Joan As Police Woman - To Survive - Original 2008 Vinyl LP + Poster
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Description
An original vinyl copy of the Joan as Police Woman LP To Survive.
2008 – Reveal Records – Reveal 42 LP.
Limited edition release with a double sided poster in un-used condition. No CD.
Sleeve is in solid condition with minor wear and creasing. VG+
Vinyl is clean and looks to have had little play. EX
A visual grade is given, if there are any marks I will mention and play through. If the vinyl does not play well on your player I will take back, no problems.
Postage costs apply to any volume of records bought at the same time, pay one postage for any amount of vinyl, all extra costs refunded. All vinyl's come packed with cardboard stiffeners in a sturdy vinyl mailer inside a poly mailer.
If To Survive is any indication, Joan Wasser's life after Real Life is calmer, but no less thoughtful, than it was before her beautifully stormy debut album. Real Life was a major statement, filled with a lifetime's worth of catharsis. To Survive doesn't try for that scope -- as the title suggests, these songs are about day to day concerns that are no less vital: aloneness, togetherness, love, hope, and righteous anger. However, Joan As Police Woman's "beauty is the new punk rock" aesthetic is used just as powerfully here, with the same kind of delicate bravery and strong vulnerability.
While Real Life was so fully realized that it seemed to have a life of its own, To Survive feels more like songs written by somebody than something that materialized because it had to. On those terms, the album is very, very good, and when it closes with fireworks on "To America," it might not be a completely happy ending, but it shows that in order to survive real life, it's necessary to embrace the uplifting parts of it as well as the desperate ones.
Track Listing
Honor Wishes, 4:38
Holiday, 4:28
To Be Loved, 3:03
To Be Lonely, 4:56
Magpies, 5:06
Start Of My Heart, 4:33
Hard White Wall, 4:12
Furious, 3:24
To Survive, 5:25
To America, 5:42
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