{"product_id":"cola-boyy-prosthetic-boombox-cd","title":"Cola Boyy - Prosthetic Boombox CD","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThere's liberation on the dance floor in the songs of Matthew Urango – glimpses of revolution that glimmer beneath the disco ball. \"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eI want my music to bring people together,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ebecause standing together is our best chance at fighting this shit show\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.” The shit show in question is a broken, brutal system the acclaimed multi-instrumentalist has witnessed up-close. Urango was born with spina bifida and scoliosis in Oxnard, California: a town in which almost 30,000 are estimated to live in poverty. \"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eProsthetic Boombox\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\", his eagerly awaited debut album, might at first glance seem a joyous confetti-burst of pop eclecticism, engineered to sound like \"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003escanning between stations on a car radio, landing on all these different sounds and styles\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\" as Urango puts it. Dig deeper, though, and you'll discover a simmering sense of rebellion. \"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe working class are injured, struggling to pay rent and struggling to put food on the table\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e,\" he says. \"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eI want to represent that\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.” \"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eProsthetic Boombox\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\" achieves that goal in a thrilling flurry of inventive indie, funk and soul: take Urango's car radio analogy, place it in a time-travelling Delorean with Prince in the passenger seat, and you're half-way there.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLook no closer than \"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eProsthetic Boombox\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"'s euphoric opener, the Avalanches-assisted \"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eDon't Forget Your Neighborhood\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\". The track – which Urango says mixes \"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ethe Beach Boys, French disco, house keys and ragtime piano, kinda like the Cheers soundtrack!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\" – ends with lyrics urging listeners to \"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003efight for your town with your fist closed, strike it and make it more than just a memory\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\" It's a reminder that the working classes need to \"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eturn our fists against our oppressors instead of each other\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e,\" he explains. After that emphatic introduction comes a horn-laced funk wig-out titled \"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eMailbox\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\" – a song that gives Dua Lipa's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eFuture Nostalgia\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e a run for its Studio 54-themed money, featuring rising Londoner JGrrey. Elsewhere, \"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSong For the Mister\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\" ventures into smooth R\u0026amp;B territory, before \"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eRoses\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\" – a collaboration with Myd of Ed Banger fame – offers a bouquet of bustling disco guitars and Infinite Bisous of Connan Mockasin's band drops in on the immaculate \"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eGo the Mile\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\". Urango saves his most introspective moment for the album's starry closer. \"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eKid Born in Space\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\", a cosmic collaboration with MGMT frontman Andrew VanWyngarden, sees the artist reflect on what he once had to overcome as a disabled person of colour. \"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eI see them looking down on my dreams of being\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e,\" he sings tenderly. \"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eI hear them making fun of my voice, but I keep on moving forward, I refuse to live in anyone else’s shadow\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eProsthetic Boombox\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\", on this subject, is more than an album title – it's a statement of intent.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e01. Don't Forget Your Neighborhood (w\/ The Avalanches)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e02. Mailbox (w\/ John Carroll Kirby)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e03. Song for the Mister (w\/ Nicolas Godin \u0026amp; Pierre Rousseau)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e04. Roses (w\/ Myd)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e05. For the Last Time (w\/ nit)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e06. You Can Do It (w\/ nit)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e07. Mink (w\/ nit)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e08. One of These Winters Will Take Me (w\/ Bon Voyage Organisation)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e09. Go the Mile (w\/ infinite bisous)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e10. Kid Born in Space (w\/ MGMT's Andrew VanWyngarden)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Record Makers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54625523859801,"sku":null,"price":14.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/7707\/6313\/files\/Prosthetic_CD.jpg?v=1747919231","url":"https:\/\/zhh9ns-0n.myshopify.com\/products\/cola-boyy-prosthetic-boombox-cd","provider":"Record Makers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}