LP – Standard Edition Black Vinyl. Sharp Pins is the super solid lo-fi noise pop project of talented Chicago musician Kai Slater of Lifeguard and Dwaal Troupe. \”Sharp Pins tingle and jingle and spangle – acupuncture for the soul, threading a much-needed shot of 1965 into the tired hide of today. Or you could just say theyre a crack in the sky where the sun shines through. Or you could just say theyre fab! – Robyn Hitchcock \”Youth-full popkids of the world, unite! What other rallying cry may reverberate thru the cavernous anti-scene of todays MusicIndustry?What other yelp for pains and pleasures may slice thru the barking televisions andpercolating algorithms?The cold, metallic sting of artifice?The refusal to trust in ones heart and voice and twelve lonely strings? Let the radio flash the answer. For KAI SLATER (a.k.a. SHARP PINS) has tuned to the radio-freak-uency of the YOUTH UNDERGROUND (the sleeptalking pirateradio of dreams). With paisley sleeves dragged heavy by his heart, SHARP PINS reintroduces us to a memory buried deep in our veins. Reinventing a past that never existed. Carving POP Arty-facts into teenage bedrooms that remind us our BODIES ARE MEANT TO DANCE. Why must it all TAKE SO LONG? What marks BALLOON BALLOON BALLOON as thee Next Thing, is the willingness Nay, obligation to show todays teenboppers that Love is not something to hide from. Rather, there is no truer art than boldly selling ones heart to the slaughterhaus. Let the radiowaves carry our secret messages and prayers and swollen tears. For a song is a mirror if only we could see clearly! If there is some higher directive for the music of SHARP PINS, it is thus: Open yor heartprovide home and hearth for the youth-phoneticsof neu L-U-V and dreams three sizes too bigwipe away yor tearsremember to dance is to revoltand within each chest is a voiceTODAY is the time YOUTH REVOLUTION NOW!\” – Johnson Rockstar (a.k.a Otis Johnson) Tracklist: 1. Popafangout2. I Don\’t Have The Heart3. I Could Find Out4. Queen of Globes and Mirrors5. (I Wanna) Be Your Girl6. Gonna Learn To Crawl7. Balloon 18. I Don\’t Adore-Youo9. All the Prefabs10. Talking In Your Sleep11. Fall In Love Again12. Serene Haus of Hair13. (In A While) You\’ll Be Mine14. Balloon 215. Ex-Priest / In a Hole of a Home16. Takes So Long17. Stop to Say Hello18. All The Shops and Stores Are Closing Now19. Maria Don\’t20. Crown of Thorns21. Balloon 3