{"product_id":"helado-negro-this-is-how-you-smile","title":"Helado Negro - This Is How You Smile","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"st__content-block st__content-block--text\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHelado Negro returns with\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis Is How You Smile\u003c\/i\u003e, an album that freely flickers between clarity and obscurity, past and present geographies, bright and unhurried seasons. Miami-born, New York-based artist Roberto Carlos Lange embraces a personal and universal exploration of aura – seen, felt, emitted – on his sixth album and second for RVNG Intl.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"st__content-block st__content-block--text\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis Is How You Smile’s\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eopener\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ePlease Won’t Please\u003c\/i\u003e, a call back to\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ePrivate Energy,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efinds vitality in turning the privacy dial further inward. Setting the scene with a spare drumbeat that moves the music forward in a more maligned than militant march, Lange’s voice tenderly permits himself weariness: “We light ourselves on fire, just to see if anyone believes.” Something must be reserved, “will anyone rescue what’s left of me.” Diving into glimmering spirals, the remainder of the album takes leave of the broader “we” and mines intimate pairings - siblings, parent \/ child relationships, partnership, and old friends. The story of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis Is How You Smile\u003c\/i\u003eincludes a jaunty, head-nodding walk with his brother on hot pavement to the community pool of his childhood neighborhood in Florida. Such days end with a welcome fatigue and chlorine blurred reveries in\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeen My Aura\u003c\/i\u003e. The confidence and security of youth, moves away from family, across years and regions, to a bleak winter of\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eImagining What to Do\u003c\/i\u003e, and loving partners deciding to make each other smile, while waiting for the sun to return.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"st__content-block st__content-block--text\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis Is How You Smile\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003einvites listeners on a walk through the changing colours of early mornings and evenings, writing, recording, or hearing a friend, a figure emerges, and there you are.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"South Records Ltd","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":64322771616121,"sku":null,"price":15.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0973\/1463\/6153\/files\/helado-negro-this-is-how-you-smile-south-records-ltd_884ac238-56a8-4588-b1aa-ef99996bef1a.jpg?v=1787903247","url":"https:\/\/vinyl-relic.com\/products\/helado-negro-this-is-how-you-smile","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}