{"product_id":"the-twang-bring-yourself","title":"The Twang - Bring Yourself","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMaking their first album since 2019 wasn’t even on \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e cards when \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTwang\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e first tip-toed back into \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e studio two years ago. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e death of lead songwriter Jon Watkin’s wife, a friendship in freefall and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e feeling that their best might be behind them had pushed \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Birmingham band to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e brink of collapse. Then Bring Yourself arrived. What began as a bridge-building exercise, a way to get four working-class lads to look each other in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e eye and be honest, morphed into a manifesto for living in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e moment and gave \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTwang\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e back their groove. None of them know how it happened. Magic, suggests Jon. That’ll do. Recorded live and produced by Ross Orton (Arctic Monkeys, M.I.A), It was Ross who gave Bring Yourself its title and its powerful, back-to-basics sound. “Ross had this phrase, ‘Bring thissen’, which became our mantra,” says Phil. “It means be yourself, bring \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e real you and no other nonsense. Ross is a no-bullshit Northerner, which was exactly what we needed”. Two decades since \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTwang\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e’s breakthrough debut album, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e gold-selling Love It When I Feel Like This, Bring Yourself comes as a celebration - of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e gang being back on track, of their new-found respect for each other and of their love of a life they’ve been lucky to lead. And despite their differences, this decade has seen \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTwang\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e in great form, playing by far \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e largest venues of their career, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Noughties’ indie-rock scene that \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e band helped spawn is bigger now than it’s ever been.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cooking Vinyl","offers":[{"title":"Jacaranda Records Exclusive Gold Splatter LP","offer_id":56470881927547,"sku":"JAR-09092","price":23.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Indies Cream LP","offer_id":56470886449531,"sku":"JAR-09093","price":23.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Coke Bottle LP","offer_id":56470887039355,"sku":"JAR-09094","price":23.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":56470887694715,"sku":"JAR-09095","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/1416\/8247\/files\/unnamed-73.png?v=1790326173","url":"https:\/\/store.jacarandarecords.com\/products\/the-twang-bring-yourself","provider":"Jacaranda Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}