{"product_id":"bigmoon","title":"The Big Moon - Forever","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eThe Big Moon’s new album ‘Forever’ comes pressed to pink, yellow, orange and black multi-smash effect LP, limited to 500 and hand-numbered.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eFour years on from last LP Here Is Everything – and a further eight since frontwoman Juliette Jackson first laid the foundations for the band – the London-formed four-piece find themselves in a very different, if similarly challenging, headspace. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eWhere that record was conceived in the context of COVID and found Jackson processing the life-altering experience of new motherhood, Forever examines what’s left when you’ve already checked off many of the major milestones, and is tempered by a first-hand understanding of life’s fragility.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThe truth is, the past couple of years have been a big readjustment for Jackson. In 2024, she was diagnosed with a cholesteatoma – a benign but destructive cyst inside the eardrum which has to be removed with surgery. Jackson explains, \u003cem\u003e“I permanently lost most of the hearing on one side, which was pretty much existential, because writing songs is my job and my identity.”\u003c\/em\u003e Stoic by nature, Jackson forged forward with songwriting regardless but found herself faltering. \u003cem\u003e“I couldn't hear properly, everything sounded out of tune and I was just struggling to find a point at all, just writing these miserable songs I couldn't really hear.”\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThe answer was to shift her outlook completely, manifesting \u003cem\u003e“a happy ending that didn’t exist yet.”\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Blood Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50520847384674,"sku":"BLOOD668","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0271\/7941\/7698\/files\/BloodMoon-Forever-SQUARE_c10f3d33-f2bc-4daf-af82-a3e8704cdfe7.png?v=1790078051","url":"https:\/\/blood-records.co.uk\/products\/bigmoon","provider":"Blood Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}