{"product_id":"so-so-modern-light-years-ep","title":"So So Modern - Light Years EP","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003ePōneke post-punks return with their first new material in 13 years – the \u003cstrong\u003eLight Years EP\u003c\/strong\u003e. Out on October 9th, the EP will have an exclusive vinyl release courtesy of a recent ongoing collaboration between \u003cstrong\u003eFlying Nun Records\u003c\/strong\u003e and Holiday Records — each with their own exclusive colour variant, limited to 150 copies of each.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eLight Years is So So Modern’s latest offering. A collection of songs written in the decade since their last release, the twenty-something-year-old post-punk band have for years defied convention for how a group should operate or sound. Today the band resembles less the four young, unknowing friends who started this journey in the mid-2000s but more an extended family, bound through intersecting lives and close-knit community.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eSo So Modern emerged from Te Whanganui-a-Tara as one of the country's most adventurous and internationally acclaimed bands of the late 2000s. Fusing the urgency of post-punk, the precision of math rock, and the pulse of electronic music, the band built a formidable reputation from early A Low Hum shows through to relentless international touring, sharing stages with artists such as \u003cstrong\u003eFoals\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eCSS\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eDeerhoof\u003c\/strong\u003e, and \u003cstrong\u003eDirty\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eProjectors\u003c\/strong\u003e, performing more than 150 shows a year across Europe, the UK, and North America at their peak.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eTheir explosive live performances and boundary-pushing sound drew widespread critical acclaim. \u003cstrong\u003eNME\u003c\/strong\u003e praised the band for creating music that \u003cem\u003e\"weld[s] together successfully the disruptive qualities of post-punk with the discipline of math-rock,\"\u003c\/em\u003e while \u003cstrong\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/strong\u003e memorably described them as sounding \u003cem\u003e\"like \u003cstrong\u003eKlaxons\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eKraftwerk\u003c\/strong\u003e together.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eNow shaping their optimistic, apocalyptic, apocamystic future, SSM returns as the original line up of \u003cstrong\u003eDaniel\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eAidan\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eGrayson\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eMark\u003c\/strong\u003e - a testimony to their long-lasting musical friendship.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eLight Years represents time, distance and the entanglement of life, although it is unclear if this is in relation to a distant past or the horizon of the future.  The limited 12” vinyl release by Flying Nun Records and Holiday Records is accompanied by the illuminating artwork of \u003cstrong\u003eLily Paris West\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Holiday Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43439863365680,"sku":"FN644EP | HRDROP063","price":52.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0003\/9269\/1726\/files\/ORANGEANDBLACKVINYLMOCKUP_1.png?v=1785235855","url":"https:\/\/holidayrecords.com\/products\/so-so-modern-light-years-ep","provider":"Holiday Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}