{"product_id":"urq_this-dismal-village_2026_disco-bertus-france","title":"This Dismal Village","description":"Venturing into an in-between space, between medieval figures and contemporary decadence, Urq, a New Orleans musician (member of the art punk duo Spllit), returns with a new solo album. Recorded over an intense month, This Dismal Village is an intimate document, halfway between nervy punk, melancholic psychedelia, and catchy bedroom pop. Recorded on four tracks, the album turns constraint into a creative engine, giving birth to a raw, unsettling, and deeply atmospheric sound. The album exists neither in time nor in space, but in a liminal environment where dystopian visions and archaic remnants coexist. In this dismal village, kings and witches share space with televisions, skyscrapers, and modern corporations; organ brass bands echo through streets populated by discontented inhabitants and whispers. It is at once the Middle Ages, the 1950s suburbs, and a 21st-century metropolis. Anachronism was at the heart of the project's identity, an attempt to condense history into a single, unsettling present. Sonically and philosophically, the album fully belongs to the tradition of raw, no-frills cassette rock. The influence of Guided By Voices' Bee Thousand is paramount, particularly for its ability to build an entire universe from raw, live-take recordings. Robert Pollard's concept of the \"four P's\" (psychedelic, punk, prog, and pop) perfectly sums up the artist's musical instincts, and each element is found at the very core of This Dismal Village. Inspiration also comes from the post-punk \"Calgary sound,\" an informal movement blending psychedelic pop, post-punk, and math\/prog, with a DIY, unpretentious approach. The result is an album that unfolds like a place explored, unsettling, sometimes familiar, and impossible to place in time. Everything was filmed before it vanished like an apparition, like a half-forgotten dream.","brand":"Urq","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57317264163160,"sku":null,"price":23931094.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0898\/4943\/0360\/files\/0840526502325.jpg?v=1779111745","url":"https:\/\/vinyles.com\/en-us\/products\/urq_this-dismal-village_2026_disco-bertus-france","provider":"Vinyles.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}