{"product_id":"0036172956029-transistor-radio","title":"Transistor Radio","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEDITORIAL REVIEWS \u003cbr\u003e  From a half-named troubadour with an otherworldly voice and an old time sensibility comes this fourth full-length, a collection of songs dedicated to the last remaining independent radio stations. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e AMAZON \u003cbr\u003e Transistor Radio may be bookmarked by instrumentals, but M. Wards cracked, jazzy croon is the true star of all his work. The sixteen tunes here all sound like sketches that became songs on the spot, and we all know the well-crafted illusion of spontaneity is a very difficult thing to pull off repeatedly. His most consistently enjoyable album to date, Transistor offers breezy, smart, poppy music very much in the American folk tradition, from country blues to bleary-eyed bedroom strums. This is the soundtrack to a lazy Sunday when you sleep in, read the Times in bed, cuddle with a friend, then finally leave the house for cheese grits. \"Ill Be Yr Bird\" sounds like the Fruit Bats collaborating with Vic Chesnutt, while Ward recalls Stew on \"Hi Fi,\" the deadpan lyrics over lazy, lovely sounds: \"Why burn your bridges when you can blow your bridges up?\" The laudanum-like charms of Wards music are tough to resist. --Mike McGonigal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41505378140257,"sku":"0036172956029","price":13.43,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/products\/orig_831826_910696.jpg?v=1707944164","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/0036172956029-transistor-radio","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}