Name: Real Life Situations
Brand: Juan Wauters

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

CT338LPC1

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Colour

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Transparent Ruby Vinyl

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Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: Yes

Format detail

Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2021-05-14

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Secre­tly

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

0817949033859

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

Artist

Juan Wauters

Genre US

Rock-Pop

Label US

Captured Tracks

Juan Wauters is a talented musician hailing from Queens, NY. He is best known as the leader of The Beets, a renowned indie rock band. With his unique style and captivating performances, Juan has gained a loyal following in the music industry. His passion for creating meaningful and authentic music shines through in every song he writes and performs. Whether you're a long-time fan or new to his music, Juan Wauters is sure to leave a lasting impression with his heartfelt lyrics and soulful melodies.
Throughout his career, Juan Wauters has been recognized for his exceptional talent and dedication to his craft. As the frontman of The Beets, he has released several critically acclaimed albums that have garnered praise from both fans and critics alike. With each project, Juan continues to push boundaries and explore new musical territories.
Born and raised in Queens, NY, Juan draws inspiration from his surroundings and personal experiences. His music reflects the vibrant energy of the city while also delving into deeper themes of love, loss, and self-discovery. Through his introspective lyrics and raw emotions, Juan connects with listeners on a profound level.

Juan Wauters’ fifth solo album, Real Life Situations, is a multifaceted ode to surrendering control and taking life as it comes. References to radio abound on its 21 tracks, and with good reason - the album spans genres, narrators, languages, and perspectives with the ease of spinning a rotary knob. Mining older songs, phone notes, new material, and snippets from TV and YouTube, Wauters has crafted an aural document of the year through his eyes.

Despite the circumstances of its creation, Real Life Situations is not a quarantine record. In many ways it’s the opposite of one, taking togetherness as both its subject and its primary medium. Pre-lockdown collaborations with Mac DeMarco, Peter Sagar (AKA Homeshake), Nick Hakim, Cola Boyy, El David Aguilar, and more playfully offset Wauters’ more pensive solo tracks, and even in its sparest moments the album pulses with life. This is due in part to an impressive array of interludes and samples, most of which are field recordings that Wauters collects on his phone, ranging from the innocuous (“A Peter Pan Donuts Conversation”) to the intense (“Crack Dabbling”).

Under his care, these small moments become coordinates for the peaks and valleys of human experience, coloring the album with Wauters’ unique shade of realism. “Some people think I’m an optimist”, he explains, “but I’m not. I’m always seeing all sides of things.” 

Of course, Wauters himself never disappears in the boisterous crowd - he lends his chameleonic songwriting to experiments in hip-hop (“Unity”), lo-fi R&amp;B (“Mon- soon”), and deft indie folk (“Lion Dome”). Themes of loneliness, personal growth, patience, and companionship arise again and again; we can feel Wauters navi- gating a rapidly-changing world in real time. Jubilant choruses and spoken word poetry bleed into city noises and overheard conversations. Real freedom, the album suggests, comes not from gaining control, but from accepting its artifice. Like the programming on a radio station, there’s something here for everyone. All you have to do is listen.

Real Life Situations

Music US

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