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โƒฃย Cut Worms - Cut Worms

Weโ€™ve been fans of Cut Worms โ€“ aka musician Max Clarke โ€“ for a long time so this new album had been highly anticipated. It doesnโ€™t disappoint either; in fact itโ€™s one of the best of the year. Itโ€™s like having all your old-timey favourites rolled into one tightly-packed cigarillo; The Everly Brothers, Roy Orbison, John Prine, and a twangy lo-fi surf guitar that would find even Charlie Megira himself toe-tappinโ€™ to.

๐Ÿ“ฃ Shop Reaction: ๐‘‚๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘ค๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘‘๐‘ข๐‘๐‘๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘  โ€˜๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘’ ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐ฟ๐‘’๐‘’โ€™, ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘“๐‘“ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘—๐‘œ๐‘ฆ๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘’ ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘Ž ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘”๐‘’. ๐ถ๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘  โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘”๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘–๐‘ก ๐‘Ž โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘‘ ๐‘ ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘Ž ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘ก๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘™๐‘’, ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘”โ„Ž โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘๐‘๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘”๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘›๐‘’ ๐‘‘๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘๐‘’, ๐‘š๐‘ข๐‘โ„Ž ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘๐‘œ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘š๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก.

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https://recordculture.com/collections/new-releases/products/cut-worms-cut-worms


2๏ธโƒฃย Rat Cage - Savage Visions

Literally in an opposite dimension to the above comes Yorkshire hardcore band Rat Cage. The captured audio intro to the albumโ€™s lead single โ€˜Change From A Fiverโ€™ โ€“ โ€œThis country to me is finished โ€“ thereโ€™s no way it can get any better, itโ€™s just gonna get worseโ€ kind of sets the stall out for what youโ€™re in for. Hard, lightning-fast, political thrash punk. It is an absolute monster.

๐Ÿ“ฃ Shop Reaction: ๐‘‚๐‘›๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘œ๐‘๐‘™๐‘’โ€™๐‘  ๐‘“๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘’๐‘  โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘๐‘๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘™๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”, ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘ฆ ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘’๐‘š ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘ก๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘’ ๐‘›๐‘–๐‘๐‘’๐‘™๐‘ฆ. ๐ผ๐‘กโ€™๐‘  ๐‘Ž ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘–๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘”๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ก ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘’, ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘Ž ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘ โ„Ž ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘๐‘๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘š๐‘–๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘ก, ๐‘–๐‘กโ€™๐‘  ๐‘๐‘’๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘’โ€™๐‘  ๐‘˜๐‘›๐‘’๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘’๐‘˜.

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https://recordculture.com/collections/new-releases/products/rat-cage-savage-visions



3๏ธโƒฃย Oxbow - Love's Holiday

Quite incredibly, Oxbow as a band has now been a thing for 35 years. For almost all of that they have flown under the radar, just the โ€œwrongโ€ side of alternative for many people. Their newest album, however, is arguably their most accessible point to date. Itโ€™s a really good listen too, with plenty of Birthday Party, Pixies, and Soundgarden comparisons. We can even hear, for better or worse, bits of Pearl Jam here and there. Well worth checking out.

๐Ÿ“ฃ Shop Reaction: ๐ด๐‘› โ€˜๐‘–๐‘“ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข ๐‘˜๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ค, ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข ๐‘˜๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘คโ€™ ๐‘˜๐‘–๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘”๐‘’, ๐‘ ๐‘œ ๐‘–๐‘ก ๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘›โ€™๐‘ก ๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘๐‘ข๐‘š ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘“๐‘–๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘  ๐‘๐‘’๐‘œ๐‘๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘ž๐‘ข๐‘’๐‘ข๐‘’๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘‘๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘™๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘‘๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ. ๐ต๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘˜๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ค, ๐‘–๐‘ก ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘  ๐‘ก๐‘œ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘๐‘’๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘‘.

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https://recordculture.com/collections/new-releases/products/oxbow-love-s-holiday


4๏ธโƒฃย Blur - The Ballad Of Darren

Hardly one you will have missed but it would be remiss of us not to mention that Blur have a new album out. Plus itโ€™s been a bit of a quiet release week and we need content. While Record Culture (correction: Lee) is not the biggest proponent of the Blur thing, truth be told, itโ€™s one of the biggest sellers of the year so far for a reason. Not for the first time, WHAT THE HELL DO WE KNOW?! (correction: What does Lee know?!) Itโ€™s now available on blue vinyl and deluxe CD.

๐Ÿ“ฃ Shop Reaction: ๐‘€๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘’, ๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™๐‘ฆ. ๐ด ๐‘๐‘–๐‘” ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘™๐‘™๐‘’๐‘Ÿ, ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘”โ„Ž ๐‘ฆ๐‘’๐‘ก ๐‘ก๐‘œ โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ ๐‘š๐‘ข๐‘โ„Ž ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘œ๐‘๐‘–๐‘›๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘๐‘–๐‘’๐‘๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘š ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ , ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘”โ„Ž ๐ผโ€™๐‘š ๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘ฆ ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘’๐‘˜ ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘ . ๐‘‚๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐ผ๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘”๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘  ๐‘š๐‘–๐‘ฅ๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘–๐‘ก ๐‘ ๐‘œ ๐‘“๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ. ๐‘†โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘”๐‘œ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘‘๐‘œ ๐‘Ž ๐‘š๐‘–๐‘›๐‘– ๐‘ค๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘’-๐‘ข๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘’ ๐‘‚๐‘๐‘๐‘’๐‘›โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘–๐‘š๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘‘. ๐น๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘Ÿ ๐‘’๐‘”๐‘”, ๐ผ ๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ.

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https://recordculture.com/collections/new-releases/products/blur-the-ballad-of-darren