{"product_id":"damien-rice-my-favourite-faded-fantasy","title":"Damien Rice - My Favourite Faded Fantasy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUK Import\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom Allmusic guide:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDamien Rice doesn't do anything in a hurry. He lets his songs unfold at a deliberate, almost stately pace and he's similarly unconcerned about rushing through his career, taking a full eight years to deliver 2014's My Favourite Faded Fantasy, which amounts to only his third record in 12 years. Other artists who have experienced a similarly long gestation period return with long, overblown works, but not Rice. He teamed with \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/rick-rubin-mn0000356250\" class=\"name-link\"\u003eRick Rubin\u003c\/a\u003e, the Zen master of acoustic basics, to shape an exquisitely textured collection of eight songs that runs just a hair over 50 minutes (a simultaneously released deluxe edition contains just one bonus cut). Rice doesn't greatly expand his aesthetic -- he's still equal parts \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/jeff-buckley-mn0000240665\" class=\"name-link\"\u003eJeff Buckley\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/thom-yorke-mn0000588887\" class=\"name-link\"\u003eThom Yorke\u003c\/a\u003e, cut with the sullen singer\/songwriter sophistication of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/nick-drake-mn0000336783\" class=\"name-link\"\u003eNick Drake\u003c\/a\u003e -- but refinement is Rice's signature. He whittles away the excess in his words and melody, then dresses the detailed sculpture in finely tailored accouterments of slightly sighing strings, strummed guitars, and a hint of forward momentum lying within buried rhythms. This means My Favourite Faded Fantasy may come on as a bit underwhelming at first but that's the intent: it's not designed to grab, it's designed to soothe and then slowly worm its way into the subconscious, which is where these eight songs reveal themselves to be as strong as anything else Rice has written.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vinyl Veritas","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48014064746731,"sku":"VVA1174","price":61.36,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0653\/5692\/3115\/files\/2793022.jpg?v=1774472397","url":"https:\/\/www.vinylveritas.com\/products\/damien-rice-my-favourite-faded-fantasy","provider":"Vinyl Veritas","version":"1.0","type":"link"}