{"product_id":"headphones-headphones-20th-anniversary-edition-remastered","title":"Headphones 'Headphones (20th Anniversary Edition\/ Remastered)'","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 2005, Headphones arrived as a seismic shift in \u003cstrong\u003eDavid Bazan\u003c\/strong\u003e’s already formidable canon—a collection of synth-driven confessions that push the boundaries of narrative songwriting. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStripped down to its barest essentials, the album finds Bazan and collaborators \u003cstrong\u003eTim Walsh\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eFrank Lenz\u003c\/strong\u003e constructing an audaciously raw soundscape: no guitars, just synthesizers, live drums, and Bazan’s unmistakable vocals. Twenty years later, it remains a masterwork of emotional excavation and geopolitical reckoning, as relevant today as the day it was released.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis 20th Anniversary edition, remastered by \u003cstrong\u003eChristopher Colbert\u003c\/strong\u003e at National Freedom (The Walkmen, Richard Swift, Pedro the Lion), is housed in a gatefold jacket with expanded artwork by Grammy-nominated designer \u003cstrong\u003eJesse LeDoux\u003c\/strong\u003e, plus liner notes by writer and Belmont University Associate Professor David Dark. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe self-titled album threads a delicate needle, simultaneously personal and prophetic. Songs like “Major Cities” tackle the macrocosm of American imperialism with clarity and anger, while tracks like “I Never Wanted You” unearth the raw wounds of interpersonal defeat. These are stories of inner and outer collapse, of bullies (both personal and political) wreaking havoc, yet rendered with humanity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEven in its darkest moments, though, Headphones pulses with the hope that honesty might light a way forward—if only we'll bear witness to the truth. On its twentieth anniversary, Headphones feels more vital than ever. For those who've lived with it since 2005, this reissue is a chance to revisit an old wound, to press on it and see what's healed and what still aches. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor new listeners, it’s a chance to sit with something audacious and true—an album that invites us to reckon with the ways we fail each other—and the ways we might still be good. Twenty years on, Headphones remains a rare album that doesn’t just speak to you, but asks you to listen harder. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklisting:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Gas and Matches \u003cbr\u003e2. Shit Talker \u003cbr\u003e3. Hot Girls \u003cbr\u003e4. I Never Wanted You \u003cbr\u003e5. Major Cities \u003cbr\u003e6. Natural Disaster \u003cbr\u003e7. Hello Operator \u003cbr\u003e8. Pink and Brown \u003cbr\u003e9. Wise Blood \u003cbr\u003e10. Slow Car Crash \u003cbr\u003e11. The Five Chord (Bonus Track) \u003cbr\u003e12. Gas and Matches (Acoustic) (Bonus Track)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Suicide Squeeze","offers":[{"title":"Vinyl LP - Opaque Yellow + 7\"","offer_id":55111199424889,"sku":"SSQ045DLXC1","price":27.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":55111199457657,"sku":"SSQ045DLXCD","price":11.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0238\/8053\/files\/Headphones-Headphones20thAnniversary.jpg?v=1744895334","url":"https:\/\/cargorecordsdirect.co.uk\/products\/headphones-headphones-20th-anniversary-edition-remastered","provider":"Cargo Independent Distribution","version":"1.0","type":"link"}