{"product_id":"siem-reap-wishin-i-was-fishin-lp","title":"SIEM REAP \"Wishin' I Was Fishin'\" LP","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen Gilles Demolder (Oathbreaker, Wiegedood) first introduced Siem Reap with Now What?, it felt like overhearing someone whisper into a dictaphone — raw, unfiltered, and a little too honest. Wishin’ I Was Fishin’, his second album, doesn’t abandon that intimacy but blows it wide open. Written together with longtime friends \u0026amp; collaborators Wim Coppers and Jasper Hollevoet, the songs trade lo-fi solitude for something sharper and more dynamic, without losing the crooked grin behind the sadness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe record opens with Oliver Kahn, where Demolder compares his own childhood scars and a crushing breakup to the rage of the legendary German goalkeeper. It’s a sports metaphor that’s both devastating and absurd — a thesis statement for the album’s tone. That same balance runs through The Purpose of Wind Chimes, which finds an odd sort of peace in the memory of a chain-smoking grandfather releasing his parakeets, turning family grief into something both tragic and funny.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn Live Love Leave, gentrifiers and wine-bar culture become the target, as bar room ambiance collides with bitter observations about privilege and belonging. Ballerinas is a different kind of confrontation — an open letter to himself, telling the artist to shut up and stop whining. Then there’s Friends in the Music Business, a song that tears into the small talk, cockroach hotels, and ego trips of touring life with a venom that feels earned.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eElsewhere, Lotus digs into the half-truths and facades of growing up, peeling back layers with a mix of tenderness and contempt, while Whirlpool closes the record in a haze of circular self-sabotage — a song that feels like staring at the ceiling at 4 a.m., caught in loops you can’t break. Each track plays like a short story: too specific to be fictional, too strange to be entirely made up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat ties everything together is Demolder’s voice, plainspoken and dry, never afraid to sit in contradictions — shame and humor, ego and collapse, grief and absurdity. Wishin’ I Was Fishin’ isn’t a clean break from his past in heavy music, but another kind of heaviness entirely: one dressed in bathrobes, bird metaphors, and late-night karaoke glow, holding a mirror up and laughing quietly at what it sees. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e01. Oliver Kahn\u003cbr\u003e02. The Purpose Of Wind Chimes\u003cbr\u003e03. Pigeon Superstition\u003cbr\u003e04. Live Love Leave\u003cbr\u003e05. Ballerinas\u003cbr\u003e06. The Magician Pt. 1\u003cbr\u003e07. Friends In The Music Business\u003cbr\u003e08. Lotus\u003cbr\u003e09. Whirlpool\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HEIMLICH MANOEUVRES","offers":[{"title":"TRANSPARENT VIOLET","offer_id":57066610557193,"sku":"MUS-48013-01-TV","price":24.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2244\/7843\/files\/siem-reap-wishin-i-was-fishin-lp-1609298.jpg?v=1784750961","url":"https:\/\/evilgreed.com\/de\/products\/siem-reap-wishin-i-was-fishin-lp","provider":"Evil Greed","version":"1.0","type":"link"}