{"product_id":"planning-for-burial-its-closeness-its-easy-lp","title":"Planning for Burial 'It's Closeness, It's Easy' LP","description":"\u003cp\u003eLP - Ice Blue Vinyl\u003cbr\u003e🚛 - In Stock \u0026amp; Shipping\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePlanning for Burial\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis the solo project of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThom Wasluck\u003c\/strong\u003e, emerging from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eIt’s Closeness, It’s Easy\u003c\/em\u003e, his fourth album, arrives on May 30th via\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Flenser.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIt’s Closeness, It’s Easy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis the long-awaited follow-up to 2017’s\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBelow the House\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBelow the House\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewas about returning home, following in the footsteps of your father and joining a union, and leaving behind youth’s wild days,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eIt’s Closeness, It’s Easy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eembraces what comes next—the weight of all years, the quiet shifts, the reckoning with what remains. 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