{"product_id":"alcest-ecailles-de-lune-blue","title":"Alcest - Ecailles de Lune [Blue]","description":"\u003cp\u003eAlcest's Écailles de Lune returns as a limited blue vinyl reissue with a poster, the 2010 album where Neige's dreamworld collided head-on with black metal's storm.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlcest began as the private vision of French musician Neige, who claimed his music came from memories of a fairy-like otherworld he had glimpsed as a child. On this second album, with Winterhalter on drums, that vision took on a darker, stormier edge. The blend of shimmering shoegaze guitars and black metal intensity helped define a sound that would soon be called blackgaze, inspiring countless bands to follow.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe two-part title suite unfolds like a tide, the first half all soft vocals and glistening textures, the second letting blast beats and anguished shrieks crash through. \"Percées de Lumière\" is the album's most ferocious moment, all speed and catharsis, while \"Solar Song\" breaks through the clouds with something close to warmth. \"Sur l'Océan Couleur de Fer\" closes things in hushed, aching stillness, like the last light over cold water.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMetal for dreamers and dreamy music for metalheads, it made the two camps realise they had more in common than they thought.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSixteen years on, it remains a landmark of modern heavy music, and the limited blue pressing and poster make a fitting frame for it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alliance Entertainment","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67762476450082,"sku":"884388895713","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1020\/2080\/8994\/files\/Alcest-Ecailles_de_Lune_Blue.jpg?v=1794315155","url":"https:\/\/soulfulvinyl.com\/products\/alcest-ecailles-de-lune-blue","provider":"Soulful Vinyl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}