track

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309272739398

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2 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

Artist

Ceramic Dog

Genre US

Rock-Pop

Label US

Northern Spy Records

By May 2020, Marc Ribot had begun to find being depressed depressing. The guitarist and his Ceramic Dog trio—bassist/multi-instrumentalist Shahzad Ismaily and drummer Ches Smith—hadn’t played for months. With precautions in place, the trio headed to Ismaily’s Figure 8 Recording studio in Brooklyn and set about capturing eight originals that reflect the era’s uncertainty. “Originally,” Ribot says, “we were going to call it Better Luck Next Time, but that felt… somehow unnecessary.” Throughout <i>Hope</i>, Ribot flexes minimalist storytelling skills to sketch life’s ennui—a kind of pointlessness that goes far beyond existentialism. “This record, versus that last one, has more of the effects of political burnout,” he says—and the overriding passion that drove Ceramic Dog back into the studio is palpably audible on every track. 

Hope

Music US

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