{"product_id":"the-declining-winter_last-april_2025_disco-bertus-france","title":"Last April","description":"Limited edition black vinyl classic mini-album of cathartic slowcore by The Decline Winter, the new vehicle of Richard Adams, formerly of Domino Records post-rockers Hood. The upcoming release on the renowned English-language independent label Second Language Music is \"Last April,\" the new mini-album by The Decline Winter, a raw and deeply emotional monument to loss, grief, and heartache that walks in the footsteps of Red House Painters' \"Down Colorful Hill,\" Low's \"I Could Live In Hope,\" and Songs: Ohia's \"Didn't It Rain.\" This is not a record that holds you close. It removes the sleeve and goes straight to carving a heart into your arm. Recordings from a period of shock, grief, and trauma, these six songs were all written the same evening and form a majestic tribute to a departed loved one. The Decline Winter strips things down to Richard Adams' plaintive voice and acoustic guitar, alongside the beautiful and undeniably melancholic string arrangements and playing of Sarah Kemp (Brave Timbers). There was no attempt to smooth over the rough edges — here and there, the creak of a chair, a missed guitar note, a voice nearly cracking with emotion — these recordings are like cathartic scribbles in a diary. Only this one was left out for everyone to read. As with his previous band, Hood, Adams has a way of evoking a particularly pastoral English melancholy, solitary morning hikes in bad weather, rain on slate in the streets of West Yorkshire where he grew up and still lives.","brand":"The Declining Winter","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57324948291928,"sku":null,"price":20250207.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0898\/4943\/0360\/files\/5052442026396.jpg?v=1779213309","url":"https:\/\/vinyles.com\/en\/products\/the-declining-winter_last-april_2025_disco-bertus-france","provider":"Vinyles.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}