{"product_id":"mike-hall-nothing-stands-still","title":"Mike Hall - Nothing Stands Still (Vinyl)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMike Hall\u003c\/strong\u003e has been a mainstay of the Aotearoa music community since his hardcore punk days in the 1990s as lead singer of \u003cstrong\u003eBalance \u003c\/strong\u003ethrough permanent positions as bassist for \u003cstrong\u003eThe Brunettes, Dimming, Tami Neilson \u003c\/strong\u003eand much more, in parallel with his decades of work as a core member of \u003cstrong\u003ePluto\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSpurred into action by a late-night car break-in\/missing hard drive disaster and subsequent encouragement from the producer \u003cstrong\u003eJol Mulholland\u003c\/strong\u003e — who “\u003cem\u003epointed out that no one would ever hear the material, right? Challenge laid down\u003c\/em\u003e”. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNothing Stands Still\u003c\/strong\u003e is \u003cstrong\u003eHall’s\u003c\/strong\u003e debut solo album, on which he reinterprets and reinvents seven years of lost recordings (!) in the form of a nine-track album that will be released in its entirety on August 16.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHall sounds like a long-lost member of the \u003cstrong\u003eFinn\u003c\/strong\u003e family with a Beatles-esque spring in his step, delivering the dizzy melodies and snappy guitars of the lead single ‘\u003cstrong\u003eStop Dragging Me Around‘.\u003c\/strong\u003e Also featuring instrumental contributions from \u003cstrong\u003eMulholland \u003c\/strong\u003e(who “played most of the guitars and drums”), \u003cstrong\u003eBrett Adams, Matthias Jordan a\u003c\/strong\u003end\u003cstrong\u003e Alistair Deverick. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“Hall’s ambitions for this record? Just to get it out into the world so that something good can come out of that stolen hard drive in 2018. So, cheers to the car thieves! But if you ever want to return the hard drive, maybe there could be a second album.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist:\u003cbr\u003eSide A\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e01 Can You Get Me Out\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e02 Everything\u003cbr\u003e03 Goodwill\u003cbr\u003e04 Stop Dragging Me Around\u003cbr\u003e05 The Sun Never Came Up\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSide B\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e01 Shortest Straw\u003cbr\u003e02 Warning Shot\u003cbr\u003e03 Time\u003cbr\u003e04 Nothing To Do\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ybpQiTMra44?si=UluiDUqef9alrico\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" frameborder=\"0\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Mike Hall","offers":[{"title":"Vinyl LP","offer_id":58596917543247,"sku":"1157039","price":7.55,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0993\/2164\/3343\/files\/mh.jpg?v=1787985239","url":"https:\/\/www.vinylforger.com\/products\/mike-hall-nothing-stands-still","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}