Name: Ultrapop
Brand: The Armed

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

SH231LP

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Colour

Clear

Colour details

Clear 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

Printed inner sleeve + lyric insert

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2022-08-26

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Cargo

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

0634457013834

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Total Cap

1 / Extended format: Yes / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / clear

SH231LPOW

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White

LP+++ - Printed Inner Sleeve and Lyric Insert

2022-03-11

0634457068520

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1 / Extended format: Yes / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / white

Artist

The Armed

Genre GB

Alternative / Modern

Label GB

Sargent House

Sargent House is an American management company and record label based in Los Angeles. Founded in June 2006 by a665884, it has become a prominent force in the music industry. With a diverse roster of talented artists, Sargent House continues to push boundaries and redefine genres.
With a focus on nurturing creativity and supporting artistic vision, Sargent House has gained a reputation for its commitment to quality music. The label's dedication to its artists is evident through their hands-on approach, providing guidance and resources to help them thrive.
From alternative rock to experimental sounds, Sargent House represents a wide range of musical styles. Their eclectic roster includes some of the most innovative acts in the industry today. Whether you're looking for established favorites or exciting new discoveries, Sargent House has something for everyone.

The Armed is an Italo synth-funk crossover act that emerged in the early 1980s. The band was formed in Vicenza, Italy by producer Maurizio Sangineto (Sangy) and vocalists Joe Bunch, Kenny Claiborne, and James Otis White Jr., who were stationed at a nearby US military base. Despite their short-lived existence of about 2 to 3 years, the band faced challenges in keeping its US and Italian members together.

The Armed return with their first new album in over three years and Sargent House debut, Ultrapop. The album reaches the same extremities of sonic expression as the furthest depths of metal, noise, and otherwise "heavy" counterculture music subgenres but finds its foundation firmly in pop music and pop culture. As is always The Armed's mission, it seeks only to create the most intense experience possible, a magnification of all culture, beauty, and things. The band goes on to explain, "crafting vital art means presenting the audience with new and intriguing tensions sonically, visually, conceptually. Over time and through use, those tensions become less novel and effective and they become expectations.

The concept of "subgenre" becomes almost the antithesis of vitality in art itself a fetishization of expectation. Ultrapop seeks to create a truly new listener experience. It is an open rebellion against the culture of expectation in "heavy" music. It is a joyous, genderless, post-nihilist, anti-punk, razor-focused take on creating the most intense listener experience possible. It's the harshest, most beautiful, most hideous thing we could make." This album follows their recent contribution to the Cyberpunk 2077 soundtrack “Night City Aliens” and 2018’s critically acclaimed album Only Love, which landed on ‘Album of the Year’ lists from The Atlantic, Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, Vice, Stereogum, and many more. The album was co-produced by the band's own Dan Greene in collaboration with Ben Chisholm (Chelsea Wolfe) and features contributions from Mark Lanegan, Troy Van Leeuwen (Queens of the Stone Age, A Perfect Circle), Ben Koller (Converge, Killer Be Killed, Mutoid Man) and many more.

Ultrapop

Music GB

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