{"product_id":"mould-hoping-as-a-coping-mechanism-exclusive-clear-vinyl","title":"Exclusive Clear Vinyl - Hoping as a Coping Mechanism","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor the early MOULD fans, an exclusive Transparent disc of the debut album.This product won't ever be re-pressed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"lightweightBreak\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHoping as a Coping Mechanism - available on 12\" Vinyl, Gatefold Sleeve accompanied by a curated lyric booklet.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"lightweightBreak\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWritten in snatches of time in hometown Bristol, recorded in London’s 5dB Studios and produced by Sean Oakley (Georgia, Scaler, Sorry), who flew in from LA especially for the project, ‘Hoping as a Coping Mechanism’ is the strongest display of MOULD's talents yet. In their own words, it’s “more focussed, paced and thought-out.\" Over 13 tracks that explore the horrors of the outside world and the internal \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"package_description_0\" class=\"peekaboo-text\"\u003eminefield of the brain, MOULD's debut also hits with the thrills of a brilliant live band who’ve distilled that\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e\u003cspan id=\"package_description_0\" class=\"peekaboo-text\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eenergy to tape.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"lightweightBreak\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe title comes from a line taken from the time signature-warping ‘Emotive Language’ that distills what it means to be a band in 2026 down to one concise sentiment. “This has always been the dream, playing with your mates and making good songs and getting to tour and make records,” says Kane. “But the realities of trying to start a band now, when you're 30 and also have other goals at the same time are hard. We’d be doing it regardless, but you have to learn a lot.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"lightweightBreak\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis duality runs throughout the record, where tracks like lead single ‘Float’ speak of “strolling through hellscapes” of social media yet surround their frustrations with the sort of barbed, visceral musicality that sounds like if Interpol had grown up in gloomy, rain-soaked Britain. “You’re endlessly doom scrolling, past a funny video of a sausage, and then there’s Farage and then there’s an ad for something,” Joe says of the track. “That mindnumbing flashy distraction turns you into idiots.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"lightweightBreak\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e© 2026 MOULD under exclusive license to 5dB Records\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"lightweightBreak\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"5dB Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":60217423167822,"sku":"M-HAAC-ETD1","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0846\/6713\/8382\/files\/Transparentvinylmockup_1.png?v=1785015192","url":"https:\/\/5db-records.myshopify.com\/products\/mould-hoping-as-a-coping-mechanism-exclusive-clear-vinyl","provider":"5dB Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}