Name: Summer at Land's End
Brand: The Reds, Pinks and Purples

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TLV142LP

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Extended format: Yes

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

1750

Release date

2022-02-04

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5055869548007

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

TLV142LPB

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2022-12-02

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TLV142CD

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Artist

The Reds, Pinks and Purples

Genre GB

Indie Pop / Shoegaze

Label GB

Tough Love

The Reds, Pinks and Purples is a San Franciscan DIY kitchen pop project led by Glenn Donaldson. With live support from friends, this project creates captivating music that combines elements of indie pop and lo-fi aesthetics. Known for their heartfelt lyrics and catchy melodies, The Reds, Pinks and Purples have gained a loyal following in the music scene. Their unique sound and authentic approach to music make them a must-listen for fans of alternative pop.

Tough Love is a record label based in London, UK. Established in 2005, the label has become a prominent force in the music industry, representing a diverse range of talented artists and releasing groundbreaking music across various genres.
With an unwavering commitment to quality and innovation, Tough Love has earned a reputation for discovering and nurturing emerging talent. The label's extensive catalog showcases an eclectic mix of electronic, house, techno, and alternative sounds that captivate listeners worldwide.
Driven by a passion for music and an entrepreneurial spirit, Tough Love continues to push boundaries and challenge conventions. With their finger on the pulse of contemporary trends and an ear for timeless melodies, they are at the forefront of shaping the future of music.

Summer at Land’s End is not an interlude or tangent for The Reds, Pinks and Purples but rather a perfect fourth movement following the albums Anxiety Art, You Might Be Happy Someday, and Uncommon Weather. As with these self-recorded records (the primary work of songwriter Glenn Donaldson), the songs on Summer at Land’s End were crafted slowly and then drawn together to make a unified statement. But here, and more than before, Summer at Land’s End combines Donaldson’s rueful pop sensibility with a parallel musical universe, one composed of pictures, dreams, and feelings without words. Even if the underlying theme of this collection is one of conflict or unhappiness, the vision of the music presents an escape to a new world, always fading in and out of sight.

For listeners who may not be familiar with Donaldson’s corner of San Francisco - the Richmond district - or the current wave of hazy, melodic DIY pop groups performing in the city, Summer at Land’s End pulls in images and scenes that feel like a collision of the mundane and the sublime of this present landscape. But settings such as these are the backdrop for personal narratives, expressed as a struggle with love, with companionship and the conflicts of home. With this record, The Reds, Pinks and Purples give less focus to the vanities of a subculture and more to the challenge of connecting with someone, to the ordinary goals of being human and finding harmony with others.

This deliberate saturation in drama and ambiance, along with some of Donaldson’s best songwriting to date, is what gives Summer at Land’s End its special class in the project’s discography. Of the album’s cinematic mood, Donaldson refers to films like Summer of ‘42 and the influence of the classic 4AD catalogue of the 1990s. This style informs much of Donaldson’s prior and current ventures of course (The Ivytree, Vacant Gardens, and a dozen projects in between) but now The Reds, Pinks and Purples have taken the mantle, embracing this instinct for instrumental or dreamier modes of pop songwriting. It’s a pleasure to experience Summer at Land’s End, as this record finds a thrilling balance between songs and sounds, instruments and voices, and the ironic twin poles of art and life.

For fans of Sarah Records, 90s 4AD, Blue Boy, The Clientele, early Belle and Sebastian, Felt, The Smiths

Summer at Land's End

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