Andy Shauf (The Party (10th Anniversary Edition)) 2xBlack Vinyl

After 10 years of Andy Shauf’s The Party… it’s time for the afterparty.

The Party (10th Anniversary Edition) adds nine never-before-released tracks to the original studio version of this essential indie album of the last decade.

With The Party, Shauf masterfully creates a cast of memorable and unique characters. They show up “Early to the Party,” reveal secrets (“To You”) or try to reveal nothing (“The Magician”). In “a city the size of a dinner plate,” everyone knew the guy who keeled over after smoking what he promised would be his last pack of cigarettes (“Alexander All Alone”). There’s the girl dancing by herself in the middle of the room, with the “Eyes of Them All” upon her. One moment you’re dancing with someone who bears an uncanny resemblance to your ex (“Martha Sways”) and later slagging your best friend as way of endearing yourself to his recently dumped ex (“Quite Like You”). All of this is set to ornate arrangements of fuzzed-out guitars, string sections, clarinets and dreamy synths, all draped over delicate piano, acoustic guitars and rainy-day drums.

LP Track Listing:

Side A

1. The Magician
2. Early to the Party
3. Twist Your Ankle
4. Quite Like You
5. Begin Again

Side B

1. The Worst in You
2. To You
3. Eyes of Them All
4. Alexander All Alone
5. Martha Sways

Side C

1. the magician (demo)
2. angela the traveller
3. begin again (v2)
4. eyes of them all (demo)
5. the interrupter

Side D

1. losing
2. twist your ankle (demo)
3. my brother jeremy (demo)
4. martha sways (v2)