{"product_id":"cop-tears-the-rules-of-the-game","title":"Cop Tears - The Rules Of The Game","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCop Tears\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Rules Of The Game\u003cbr\u003eThe Trilogy Tapes\u003cbr\u003eUSA\/UK, 2026\u003cbr\u003eLP\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eLo-fi classical is hardly a new phenomenon: listen to any recording before the 1950s and there’s sure to be the wooliest blanket of shellac surface noise. But whereas underground strains of rock and folk have long embraced the imperfections of consumer analogue recording technology, few classical musicians have explored that path intentionally: even the most avant-garde contemporary compositions tend to be captured in pristine fidelity.\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eWhich is why there’s something both cozily familiar and a bit uncanny about the music of Cop Tears, a contemporary chamber music trio that records to noisy tape in an apartment: lo-fi, imperfectionistic, and gloriously under-rehearsed. The compositions date from the mid-15th century to 2016, and are all approached with the same soft step: sounded out, experienced in real time, given life and air to breathe, complete with slip-ups and attendant giggles. But there’s nothing ironic or careless about it. Rather, it feels like the trio loves this music too much to sand it down to dull perfection—to make a dutiful Pygmalion of it. The results, as Honest Jon’s puts it, are “Pure loveliness. Proper music-making.” One of the year’s modest very best.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ciframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=2608326617\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/thetrilogytapes.bandcamp.com\/album\/the-rules-of-the-game\"\u003eThe Rules Of The Game by Cop Tears\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e","brand":"Seasonal Work","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67691032281222,"sku":null,"price":38.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/3874\/2150\/files\/Cop_Tears_-_The_Rules_Of_The_Game.jpg?v=1792041061","url":"https:\/\/seasonalworkrecords.com\/products\/cop-tears-the-rules-of-the-game","provider":"Seasonal Work","version":"1.0","type":"link"}