{"product_id":"sweeping-promises-you-say-i-romanticize","title":"You Say I Romanticize","description":"\u003cp\u003eSweeping Promises’ introduction to the global punk underground was their debut album, \u003cem\u003eHunger for a Way Out,\u003c\/em\u003e which ended up being one of the breakout successes in music during pandemic lockdown. In 2023, they followed up with\u003cem\u003e Good Living is Coming for You\u003c\/em\u003e, a satirical, hyper-critical rebuke of capitalism that made Album of the Year lists for Pitchfork, NPR, Paste, and BBC, just to name a few. Bassist\/vocalist Lira Mondal and guitarist Caufield Schnug decided to tilt their approach a few degrees forward on their third LP.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe big theme of \u003cem\u003eYou Say I Romanticize\u003c\/em\u003e is hinted at in its title. Coming from a lyric sung on album closer “Write Lightly” — a narrative about the importance of self-expression in writing being scrubbed away by “professional” concerns — many of the characters singer\/bassist Mondal fleshed out here are outcasts, marginalized by society and turned into fanatics for a cornucopia of specific causes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe visceral songwriting on \u003cem\u003eYou Say I Romanticize\u003c\/em\u003e features an equally visceral musical approach. Sweeping Promises brought live drummer Spenser Gralla into the recording sessions to give the songs a similar urgency to their live show. The frenzy of its execution also materializes in Mondal’s vocal performances.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA shadow side exists along with Sweeping Promises’ love of their artistic community—borne of weirdos channeling their “outcast” status into vibrant art and punk rock music. You Say I Romanticize takes the ethos Mondal and Schnug have developed and explores the obsessive, fanatical aspects of being ostracized and isolated by mainstream society.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReleased: August 2026\u003cbr\u003eCat: SP1477X\u003cbr\u003eLabel: Sub Pop\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eListen\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lkU8PtSP7lM?si=USJl_AK4wWfkRcup\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTracklist\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1. Shooting Shadows\u003cbr\u003e2. My Friend's An Entomologist\u003cbr\u003e3. Last Man\u003cbr\u003e4. Rapture, Or...\u003cbr\u003e5. Abduction On Camera\u003cbr\u003e6. My Anchoress\u003cbr\u003e7. Cocoon\u003cbr\u003e8. Accent\u003cbr\u003e9. Does He Want To Be The Weatherman?\u003cbr\u003e10. Write Lightly\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sweeping Promises","offers":[{"title":"LP-Magenta","offer_id":56661026374018,"sku":"14\/08\/26-DISCAR","price":24.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":56661044658562,"sku":"14\/08\/26-DISCAR","price":12.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1795\/4365\/files\/SweepingPromises_YouSayIRomanticize_1500px.jpg?v=1779368959","url":"https:\/\/recordculture.com\/products\/sweeping-promises-you-say-i-romanticize","provider":"Record Culture","version":"1.0","type":"link"}