{"product_id":"still-in-a-dream-shoegaze-slackers-and-the-reinvention-of-rock-1984-1994","title":"Still in a Dream: Shoegaze, Slackers, and the Reinvention of Rock, 1984-1994 [PRE-ORDER 01\/12]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNOT YET AVAILABLE. Pre-order now. This title is scheduled to arrive January 12, 2027.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote: release dates and prices are tentative and subject to change at the publisher's whim.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhen pre-ordering with multiple items, remember your order will not ship until the last pre-ordered item is in stock. If you want items to ship separately, place separate orders.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwenty years after his acclaimed postpunk best-seller, Rip It Up and Start Again, Simon Reynolds tells the tale of what happened next: the underground explosion of noisepop, shoegaze, slacker rock, and grunge that reverberated through the late Eighties into the early Nineties.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCapturing the musical exhilaration of the era along with the alienation of youth during a period of ascendant conservative politics and glitzy mainstream pop, Still in a Dream celebrates a golden age of guitar reinvention, a second psychedelia of mind-blowing sounds pioneered by bands like My Bloody Valentine and Sonic Youth. In Britain, groups like Cocteau Twins and Slowdive escaped into shimmering dreamworlds while American underground rockers like Dinosaur Jr. and Pavement blended apathy and urgency into thrilling noise.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA propulsive and personal account from a journalist who covered this music in real time from the frontlines, Still in a Dream vividly recreates a period that was the last blast for the analog culture of vinyl records and music papers, before the Internet changed everything\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/strong\u003eSimon Reynolds\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/strong\u003eDa Capo Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 464pp\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize: \u003c\/strong\u003e5.5 x 8.25\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNotes:\u003c\/strong\u003e paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 12, 2027\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN: \u003c\/strong\u003e978-0306833809\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Da Capo Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48842012852480,"sku":"9780306833809","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0053\/3902\/files\/stillinadream.jpg?v=1781322599","url":"https:\/\/atomicbooks.com\/products\/still-in-a-dream-shoegaze-slackers-and-the-reinvention-of-rock-1984-1994","provider":"Atomic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}