๐Ÿ—ž๏ธ The Lowdown; ๐ด ๐‘ž๐‘ข๐‘–๐‘๐‘˜-๐‘“๐‘–๐‘Ÿ๐‘’, ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘™๐‘™-๐‘โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘๐‘˜๐‘’๐‘‘, ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘™-๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘š๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘›-๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘˜๐‘–๐‘›๐‘›๐‘ฆ ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘“๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘’ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘™๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘’๐‘˜ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘š๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘‘, ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘‘ ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘›-๐‘ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘˜๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘›๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข'๐‘‘ ๐‘’๐‘ฅ๐‘๐‘’๐‘๐‘ก ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘“๐‘–๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘š ๐‘๐‘’โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ!



1๏ธโƒฃ Snรตรตper โ€“ Super Snรตรตper

The latest hot shit on Third Man Records (Jack White's coterie), garage-punk project Snรตรตper releases its debut; a record highly anticipated by those in the know. Itโ€™s great too โ€“ a real sweaty, short sharp shock of an album. And at just ยฃ20 on limited colour vinyl, itโ€™s got value for money all over it, despite its short run time.

๐Ÿ“ฃ Shop Reaction: โ€œ๐‘ƒ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘‘๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘›โ€, ๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ๐‘  ๐‘๐‘‚-๐‘‚๐‘๐ธ! ๐‘ƒ๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘›๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ ? ๐‘ƒ๐‘’๐‘Ÿโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘ . ๐‘Š๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘“๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘š๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘ฆ ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘‘๐‘ฆ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘˜๐‘  ๐‘–๐‘กโ€™๐‘  ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘™๐‘™๐‘–๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ก. ๐ฟ๐‘ข๐‘๐‘˜๐‘–๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘ค๐‘’ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘ก ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘”๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘ข๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘ฆ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ฆ ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘  ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘˜ ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก. ๐ผ๐‘“ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘˜๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘˜ ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘”๐‘ฆ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐ถโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘†๐‘›๐‘–๐‘“๐‘“๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ , ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘Ž ๐‘”๐‘–๐‘“๐‘ก ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘’:

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https://recordculture.com/collections/new-releases/products/snooper-super-snooper

2๏ธโƒฃ Being Dead โ€“ When Horses Would Run

Probably our favourite new album this week is this from Texas post-punky/indie/alternative trio Being Dead. Chaotic garage rock one minute, stripped-back lo-fi indie the next, itโ€™s such a tricky album to categorise. Itโ€™s sort of like Black Lips, Sweeping Promises, Lewsberg, and Best Coast in one, maybe. You need to listen to it because what do we know.

๐Ÿ“ฃ Shop Reaction: ๐‘ˆ๐‘›๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘ค๐‘’โ€™๐‘ฃ๐‘’ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘‘ ๐‘Ž โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘ ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘š๐‘’ ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘–๐‘ก ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘›โ€™๐‘ก โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘™๐‘ ๐‘š๐‘ข๐‘โ„Ž ๐‘’๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ. ๐ป๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ, ๐‘ค๐‘’โ€™๐‘ฃ๐‘’ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘™๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘ฆ ๐‘œ๐‘“, โ€œ๐‘Šโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘กโ€™๐‘  ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘ , ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’?โ€ ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘กโ€™๐‘  ๐‘๐‘’๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘ ๐‘๐‘–๐‘›๐‘›๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘œ ๐‘ค๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘š๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘กโ€™๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘๐‘ข๐‘š ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ฆ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ:

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https://recordculture.com/collections/new-releases/products/being-dead-when-horses-would-run

3๏ธโƒฃ Body Of Light โ€“ Bitter Reflection

We played this in the shop over the weekend and the most popular โ€œhere, this sounds likeโ€ฆโ€ was "Depeche Mode". A particular era of Depeche Mode too, but I canโ€™t recall which. Not the really poppy bit anyway. Someone also said during one track that it was Prefab Sprout playing and swore blind that it were. It isnโ€™t either of them, of course โ€“ itโ€™s Arizona electronic faction Body Of Light with their new album โ€˜Bitter Reflectionโ€™; a retro-fit synth-pop beauty!

๐Ÿ“ฃ Shop Reaction: ๐‘‰๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘’. ๐ถ๐‘œ๐‘๐‘–๐‘’๐‘  โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘›โ€™๐‘ก ๐‘“๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘› ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘‘๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘โ„Ž ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘๐‘’๐‘œ๐‘๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘“๐‘’๐‘’๐‘™๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘œ ๐‘“๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ. ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘˜๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘’๐‘š๐‘  ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘–๐‘ก ๐‘š๐‘–๐‘”โ„Ž๐‘ก ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘› ๐‘ ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘“๐‘–๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘›:

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https://recordculture.com/collections/new-releases/products/body-of-light-bitter-reflection

4๏ธโƒฃ Dust โ€“ Et Cetera, Etc

We had been looking forward to this ever since hearing the single โ€˜Joy (Guilt)โ€™, a glistening slice of guitar-pop taken straight out of a Rolling Blackouts best-of. Same country, different bit, Dust are from Newcastle, New South Wales and โ€˜Et Cetera, Etcโ€™ is their debut mini album. It is angular and formidable and honestly worth it for the above-mentioned track alone. Best single of 2023? Very possibly. Fortunately the rest is great too and a massive, massive grower.

๐Ÿ“ฃ Shop Reaction: ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘š๐‘–๐‘›๐‘– ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘๐‘ข๐‘š ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘˜๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ข๐‘›-๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘š๐‘’ ๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘“๐‘“๐‘–๐‘๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘ก ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘โ„Ž ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘”โ„Ž๐‘ก ๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘œ โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ ๐‘–๐‘ก ๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘’๐‘ฆ๐‘’๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ค ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘๐‘˜ ๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ ๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘”โ„Ž ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ, โ€œ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘  ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘˜๐‘’ ๐‘Ž-๐‘๐‘–๐‘ก-๐‘œ๐‘“-๐‘š๐‘’โ€. ๐ผ๐‘กโ€™๐‘  ๐‘Ž ๐‘๐‘–๐‘ก ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘‘๐‘ฆ, ๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘’๐‘›๐‘‘. ๐บ๐‘’๐‘ก ๐‘–๐‘ก ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘”โ„Ž๐‘ก.

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https://recordculture.com/collections/new-releases/products/dust-et-cetera-etc