{"product_id":"the-foghorns-lament-the-disappearing-music-of-the-coast-paperback","title":"The Foghorn's Lament: The Disappearing Music of the Coast - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJennifer Lucy Allan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A truly unusual and strangely revealing lens through which to view music and history and the dark life of the sea' Brian Eno\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003eAs memorable, pleasurable and irrational as all the highest quests' John Higgs\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A perfect example of the power and beauty of industrial music' Cosey Fanni Tutti\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat does the foghorn sound like? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt sounds huge. It rattles. It rattles you. It is a booming, lonely sound echoing into the vastness of the sea. When Jennifer Lucy Allan hears the foghorn's colossal bellow for the first time, it marks the beginning of an obsession and a journey deep into the history of a sound that has carved out the identity and the landscape of coastlines around the world, from Scotland to San Francisco. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWithin its sound is a maritime history of shipwrecks and lighthouse keepers, the story and science of our industrial past, and urban myths relaying tales of foghorns in speaker stacks, blasting out for coastal raves. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn odyssey told through the people who battled the sea and the sound, who lived with it and loathed it, and one woman's intrepid voyage through the howling loneliness of nature.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJennifer Lucy Allan is a writer, journalist and broadcaster with a PhD in foghorns. She has been a journalist for over a decade, writing on underground and experimental music for publications including The Guardian, The Quietus, and The Wire, and was previously The Wire's Online Editor. She is a presenter on BBC Radio 3's Late Junction, and wrote and presented Life, Death and the Foghorn for BBC Radio 4. She also runs the archival record label Arc Light Editions. THE FOGHORN'S LAMENT is her first book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.87 x 7.77 x 5.16 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 15, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42697219539007,"sku":"9781474615044","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/a5b96437c40314b8d2850de84b893506.webp?v=1765008745","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/the-foghorns-lament-the-disappearing-music-of-the-coast-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}