{"product_id":"sam-millar-virtual-summer-indies-exclusive-pink-vinyl","title":"Sam Millar – Virtual Summer - Indies Exclusive Pink Vinyl","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-paginated zw-page\" doc-id=\"page_09697810841115939\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-pagecontainer\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-content-wrapper\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"selectableSection zw-contentpane\" doc-id=\"content_07461782764855596\" node-id=\"content_6283915\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-column-container\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-column\" doc-id=\"column_06382475685668059\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-paragraph\" data-width=\"650.304\" data-textformat='{\"size\":10}' doc-id=\"para_08465922814877109\" node-id=\"node_06607446248913889\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-div\" doc-id=\"line_05932657714653591\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-content\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"107\"\u003ePicture a time when you could have a good time all the time. It was an era when fast cars rolled under neon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-div\" doc-id=\"line_013411938492612063\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-content\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"91\"\u003elights, yachts were a sensible housing decision and fighting for your right to party was a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"9\"\u003efull time\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"12\"\u003e occupation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-div\" doc-id=\"line_08400194596401362\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-content\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"97\"\u003eThis mythical age had an equally flamboyant soundtrack to match, and it blared from boomboxes and\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-div\" doc-id=\"line_08429161744138822\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-content\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"107\"\u003edashboards in every time zone. It was the 1980s, and bands like Van Halen, Toto and Def Leppard personified\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-div\" doc-id=\"line_09309040722271837\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-content\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"46\"\u003ea summertime sound built on big beats, bigger \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"8\"\u003emelodies\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"53\"\u003e and choruses so epic that singing along was the law,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-div\" doc-id=\"line_04329227949122909\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-content\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"68\"\u003eand places like Vegas, Hollywood, and Miami Beach became hedonistic \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"10\"\u003eepicenters\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"19\"\u003e of a global, sonic\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-div\" doc-id=\"line_03678466167133565\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-content\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"9\"\u003eheatwave.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP-readonly EOP\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-paragraph\" data-width=\"650.304\" data-textformat='{\"size\":10}' doc-id=\"para_04882891370926954\" node-id=\"node_043004518831864535\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-div\" doc-id=\"line_07523129981629408\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-content\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP-readonly EOP\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-paragraph\" data-width=\"650.304\" data-textformat='{\"size\":10}' doc-id=\"para_08640870500735482\" node-id=\"node_019273963717935816\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-div\" doc-id=\"line_05256020907398391\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-content\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"111\"\u003eCruelly overlooked among these hard-partying capitals is the little town of Wigan, just outside of Manchester –\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-div\" doc-id=\"line_05055723710072031\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-content\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"108\"\u003eaverage annual rainfall: lots. It was there that multi-talented musician Sam Millar was born, and where that\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-div\" doc-id=\"line_07788007254659279\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-content\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"78\"\u003e80s vibe has found new life in the form of his debut solo record. It’s called \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"14\"\u003eVirtual Summer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"22\"\u003e, and it’s 14 slabs of\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-div\" doc-id=\"line_021509981536085432\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-content\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"97\"\u003ethe slickest sounds this side of a hot pink Mustang with the top down and the stereo way, way up.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP-readonly EOP\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-paragraph\" data-width=\"650.304\" data-textformat='{\"size\":10}' doc-id=\"para_03491374797743081\" node-id=\"node_07461202820274573\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-div\" doc-id=\"line_08705092037715918\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-content\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP-readonly EOP\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-paragraph\" data-width=\"650.304\" data-textformat='{\"size\":10}' doc-id=\"para_05006699240322885\" node-id=\"node_08510899509951666\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-div\" doc-id=\"line_033897419807163676\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-content\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"114\"\u003e“Wigan’s just a little town, it’s not the nicest place – I know you don’t expect this sort of thing to come out of\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-div\" doc-id=\"line_034310485768904186\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-content\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"88\"\u003ehere, but that’s why it did,” says Millar. “Half the time it’s raining and miserable, so\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"15\"\u003e Virtual Summer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"8\"\u003e is like\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-div\" doc-id=\"line_05474435761284431\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-content\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"88\"\u003etapping into summer whenever you need to, just put it on and it’s always there for you.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP-readonly EOP\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-paragraph\" data-width=\"650.304\" data-textformat='{\"size\":10}' doc-id=\"para_048037321097719476\" node-id=\"node_05868739895357986\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-div\" doc-id=\"line_046526527877567325\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-content\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP-readonly EOP\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-paragraph\" data-width=\"650.304\" data-textformat='{\"size\":10}' doc-id=\"para_08465753210512916\" node-id=\"node_07794564482548398\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-div\" doc-id=\"line_06795823743344565\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-content\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"36\"\u003eRaised on a parental diet of Slade, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"11\"\u003eSpringsteen\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"62\"\u003e and Sabbath, it wasn’t long before Millar soon discovered his\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-div\" doc-id=\"line_06299660665547342\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-content\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"70\"\u003eown hard rocking obsessions, and if there’s a familiar ring to any of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"17\"\u003eVirtual Summer’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"22\"\u003edopamine cannon blasts\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-div\" doc-id=\"line_01538695927120557\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-content\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"112\"\u003ethen it’s because it’s the culmination of the guitar-slinging maverick’s lifelong adoration for the finely honed\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-div\" doc-id=\"line_05936229396273573\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-content\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"64\"\u003emelodic perfection of the giants of AOR, and Toto in particular.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP-readonly EOP\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-paragraph\" data-width=\"650.304\" data-textformat='{\"size\":10}' doc-id=\"para_09975869910711179\" node-id=\"node_06796361990882773\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-div\" doc-id=\"line_05089619315402971\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-content\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP-readonly EOP\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-paragraph\" data-width=\"650.304\" data-textformat='{\"size\":10}' doc-id=\"para_05711361861599376\" node-id=\"node_07893616114850062\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-div\" doc-id=\"line_013053669302768744\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-content\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"111\"\u003e“I guess you could call it cheesy, but there’s something about being able to sing a song after you’ve heard one\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-div\" doc-id=\"line_029032682789386444\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-content\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"67\"\u003echorus, the feeling it gives you – it’s just so positive,” he says.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP-readonly EOP\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-paragraph\" data-width=\"650.304\" data-textformat='{\"size\":10}' doc-id=\"para_08901803742005718\" node-id=\"node_08632870609051322\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-div\" doc-id=\"line_018810748557658363\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-content\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP-readonly EOP\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-paragraph\" data-width=\"650.304\" data-textformat='{\"size\":10}' doc-id=\"para_09036895121648685\" node-id=\"node_0928834032750057\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-div\" doc-id=\"line_040565221819571384\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-content\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"113\"\u003eOf course this didn’t all happen overnight. Millar has played and toured as a guitarist for years in other bands,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-div\" doc-id=\"line_026815181744604644\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-content\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"112\"\u003ebut it wasn’t until the pandemic that his love of the sunny-side-up sparked the idea to try his own hand at that\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-div\" doc-id=\"line_08861554074261924\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-content\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"66\"\u003eperfect balance of catchy choruses and timeless melody. He wrote, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"8\"\u003erecorded\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"31\"\u003e and released a debut taster EP\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-div\" doc-id=\"line_045727790149605174\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-content\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"111\"\u003eentirely off his own back, and the response to the EP and ensuing live shows was nothing less than ecstatic. It\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"footer_primary ui-hf-container unselectableSection\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv doc-id=\"footer_05484630575090716\" node-id=\"default_footer\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"hf_content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-column-container\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-column\" doc-id=\"column_01400523917771339\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-paragraph\" 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class=\"zw-pagecontainer\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"float-image-container\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"float-image-content-container\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"float-image-header-container unselectableSection\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"float-image-footer-container unselectableSection\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"header_primary ui-hf-container unselectableSection hf-show\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv doc-id=\"header_009862384961463988\" node-id=\"default_header\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"hf_content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-column-container\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-column\" doc-id=\"column_0273964428348094\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-paragraph\" data-width=\"650.304\" data-textformat='{\"size\":11}' doc-id=\"para_019928456480883416\" node-id=\"node_06509973928115911\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-div\" doc-id=\"line_008960002409959822\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-content\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP-readonly EOP\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-content-wrapper\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"selectableSection zw-contentpane\" doc-id=\"content_01851379507091444\" node-id=\"content_6283915\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-column-container\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-column\" doc-id=\"column_06348105317009984\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-paragraph\" data-width=\"650.304\" data-textformat='{\"size\":10}' doc-id=\"para_06435388943818312\" node-id=\"node_0928834032750057\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-div\" doc-id=\"line_018039621798361072\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-content\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"67\"\u003esoon caught the attention of Earache Records. The rest was history.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP-readonly EOP\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-paragraph\" data-width=\"650.304\" data-textformat='{\"size\":10}' doc-id=\"para_011690681639712186\" node-id=\"node_07165284625931121\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-div\" doc-id=\"line_078704847557091\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-content\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP-readonly EOP\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-paragraph\" data-width=\"650.304\" data-textformat='{\"size\":10}' doc-id=\"para_0837787304923373\" node-id=\"node_0905368645764784\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-div\" doc-id=\"line_04337307843305145\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-content\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"114\"\u003e“I’ve written, produced and played everything myself,” he says, “There isn’t really a scene for this, and that’s a\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-div\" doc-id=\"line_021034452359331324\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-content\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"103\"\u003egood thing – it’s feelgood radio pop, and there’s a place for that now. Just listen to Taylor Swift or \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"3\"\u003eThe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"7\"\u003e 1975 –\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-div\" doc-id=\"line_09849564453392872\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-content\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"108\"\u003ethose big gated snare drums – it sounds so different from so much other pop music and that’s a great thing.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP-readonly EOP\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-paragraph\" data-width=\"650.304\" data-textformat='{\"size\":10}' doc-id=\"para_013589302699155992\" node-id=\"node_07790388427795849\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-div\" doc-id=\"line_041298899550079016\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-content\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP-readonly EOP\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-paragraph\" data-width=\"650.304\" data-textformat='{\"size\":10}' doc-id=\"para_04766917698209536\" node-id=\"node_0014270729568265805\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-div\" doc-id=\"line_07081758788693144\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-content\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"56\"\u003eAnd from the Van Halen-loving fireworks of album-opener \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"18\"\u003eThe Killing Floor \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"31\"\u003eto the synth-laden slickness of\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-div\" doc-id=\"line_01679099642741506\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-content\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"7\"\u003eDeja Vu\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"100\"\u003e, it’s an album that wears its heart on its sleeve, and it makes no apology for where it comes from.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP-readonly EOP\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-paragraph\" data-width=\"650.304\" data-textformat='{\"size\":10}' doc-id=\"para_0895120656277089\" node-id=\"node_000967103543501957\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-div\" doc-id=\"line_03258962192591641\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-content\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP-readonly EOP\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-paragraph\" data-width=\"650.304\" data-textformat='{\"size\":10}' doc-id=\"para_033199443283574626\" node-id=\"node_08923134232990515\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-div\" doc-id=\"line_0096999774660264\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-content\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"1\"\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"16\"\u003eFooling Yourself\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"27\"\u003e is quite heavy, but in my \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"4\"\u003ehead\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"54\"\u003e I wanted it to be a rocked up version of ABBA. People\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-div\" doc-id=\"line_042736342689344076\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-content\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"41\"\u003eprobably think I’m mad, but I love ABBA! \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"18\"\u003eDancing On My Own \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"44\"\u003eis quite heavily Huey Lewis and the News and\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-div\" doc-id=\"line_05117155097676727\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-content\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"53\"\u003eHall and Oates territory, and there’s a track called \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"5\"\u003eWhen \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"3\"\u003eThe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"12\"\u003e Summer Ends\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"35\"\u003e that channels all my Toto into one\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-div\" doc-id=\"line_07119206221666166\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-content\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"109\"\u003esong. My music may be tongue-in-cheek, but it’s no joke. I can’t call it a guilty pleasure, because why would\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-div\" doc-id=\"line_08691832558929533\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-content\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"28\"\u003eyou feel guilty about that?”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-content\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"28\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-content\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"28\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-paragraph\" data-width=\"202.867\" data-textformat='{\"size\":10}' doc-id=\"para_07950141808259363\" node-id=\"node_008749117664909067\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-div\" doc-id=\"line_0721208574158754\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-content\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"6\"\u003eSIDE A\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP-readonly EOP\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-paragraph\" data-width=\"202.867\" data-textformat='{\"size\":10}' doc-id=\"para_04000381345764765\" node-id=\"node_028279132011830344\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-div\" doc-id=\"line_05051619523685356\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-content\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"22\"\u003eA1 - The Killing Floor\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP-readonly EOP\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-paragraph\" data-width=\"202.867\" data-textformat='{\"size\":10}' doc-id=\"para_05798732191919531\" node-id=\"node_08736722026150594\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-div\" doc-id=\"line_022352722504762967\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-content\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"21\"\u003eA2 - Fooling Yourself\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP-readonly EOP\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-paragraph\" data-width=\"202.867\" data-textformat='{\"size\":10}' doc-id=\"para_07587700719345996\" node-id=\"node_02706676063262592\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-div\" doc-id=\"line_017012704392832512\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-content\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"26\"\u003eA3 - Something I'll Regret\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP-readonly EOP\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-paragraph\" data-width=\"202.867\" data-textformat='{\"size\":10}' doc-id=\"para_07376091180599833\" node-id=\"node_07310391385856845\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-div\" doc-id=\"line_04776284793409109\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-content\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"25\"\u003eA4 - When the Summer Ends\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP-readonly EOP\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-paragraph\" data-width=\"202.867\" data-textformat='{\"size\":10}' doc-id=\"para_09773989616108607\" node-id=\"node_03532550468421367\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-div\" doc-id=\"line_08757552971235405\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-content\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"15\"\u003eA5 - Chardonnay\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP-readonly EOP\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-paragraph\" data-width=\"202.867\" data-textformat='{\"size\":10}' doc-id=\"para_016559801321437884\" node-id=\"node_04183830714992842\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-div\" doc-id=\"line_027997347593343913\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-content\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP-readonly EOP\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-paragraph\" data-width=\"202.867\" data-textformat='{\"size\":10}' doc-id=\"para_021275235375419488\" node-id=\"node_02161114186036146\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-div\" doc-id=\"line_05664539176250802\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-content\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"6\"\u003eSIDE B\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP-readonly EOP\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-paragraph\" data-width=\"202.867\" data-textformat='{\"size\":10}' doc-id=\"para_01318377337333494\" node-id=\"node_08315748184883962\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-div\" doc-id=\"line_07090528304675514\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-content\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"12\"\u003eB1 - Showbiz\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP-readonly EOP\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-paragraph\" data-width=\"202.867\" data-textformat='{\"size\":10}' doc-id=\"para_008220505047882676\" node-id=\"node_06713843642087107\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-div\" doc-id=\"line_05517500559250617\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-content\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"15\"\u003eB2 - Forget You\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP-readonly EOP\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-paragraph\" data-width=\"202.867\" data-textformat='{\"size\":10}' doc-id=\"para_02903632156470284\" node-id=\"node_04256916697627966\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-div\" doc-id=\"line_05885661129719382\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-content\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"13\"\u003eB3 - Dancing \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"2\"\u003eOn\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"7\"\u003e My Own\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP-readonly EOP\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-paragraph\" data-width=\"202.867\" data-textformat='{\"size\":10}' doc-id=\"para_09910517512741919\" node-id=\"node_09279496559422911\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-div\" doc-id=\"line_034698342731945764\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-content\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"12\"\u003eB4 - Deja Vu\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP-readonly EOP\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-paragraph\" data-width=\"202.867\" data-textformat='{\"size\":10}' doc-id=\"para_009093031225126613\" node-id=\"node_07225890322761639\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-div\" doc-id=\"line_03506134692886733\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-content\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"20\"\u003eB5 - Neanderthal Man\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP-readonly EOP\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-paragraph\" data-width=\"202.867\" data-textformat='{\"size\":10}' doc-id=\"para_09660200178829663\" node-id=\"node_09411593174919886\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-div\" doc-id=\"line_009512401263103287\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zw-line-content\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"zw-portion zw-text-portion\" data-text-len=\"20\"\u003eB6 - Meet Me Halfway\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP-readonly EOP\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Sam Millar","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48048714318132,"sku":null,"price":31.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0735\/2208\/6196\/files\/samm.jpg?v=1720038071","url":"https:\/\/16-kingland.myshopify.com\/products\/sam-millar-virtual-summer-indies-exclusive-pink-vinyl","provider":"16 Kingland","version":"1.0","type":"link"}