{"product_id":"simon-joyner-heavens-gate-31st-ann-edition-lp","title":"* PREORDER * SIMON JOYNER - Heaven's Gate (31st Ann. Edition) LP","description":"\u003cp\u003e* PREORDER * expected to arrive mid-late July\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLimited 31st Anniversary Edition of 200 copies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFolkways style wrap-around adhered screenprinted cover. Includes insert.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExclusive to Strangeworld in Australia. Very limited stock available.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFully remastered.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHighest recommendation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNow it's all about the words. The occasional fiery acoustic aggression and variable tones that spiced up The Cowardly Traveller is all but gone here. Fortunately though, as a lyricist Joyner is progressing at a rapid clip, developing a somewhat signature style of personal \/ spiritual \/ disappointed stories that never fail to strike a chord at this point.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMusically he's reined in to simple folk-y strumming with the occasional accoutrement, and unsurprisingly its those accoutrements that heighten the best material here - namely the mandolin and banjo abetted \"Alabaster\" and the queasily intimate violin of \"Kerosene.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe upside of this new focus is that Heaven's Gate has a consistency to it that would make a lot of Joyner's contemporaries at this point - John Darnielle, Will Oldham, Connor Oberst - wouldn't acquire for a few more years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt's not the exciting ride that Cowardly Traveler was - grab the 30th Anniversary Edition whilst you still can - but it's pretty much its equal on a purely emotional level.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/L9sCSUxOL8g?si=2GYXimIPFIHuCOU6\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e","brand":"Grapefruit","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44515103244330,"sku":"SIMON JOYNER - Heaven's Gate (31st Ann. Edition) LP","price":64.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1273\/6111\/files\/simonjoyner-heaven_sgate.jpg?v=1782645153","url":"https:\/\/www.strangeworldrecords.com.au\/products\/simon-joyner-heavens-gate-31st-ann-edition-lp","provider":"Strangeworld Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}