{"product_id":"house-of-kultur-preorder","title":"House of Kultur - PREORDER","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePREORDER DUE TO SHIP BY MID-APRIL!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlternative Tentacles Records is proud to help celebrate 30 years of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/alternativetentacles.com\/pages\/artist-page\/kultur-shock\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKultur Shock\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/a\u003ewith the releasee of their long anticipated album, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/alternativetentacles.com\/collections\/pre-orders\/products\/house-of-kultur-preorder\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHouse of Kultur\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e! \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHouse of Kultur\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e embodies the well- known sound of the band, and includes seven songs bouncing wildly between serious, political, sarcastic, social commentary, fun and funny, while seamlessly integrating elements of Balkan folk music, punk and metal, which are the band’s unmistakable trademark.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/alternativetentacles.com\/collections\/pre-orders\/products\/house-of-kultur-preorder\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHouse of Kultur\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e’s opening track \u003cstrong\u003e\"Bosna In Time\"\u003c\/strong\u003e is practically the sequel of band’s hit \u003cstrong\u003e\"Tamni Vilajet\"\u003c\/strong\u003e, followed up by the jokingly contemplative \u003cstrong\u003e\"Tomorrow Is Better Day\"\u003c\/strong\u003e. \u003cstrong\u003e\"Snijeg\"\u003c\/strong\u003e is a traditional Bosnian love without borders song in a completely contemporary music form that has become a Balkan LGBTQ anthem as well as a staple of the band’s live show. \u003cstrong\u003e\"Nostalgia\"\u003c\/strong\u003e is \u003cstrong\u003eKultur Shock\u003c\/strong\u003e’s testament for refusing to become a legacy band after decades of prolific artistic life, while joyfully exploiting hard rock and New Wave of British heavy metal approach, which makes it even wilder, especially in the context of the follow up track- \u003cstrong\u003e\"Get Off My Lawn\"\u003c\/strong\u003e, which is a counter\/endorsement of the whole “OK, boomer!” thing. \u003cstrong\u003e\"Illuzie\"\u003c\/strong\u003e is an anthemic sing along song with many cultural cross-references related to the ex-YU ethos, underlining that not everything is what it looks like at first glance, delivered as a double meaning game of words. The record closes with the very personal and intense \u003cstrong\u003e\"What I Saw\"\u003c\/strong\u003e, which infers to vocalist, \u003cstrong\u003eGino Yevdjevich\u003c\/strong\u003e’s war experiences and post-war PTSD triggered by the state of the contemporary world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QBABWPYPl-k?si=qrOW80Ud98dC8QaL\" title=\"YouTube video player\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRecorded through 2024 and 2025 in Seattle and New York City, mixed and mastered by \u003cstrong\u003eOggi Kiossovski\u003c\/strong\u003e in Sofia, Bulgaria, and with visual and art concepts by \u003cstrong\u003eTico Ticulin\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eMajda Turkic\u003c\/strong\u003e in Croatia and Bosna i Herzegovina, the record is a testament for the power of true cross-distance and cross-cultural artistic collaboration, in direct defiance of the nativist tendencies which are plaguing our daily lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/alternativetentacles.com\/pages\/artist-page\/kultur-shock\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKultur Shock\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/a\u003e is not just a high-voltage blend of multi-ethnic music, attitude, and raw stage presence. It’s an incredible ongoing Project - an open, ever-evolving platform that breaks through creative limits and sheds the weight of legacy. We are all just lucky to bear witness. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Digital version of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/alternativetentacles.com\/collections\/pre-orders\/products\/house-of-kultur-preorder\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHouse of Kultur\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eis  already streamin\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eg on all platforms. The LP is now available for pre-order and \u003cstrong\u003ewill ship Mid-April 2026.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kultur Shock","offers":[{"title":"12\" Vinyl - Black","offer_id":52542247960865,"sku":"v548-ks-12vinyl-black","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0729\/8940\/9569\/files\/a3128921464_1x1_700.avif?v=1775514169","url":"https:\/\/alternativetentacles.com\/products\/house-of-kultur-preorder","provider":"AlternativeTentacles","version":"1.0","type":"link"}