{"product_id":"poptical-illusion-by-john-cale","title":"POPtical Illusion, By:  John Cale","description":"\u003cp\u003eDESCRIPTION Despite the album’s playful title, Cale’s second album in just over a year still contains the same feelings of fierce and inquisitive rage that were present in 2023 album Mercy. He remains angry, still incensed by the willful destruction that unchecked capitalists and unrepentant conmen have hoisted upon the wonders of this world and the goodness of its people.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut this is not at all Mercy II, or some collection of castoffs, as throughout his career of more than six decades, Cale has never been much for repetition. His vanguard-shaping enthusiasms have shifted among ecstatic classicism and unbound rock, classic songcraft and electronic reimagination with proud restlessness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnd so, on POPtical Illusion, he foregoes the illustrious cast to burrow mostly alone into mazes of synthesizers and samples, organs and pianos, with words that, as far as Cale goes, constitute a sort of swirling hope, a sage insistence that change is yet possible. Produced by Cale and longtime artistic partner Nita Scott, POPtical Illusion is the work of someone trying to turn toward the future – exactly as Cale always has. CD\u003cbr\u003e\nGod Made Me Do It (don't ask me again)\u003cbr\u003e\nDavies and Wales\u003cbr\u003e\nCalling You Out\u003cbr\u003e\nEdge of Reason\u003cbr\u003e\nI'm Angry\u003cbr\u003e\nHow We See The Light\u003cbr\u003e\nCompany Commander\u003cbr\u003e\nSetting Fires\u003cbr\u003e\nShark-Shark\u003cbr\u003e\nFunkball the Brewster\u003cbr\u003e\nAll To The Good\u003cbr\u003e\nLaughing In My Sleep\u003cbr\u003e\nThere Will Be No River\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"RHYTHM","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50418240585921,"sku":"DS178CD","price":24.98,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/6482\/1953\/files\/441177-Product-0-I-638917028366361060.jpg?v=1784439417","url":"https:\/\/techsupplyshed.co.nz\/products\/poptical-illusion-by-john-cale","provider":"TECH SUPPLY SHED","version":"1.0","type":"link"}