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SUCKER

IAN SWEET

The latest release from IAN SWEET, SUCKER, is available on exclusives Transparent Cloudy Red vinyl.
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VMP Exclusive Pressing

This is a VMP Exclusive record, and you can't get this specific variation anywhere else.

Exclusive Features

color Transparent Cloudy Red
foil stamped Yes
numbered Yes

Other Features

download code Yes
exclusive VMP Exclusive
extras 10"x20" Poster
jacket style Direct-To-Board
jacket type Single
label Polyvinyl
mastering engineer Joe LaPorta
mastering studio Sterling Sound
pressing location GZ Vinyl
release type New Release

By the Numbers

1LP

format

2023

original release year

331/3
RPM

speed

300

total pressing quantity

12
inch

vinyl size

standard

weight

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Description

Work on SUCKER began in the fall of 2022; feeling newly untethered in the wake of a “COVID relationship” that had recently come to pass, Medford took a cross-country road trip from her L.A. home to an artist residency at The Outlier Inn. “I was feeling very stuck in L.A. and was trying to get comfortable with spending more time alone again,” she recalls about her hermetic confines, which included 24-hour studio access to create in an unfettered fashion. “I went there not knowing exactly what I wanted to do or make, but I knew I wanted to explore and get out of my comfort zone. I forced myself to make things on the spot, in the moment and not overthink it too much.”

Feeling inspired, Medford brought her demos to life with co-producers Craig and Eiger, along with mixing engineer Al Carlson (St. Vincent, Jessica Pratt), all of whom helped shape SUCKER into its current form —a record that reconciles Medford’s beginnings with where she’s landed at this current moment. “I revisited the reasons why I started playing music to begin with,” she explains. “I wanted to get more personal and showcase a more confident side musically and lyrically.”

Limited to 300 copies, the VMP exclusive version of IAN SWEET'S SUCKER is pressed on Transparent Cloudy Red vinyl at GZ Vinyl. The 1LP will arrive in a single, direct-to-board, foil-stamped and numbered jacket with a download code. It was mastered by Joe LaPorta at Sterling Sound.

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*Audio and/or tracklist may vary slightly from the vinyl version.

Tracklist

LP 1 / Side A

1
Bloody Knees
2
Smoking Again
3
Emergency Contact
4
Sucker
5
Comeback

LP 1 / Side B

1
Your Spit
2
Clean
3
FIGHT
4
Slowdance
5
Hard

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