{"product_id":"danny-elfman-big-mess-2lp-white","title":"Danny Elfman - Big Mess [2LP White]","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"275\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"whitespace-normal\"\u003eDanny Elfman\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e steps out of the shadows with Big Mess, a snarling, cathartic release that sounds like a creative reckoning decades in the making.\u003cbr data-start=\"168\" data-end=\"171\"\u003eEqual parts industrial punch and art-pop confession, it is loud, restless, and unapologetically strange.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"277\" data-end=\"803\"\u003eReleased in 2021, Big Mess marks Elfman’s first proper solo album in 37 years, arriving after a career-defining run in film composition and his earlier life fronting \u003cspan class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"whitespace-normal\"\u003eOingo Boingo\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e. Written and recorded during the COVID-19 lockdown, the album channels isolation, anxiety, and dark humor into something confrontational and alive. This 2LP white vinyl edition comes pressed on double colored wax and housed in a gatefold jacket, giving the album’s maximalist energy a physical form worthy of its ambition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"805\" data-end=\"1206\"\u003eSonically, Big Mess leans into industrial textures, distorted beats, and theatrical vocal turns. Tracks like Happy, Sorry and In Time balance aggression with uneasy vulnerability, while Love In The Time Of COVID weaponizes irony and dread into a pounding anthem for the era. True layers paranoia and self-reflection over dense, abrasive production, proving Elfman is still allergic to playing it safe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1208\" data-end=\"1489\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003eBig Mess is not a nostalgia play or a side project. It is a bold, noisy reintroduction that reframes Elfman as a vital solo artist again. On vinyl, especially in this striking white pressing, it feels less like a comeback and more like a creative exorcism finally committed to wax.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vinyl.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46872721359009,"sku":"045778781195","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0673\/7038\/5569\/files\/3958871-2696538.jpg?v=1786563094","url":"https:\/\/store.consequence.net\/products\/danny-elfman-big-mess-2lp-white","provider":"Consequence Merch","version":"1.0","type":"link"}