{"product_id":"nick-waterhouse-the-fooler-cd","title":"Nick Waterhouse – The Fooler (CD)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"relix-editorial\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNick Waterhouse has spent his career resurrecting the raw, analog soul of early 1960s R\u0026amp;B without ever feeling like a museum piece, rooting his sound in the California club circuit before earning genuine respect from the collectors and purists who guard that tradition fiercely. His sixth album finds him pushing the narrative ambition of his songwriting further than ever, layering character and place into something closer to a short story collection than a conventional pop record.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e2023 release. The title of the sixth album from Californian singer-songwriter Nick Waterhouse is more than just the name of one of it's tracks. The Fooler is both a clue and a red herring. The Fooler is the observed and the observer, narrator and subject, truth and lie. The Fooler is the shadow and reflection of a city the artist knows sufficiently well to wander with his eyes closed, and a place which very possibly never even existed. The Fooler is not so much an unreliable narrator as a constantly shifting perspective. The Fooler is the new album by Nick Waterhouse, and it's a lot. Recorded by Mark Neill (Black Keys; Los Straightjackets; Dave Cobb) in Valdosta, Georgia, it's a song-cycle of sorts, the arc of the album telling a tale of a city and it's denizens. The result is a record that offers up new riches and fresh perspectives with every spin. From the hidden corners of 'Hide \u0026amp; Seek' and the roadhouse soul of 'Play To Win' to the primitive, attitudinal, chugging two-chord thrill of 'Late In The Garden', it builds inexorably to the drama of the title track and pulsing roll-and-rock of the final pay off, 'Unreal, Immaterial'. Play it once and it sounds immediately like a collection of great songs. Play it again - and you will - and it feels like a novel or film slowly unveiling it's secrets, kaleidoscopic in it's narrative complexity. \"Especially during this record, I started just becoming what Allen Ginsberg called a pure breath,\" says the artist. \"I was becoming pure breath with my ideas.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv data-bt-autogen\u003e\n\u003c!-- TRACKLIST_START --\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTracklist\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e1. Looking For A Place\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e2. Hide And Seek\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e3. (No) Commitment\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e4. Play To Win\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e5. Was It You?\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e6. Late In The Garden\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e7. The Problem With A Street\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e8. Plan For Leavin'\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e9. (Are You) Hurting\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e10. It Was The Style\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e11. The Fooler\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e12. Unreal, Immaterial\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- TRACKLIST_END --\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUPC:\u003c\/strong\u003e 810874025807\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLabel:\u003c\/strong\u003e Pres\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 3.31.23\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e CD\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Broadtime","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49998467301531,"sku":"160700","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/7172\/files\/Nick-Waterhouse-The-Fooler-CD.jpg?v=1793448242","url":"https:\/\/relix.shop\/products\/nick-waterhouse-the-fooler-cd","provider":"relix.shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}