Ships 7/12/24 - Clear vinyl - Filled with raw, imagistic, sometimes smutty vignettes set to entrancing, slow burn pop songs, bandleader Greg Gonzalez captures every emotion a romantic arc inspires.
After a slow start, Cigarettes After Sex saw their fortunes swiftly reversed by a whirlwind of YouTube hits.Although they formed in 2008, CAS waited nearly a decade to release their debut record, and rather fittingly it unfolds at a lethargic pace.
A psychedelic and chaotic album that explores themes of young adulthood and the depravities of that stage of life, mixed with moments of fleeting beauty by Geese.
Filled with raw, imagistic, sometimes smutty vignettes set to entrancing, slow burn pop songs, bandleader Greg Gonzalez captures every emotion a romantic arc inspires.
Theft World pushes Lip Critic’s chaos toward something eerily disciplined: two drummers, a fried sampler, and Bret Kaser’s preacher-in-a-burning-mall delivery locked into one ecstatic seizure. It’s dance music for a society being stripped for parts.
While preparing the master disc for the box set, our engineer Jedi, Colin Young, discovered four minutes of "lost" material on the B-side of the original pressing, including a superb keyboard solo by Fela.
The third studio album from these guys bridges the gap between their older sound into a new and more refined era for Fontaines. Plus, Skinty Fia is a cool name.
Cigarettes After Sex - Cry LP (180g black vinyl). Hushed, nocturnal dream-pop; deluxe gatefold pressing with metallic-foil jacket, fold-out poster and lyric booklet.
arguably one of the most innovative and influential footwork albums. disjointed rhythms, samples with nods to essential Chicago house and big, body moving bass
The songs on Afrodisiac were tracks that Fela and the Nigeria 70 (Later Africa 70) re-recorded at Abbey Road Studios in 1972 after they had become hits in Nigeria.
Wilderness of Mirrors hits even more close to home, as the group recorded solely in the friendly confines of Austin for the first time in more than a decade and entrusted co-production duties to it's longtime front-of-house engineer, Brett Orrison.
Roforofo Fight is about human intolerance towards each other. Issues that could be resolved amicably usually end up in fist fights. Sometimes such fights end up bloody or muddy.
