{"product_id":"charles-howl-my-idol-family-5024545797725","title":"My Idol Family","description":"English musician Charles Howl returns with his second album My Idol Family, which follows on from his 2015 debut Sir Vices. Enthralled by soundtracks and pop music in all its forms, Howl updates classic motifs to create a signature aesthetic. Introducing strings and lush orchestration to dazzling effect, he is comfortable with both wide-open song structures and intimate headphone tracks. With this album Howl reveals his true talent as a songwriter and arranger, mixing well-crafted storytelling with a dry wit, it is also more ambitious, touching on themes of idol worship, friends and the family unit. He returned to Amsterdam to write and record the album, a city he knew well having run away there when he was eighteen. As he explains; it was meant to be a three day stereotypical end of school weekend with friends but when they were returning home I didnt see anything for me back there and so I stayed in Amsterdam and got a job handing out flyers for a disgusting pub crawl for the tourists. When he was planning the recording of this new album, he made a conscious decision to get away from London with all the distractions and opinions, plus, studio time there is expensive. Howl had always been a fan of James Murphy and wanted to emulate, in his own way, the experience that LCD Sound System had when they recorded This is Happening, where they went to a mansion in L.A. and all dressed in white and uploaded clips of them hanging out and recording. As Howl explains; Ive never thought that kind of thing is only for big bands with loads of money. So I researched places in Amsterdam and found a reggae studio on the outskirts in a suburb called Weesp. It included an Air b\u0026amp;b room and so I sub let my room in London and booked a month in the studio. Accompanying Howl in Amsterdam was fellow Proper Ornaments member and drummer, Bobby Syme, who is a gifted producer and engineer, and took the reins in the studio.","brand":"375 Media GmbH","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53633087603030,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/5829\/5382\/files\/product_image_5024545797725_1.jpg?v=1778664089","url":"https:\/\/www.momoxbooks.com\/products\/charles-howl-my-idol-family-5024545797725","provider":"momoxbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}