{"product_id":"unexamined-life","title":"Unexamined Life","description":"Supreme Dicks: Jon Shere, Dan Oxenberg (vocals, guitar); Steven Shavel (vocals, slide guitar); Mark Hanson (vocals, drums).\u003cbr\u003eAdditional personnel: Jim Spring, S.D., Rich Hinklin (guitars); Benjie Bernhardt (violin); Lou Barlow (bass); Mark Merrigan (drums); Pete Morgan (background vocals).\u003cbr\u003eEngineers include: Mark Merrigan, Paul Roche, Rich Hinklin, Paul MacNamara.\u003cbr\u003eThe Unexamined Life compares oddly with most of the Dicks' later work. The record is probably more focused than those which followed, but focused on its own eeriness -- the quasi-psychedelic folk vibe has more in common with the Japanese collective Ghost than with the sprawlingly odd Americana of albums like The Emotional Plague. This gives The Unexamined Life a haunting edge that simply isn't captured by the Lou Barlow references that seem appropriate -- there's an antique and wholly psychedelic quality behind the record's drawling folk, and it's that element that lends the album most of its interest. ~ Nitsuh Abebe","brand":"InnerSleeve","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42051719037093,"sku":"656605215310","price":33.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/6007\/1077\/files\/e1953bd6f136147317c534cc28cc3c5c.jpg?v=1777766649","url":"https:\/\/www.innersleeve.com\/products\/unexamined-life","provider":"InnerSleeve","version":"1.0","type":"link"}