{"product_id":"natvral-tethers-blue-vinyl","title":"Natvral - Tethers (Blue)","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs the frontman of The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Kip Berman wrote songs\n \n about the thrills and ills of young adult life with the care and concern of a cool\n \n older sibling. The long-standing New York City indie pop group disbanded soon\n \n after releasing their final record in 2017, and Berman found himself at a creative\n \n crossroads. He wanted to keep making music, but the themes and sounds he was\n \n interested in had shifted; it felt time for a course correction.\n \n Enter Tethers, Berman's first solo record as The Natvral out April 2nd, 2021\n \n on Kanine Records. Tethers finds Berman coming to terms with the changes\n \n in his own life by observing those transformations in the people he's known - a\n \n self-portrait in relief. In the time between making his last record with his former\n \n band, Berman's life and location have shifted dramatically, as he welcomed a\n \n daughter, then a son, and moved from Brooklyn to Princeton. With his new\n \n identity as a parent came a crucial shift in how he approached music. Gone were\n \n the months in a cramped tour van and late nights rehearsing with his band in a\n \n windowless warehouse space. In it's place were amorphous, suburban afternoons\n \n playing whimsical songs to two young children, while writing music for himself\n \n after their bedtime.\n \n But in this time away from the life of a touring artist, Berman discovered an\n \n unvarnished, broken folk rock sound- a marked departure from his previous\n \n work. Recorded over 7 days with producer Andy Savours (My Bloody\n \n Valentine, Black Country New Road, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart), Tethers\n \n is as raw in sound as it is nuanced and empathetic in it's lyricism. Without effect\n \n pedals, overdubs or even a metronome, the resulting album feels free and\n \n unpretentious, recalling the strident obliqueness of Bob Dylan and Neil Young's\n \n sonic primitivism - but drawn from a set of vividly detailed experiences all\n \n Berman's own.\n \n Tethers, in spirit and sound, is a taut rope, charged with the tension between\n \n wanting to go out and know the world, and the love that compels Berman to\n \n stay home and find peace with his young family.\n \n On Tethers, Berman has re-emerged with a bracing debut, reveling in the\n \n freedom to go his own way, even if that way is home.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alliance Entertainment","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45297783505201,"sku":"827175025511","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0704\/2026\/7313\/files\/3927119-2680623.jpg?v=1734050576","url":"https:\/\/vinyl.com\/products\/natvral-tethers-blue-vinyl","provider":"Vinyl.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}