{"product_id":"thundercat-it-is-what-it-is","title":"Thundercat – It Is What It Is (Vinyl)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"It's been a while, but I'm down 'til I'm out and it is what it is 'til it ain't.\" So preached \u003cstrong\u003eMac Mille\u003c\/strong\u003er on 2018's \u003cstrong\u003eSwimming\u003c\/strong\u003e. A month after the album was released, the beloved \u003cstrong\u003eMiller\u003c\/strong\u003e died from an accidental overdose, compelling \u003cstrong\u003eThundercat\u003c\/strong\u003e, bassist and co-writer on the quoted track, to cope again with loss and mortality as he made \u003cstrong\u003eIt Is What It Is\u003c\/strong\u003e, the follow-up to \u003cstrong\u003eDrunk\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs on the earlier \u003cstrong\u003eThundercat\u003c\/strong\u003e LPs, outer space and homeboy escapades, comic courtship and elusive companionship, and philosophical insights also inform the material. In the churning \u003cstrong\u003e\"Innerstellar Love,\"\u003c\/strong\u003e featuring \u003cstrong\u003eKamasi Washington's\u003c\/strong\u003e blazing saxophone, \u003cstrong\u003eThundercat\u003c\/strong\u003e croons \"Nothing is yours, nothing is mine\/We all decay over time\" like a tragic-romantic \u003cstrong\u003eRoy Ayers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThere are no throwaways or novelty tunes. The tender-rocking \u003cstrong\u003e\"Dragonball Durag\"\u003c\/strong\u003e is full of humor but too thoughtfully written and endearing to be disregarded as either. \u003cstrong\u003e\"How Sway\"\u003c\/strong\u003e is a warp-speed instrumental comprehended only by those who were raised on fusion records and Japanese video games, yet it's an ideal setup for the whomping revelry tale \u003cstrong\u003e\"Funny Thing.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\"Miguel's Happy Dance\"\u003c\/strong\u003e provides heartfelt solace: \"Dancin' away the pain, it's gonna be all right.\" That might be the paramount message here. \u003cem\u003e(AMG)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVinyl, LP, Coloured.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA1 Lost In Space \/ Great Scott \/ 22-26 \u003cbr\u003eA2 Innerstellar Love \u003cbr\u003eA3 I Love Louis Cole \u003cbr\u003eA4 Black Qualls \u003cbr\u003eA5 Miguel's Happy Dance \u003cbr\u003eA6 How Sway \u003cbr\u003eA7 Funny Thing \u003cbr\u003eB1 Overseas \u003cbr\u003eB2 Dragonball Durag \u003cbr\u003eB3 How I Feel \u003cbr\u003eB4 King Of The Hill \u003cbr\u003eB5 Unrequited Love \u003cbr\u003eB6 Fair Chance \u003cbr\u003eB7 Existential Dread \u003cbr\u003eB8 It Is What It Is\u003cbr\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/golqr78Q0OY\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Thundercat","offers":[{"title":"Vinyl LP","offer_id":58596970234191,"sku":"BF100","price":7.68,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0993\/2164\/3343\/files\/thunder.jpg?v=1787986081","url":"https:\/\/www.vinylforger.com\/products\/thundercat-it-is-what-it-is","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}