{"product_id":"christopher","title":"Christopher","description":"\u003cp\u003eTravel through the desert of pop long enough and, no matter the odds, eventually you’ll find an oasis. And it just might be frozen.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\u003cp\u003eWhen The Ruby Suns’ main mover Ryan McPhun alighted in Oslo, Norway in the winter of 2010, he knew he’d found an artistic haven. He’d always been a musical wayfarer, collecting sounds and styles from his travels around the globe, depositing them into three knockout Ruby Suns albums (2006’s \u003ccite\u003eThe Ruby Suns\u003c\/cite\u003e, 2008’s \u003ccite\u003eSea Lion\u003c\/cite\u003e and 2010’s \u003ccite\u003eFight Softly\u003c\/cite\u003e). Amidst Scandinavia’s icy architecture, fjords and indomitable gloss-pop, McPhun found the inspiration for \u003ccite\u003eChristopher\u003c\/cite\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\u003cp\u003e\u003ccite\u003eChristopher\u003c\/cite\u003e is an album about starting over, but not necessarily moving forward. It’s a breakup album, but not necessarily a sad one. The Christopher referred to in the album title is part of an Auckland-based inside joke that we’re on the outside of. To you and me, Christopher is a metaphor: He’s that awkward, hormonal menace from when you were young and foolish and eager for everything. The story of \u003ccite\u003eChristopher\u003c\/cite\u003e mirrors McPhun’s coming of age: After a childhood spent in nerdy isolation, hiding away in his bedroom with his guitar while his older sister hosted high school ragers in their parents’ Ventura, CA home; after leaving home; after splitting from his long-term girlfriend and bandmate, McPhun has stopped thinking so much and joined the party.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\u003cp\u003eMcPhun and A-list engineer Chris Coady (Beach House, Grizzly Bear, Gang Gang Dance) polished \u003ccite\u003eChristopher\u003c\/cite\u003e to an opalescent sheen, yielding the kind of expensive-sounding, future-leaning ear candy typically in the province of Top 40 radio.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\u003cp\u003e\u003ccite\u003eChristopher\u003c\/cite\u003e‘s opening song-floating on synths and ecstatic dancefloor energy-details McPhun’s inebriated encounter with his musical crush, Robyn, at a music festival. “Flower among the leaves is what you are,” he sings, his sheepish grin practically bursting out of your speakers, “cold glass of water in the desert of pop.”\u003c\/p\u003e\r\u003cp\u003eTakes one to know one, Ryan.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Ruby Suns","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":50683704967254,"sku":"hoe1791988000370","price":11.52,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50683705000022,"sku":"spd1791988000371","price":7.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital","offer_id":50683705032790,"sku":"bvg1791988000372","price":7.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0725\/8236\/5270\/files\/christopher_1.jpg?v=1791988007","url":"https:\/\/cottondriftclad.shop\/products\/christopher","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}