{"product_id":"ibibio-sound-machine-chopping-mountain-green-smoke","title":"Ibibio Sound Machine - Chopping Mountain [Indie Exclusive]","description":"\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eSix albums in, Ibibio Sound Machine have stopped being a novelty and become an institution. The London collective led by Eno Williams has spent a decade running Nigerian highlife and Ibibio folklore through post-punk guitars and analog synthesizers, and \u003cem\u003eChopping Mountain\u003c\/em\u003e is their most direct statement of purpose yet — a record the band describes as an attempt to promote love, unity, and resistance through music.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eIt is also a homecoming of sorts. After the Hot Chip-produced \u003cem\u003eElectricity\u003c\/em\u003e in 2022 and Ross Orton's harder-edged \u003cem\u003ePull The Rope\u003c\/em\u003e in 2024, Williams reunites here with Max Grunhard, the band's own saxophonist and the producer behind 2019's \u003cem\u003eDoko Mien\u003c\/em\u003e. The difference shows. The horns sit further forward, the rhythm section is given room to breathe, and Williams moves between English and Ibibio with the ease of someone no longer explaining herself to anyone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\"Burning In Lagos\" opens with the band at a full sprint. \"Concept Of Love\" is the closest thing to a straight pop song they have written. \"River Don't Rush\" closes the record on something quieter and stranger, a reminder that underneath the party there has always been a storyteller.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eIndie exclusive pressing on green smoke vinyl, out September 11, 2026 on Merge Records.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Secretly","offers":[{"title":"Vinyl","offer_id":47635888177314,"sku":null,"price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0633\/5024\/3490\/files\/MRG886.jpg?v=1788902475","url":"https:\/\/staticatx.com\/es\/products\/ibibio-sound-machine-chopping-mountain-green-smoke","provider":"Static ATX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}