{"product_id":"the-wild-swans-space-flower-purple-vinyl","title":"The Wild Swans - Space Flower (Purple Vinyl)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eLP Purple vinyl, Limited Edition, Numbered  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMusic On Vinyl (2026) EU \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Wild Swans\u003c\/strong\u003e are a post-punk band from Liverpool, England, formed by Paul Simpson in 1980 shortly after he left the Teardrop Explodes. Members of the Wild Swans have also been members of Echo \u0026amp; the Bunnymen, the Icicle Works, the Woodentops, the Brian Jonestown Massacre and the Lightning Seeds. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTheir second album \u003cstrong\u003eSpace Flower\u003c\/strong\u003e is a fun, infectious, colorful album that came at a time when college rock was becoming increasingly dour and bland, replacing the earnestness of their previous Bringing Home the Ashes album with unabashed, playful psychedelia. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe cover depicts a big, sticky ball of pastel-colored candy — a perfect reflection of what’s inside. “Melting Blue Delicious”, a groovy piece of bubblegum pop, was the first single. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe album ends with the 10-minute trancelike space-out, “Sea of Tranquility”. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe record was produced by Ian Broudie (a veteran of the Liverpool scene). He had played in the post-punk band Big in Japan with Bill Drummond (future Bunnymen manager and KLF member), Budgie (future Siouxsie \u0026amp; the Banshees drummer) and Holly Johnson (future Frankie Goes to Hollywood singer) and went on to produce some of the first Bunnymen tracks. Space Flower is a guitar-pop album at heart and still sounds pretty fresh 36 years after it's original release. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSpace Flower will be released as an individually numbered limited edition of 750 copies on purple vinyl and contains an insert. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/videoseries?si=U6YOmk9WKNR-BF16\u0026amp;list=OLAK5uy_lJ6TQ98dAhNzFiCL6UuY9tdpZqvRu4BRs\" title=\"YouTube video player\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Wild Swans","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47349837004987,"sku":null,"price":50.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0517\/0341\/4971\/files\/WILDSWANS-SPACEFLOWER-LPPURPLE-01.jpg?v=1768062075","url":"https:\/\/bizarromarket.mom\/products\/the-wild-swans-space-flower-purple-vinyl","provider":"Bizarro Market","version":"1.0","type":"link"}