{"product_id":"kelley-stoltz-ah-etc","title":"Kelley Stoltz - Ah! (etc)","description":"\u003cp\u003e“I was guzzling wine at my favorite bar in San Francisco, the Rite Spot, and the entertainment that night was some local opera singers singing along with a big video screen showing a collage of various operatic moments with subtitles.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eOne particular subtitle, ‘Ah!-(etc)’ made me laugh, I thought it was a perfect description of life - the joy of existence against the etcetera of it all, the struggle.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eWith a heavy head of rose’ it seemed like ecstatic poetry!\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eI scribbled it on a napkin and thought it might make a good title for something”\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eAnd so the mystery behind the title of Kelley Stoltz new record is solved.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eLess of a mystery is the quality contained therein… after 12 self-titled releases and a several more under pseudonyms, Stoltz is the word for “one-man-band-home-recording-pop-songs of idiosyncratic character.”\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eA quick follow up to his more power pop and pub rock LP only “Hard Feelings” offering in the summer,\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e“Ah-(etc)” finds Stoltz returning to his sweet spot, writing songs that never were, but should have been in the 60’s and 80’s. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eAs with other LPs Stoltz makes virtually every noise on the album which was written and recorded in 2019 at his Electric Duck Studio in. San Francisco.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eA few friends popped in to play along… Stoltz former bandmate, Echo \u0026amp; the Bunnymen’s Will Sergeant adds electric guitar to “The Quiet Ones” a sort of Scott Walker lyrical take on strangers and neighbors.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eKarina Denike formerly of Dance Hall Crashers adds gorgeous vocals on the bossanova groover “Moon Shy”, where Sergeant pops up again in a spoken word role on the outro.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eAllyson Baker of SF’s Dirty Ghosts sings on “She Like Noise”, a song Stoltz wrote for her in celebration of her love of seeing live bands. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eThe album was mastered by Mikey Young in Australia\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDINKED EDITION:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEXCLUSIVE YELLOW SPLATTER VINYL\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEXCLUSIVE BONUS PINK VINYL 4 TRACK 12” “CASIO LIFE” EP\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNUMBERED EDITION\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLIMITED PRESSING OF 350\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"South Records Ltd","offers":[{"title":"DINKED LP","offer_id":64322866741625,"sku":null,"price":17.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0973\/1463\/6153\/files\/kelley-stoltz-ah-etc-south-records-ltd_2beaf6a9-391b-445e-98d7-e06ecf41dc0c.jpg?v=1787903672","url":"https:\/\/vinyl-relic.com\/products\/kelley-stoltz-ah-etc","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}