{"product_id":"sweeping-promises-you-say-i-romanticize-lp","title":"Sweeping Promises 'You Say I Romanticize' LP","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"modal-body\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePre-order. Due 14th August.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"modal-body\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"modal-body\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMagenta vinyl.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"modal-body\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\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\u003eGood 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 You Say I Romanticize 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. \u003cem\u003eYou Say I Romanticize\u003c\/em\u003e 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\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"modal-body\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"modal-body\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition: New\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLabel: Sub Pop\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Cargo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":62343109149059,"sku":"SP1477X","price":22.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0932\/6872\/files\/Screenshot2026-08-08at15.23.35.png?v=1786199040","url":"https:\/\/beartreerecords.com\/products\/sweeping-promises-you-say-i-romanticize-lp","provider":"Bear Tree Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}