{"product_id":"faded-splendor-lp-colored-vinyl","title":"Faded Splendor [LP] (Colored Vinyl)","description":"\u003ch2\u003eHundredth - Faded Splendor [LP] (Colored Vinyl)\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHundredth have built a career on transformation, embracing change as their most defining trait. Over the past decade, the South Carolina-based band have forged a reputation for pushing boundaries, evolving their sound with each new album as if stepping into a new world. From their ferocious hardcore roots to the lush, immersive shoegaze of RARE-which landed on Stereogum's 50 Best Albums of 2017 list- to the shimmering, cinematic synthpop of Somewhere Nowhere, each release has felt like the birth of a different band. Hundredth have explored a kaleidoscope of genres with unrelenting curiosity. Each era truly feels like a new identity-sometimes bruising, sometimes beautiful, but always unrelenting in it's desire to move forward.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNow, after five years in the dark, they return with Faded Splendor-a vivid collision of post-punk urgency and widescreen indie rock. The album draws from decades of alternative influence: the angular pulse of early-2000s revival, the brooding intensity of '80s UK post-punk, the anthemic shimmer of '90s alt-rock, and the atmospheric drift of dream pop-with a touch of alt-country flickering in the margins, perhaps just a symptom of growing up in the South. But it isn't nostalgia-it's propulsion. The record opens with Curve, a soaring, emotionally charged track that sets the pace, with a lush, expansive sound reminiscent of Silversun Pickups or the atmospheric qualities of early-'00s indie rock. \"Big Love\" follows, carrying the weight of widescreen power-pop with an infectious, shimmering energy. \"Dark Side,\" the lead single, earned praise from Stereogum, who likened it's energy to early Bloc Party, highlighting Chadwick Johnson's vocal \"burly intensity\" over a hook that's \"clean and big.\" \"All The Way\" channels anthemic dance-punk and widescreen indie, with a stadium-sized energy driven by a pounding 4\/4 pulse and angular guitars. \"Blitz\" delivers a tightly wound, post-punk anthem-relentless and cathartic, landing somewhere between Placebo, Interpol, and the explosive fervor of early Arcade Fire. \"Waste\" grinds through a wall of blown-out guitars before collapsing into a chaotic swirl of samples and turntables-one of the album's most unpredictable moments. \"Glimmer\" follows like the end of a coming- of-age film-euphoric, nostalgic, and wide open. Then \"Dazzle\" pulls the rug again, blending alt-country vocal inflection with dream pop textures that recall the melodicism of Dizzy Up the Girl-era Goo Goo Dolls or early Third Eye Blind. The closer, \"Faded Splendor,\" slyly leads the listener to the edge-then freefalls into ambient jazz. It feels less like a curtain call and more like a cliff dive.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eTracks\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1 Curve\u003cbr\u003e2 Big Love\u003cbr\u003e3 Dark Side\u003cbr\u003e4 All the Way\u003cbr\u003e5 Blitz\u003cbr\u003e6 Waste\u003cbr\u003e7 Blur\u003cbr\u003e8 Glimmer\u003cbr\u003e9 Dazzle\u003cbr\u003e10 Faded Splendor\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hundredth","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":62527009849674,"sku":"3760420426633","price":10.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1049\/2549\/5626\/files\/3760420426633_08256db3-6125-48ea-b836-e164447eba05.jpg?v=1782361280","url":"https:\/\/goldenspiraluk.com\/products\/faded-splendor-lp-colored-vinyl","provider":"Golden Spiral Vinyl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}