{"product_id":"no-signal-vinyl","title":"No Signal [Vinyl]","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"redeye-blurb\"\u003ePappas talent is so far-reaching it's nothing short of staggering. The writing and instrumentation are always expertly done and the singing makes most contemporary artists look like amateurs.  - Peter Jesperson (Twin-Tone founder)\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThe brilliance of the songs on Elle Belle's No Signal is that each one is evocative of a multitude of 80's and 90's artists from Prince to Bruce Springsteen without ever succumbing to nostalgia in any way shape or form. Rather, by creating a breakup album about the disintegration of his relationship with America and its politics, songwriter Christopher Pappas has done something entirely new. Elle Belle has given us a collection of American anthems as beautiful as anything on Thunder Road, but with melodies and lyrics that are completely fresh and exciting.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nAfter the election I was pretty depressed recalls Pappas. Like most sane people, the 2016 election left him shellshocked. He spent that winter in NH, where he grew up, going over what went wrong. I started writing during that time and what came out felt like a break up song. That first song, which later became the titular track No Signal, acts as the thesis for the record and paints a dreary picture of two people growing apart: You and I on hard times \/ all around a slow divide \/ and there's no signal. The result is an album with a story that at times can feel cinematic - even the cover art - an incredibly close-up photo of a man (not Pappas) with nothing but a static T.V. in the background pangs of loneliness and looks like a still from a movie. I wouldn't call it a concept record, as that idea has particular baggage, but the songs do share a singular vision and narrative.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nIsolation. A great divide. No signal in, no signal out.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nNo signal is a vibrant and evocative portrait of a bleak American landscape by one of the best undiscovered composers of our time.\u003c\/div\u003e\n        \n        \u003cul\u003e\n          \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eArtist:\u003c\/strong\u003e Elle Belle\u003c\/li\u003e\n          \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLabel:\u003c\/strong\u003e Little Record Company\u003c\/li\u003e\n          \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Vinyl\u003c\/li\u003e\n          \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat detail:\u003c\/strong\u003e LP w\/ DL code\u003c\/li\u003e\n          \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRelease date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2018-06-29\u003c\/li\u003e\n        \u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Paladin Vinyl","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50705417240834,"sku":"634457871410","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0776\/9007\/7442\/files\/201374713870.jpg?v=1791651870","url":"https:\/\/soundbendrecords.co\/products\/no-signal-vinyl","provider":"Sound Bend Records ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}