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 Les Imprimรฉs -ย Rรชverie

Another week, another highly recommended slinky little soul number! Released on Big Crown (who else?), โ€˜Rรชverieโ€™ is the debut from Morten Martens, aka Les Imprimรฉs, and it has us all kinds of cooing this week. It is an album with a wholly vintage soul sound to it, from the ethereal vocals down to the heritage production.

๐Ÿ“ฃ Shop Reaction: ๐‘ƒ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘ก๐‘ฆ ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘”๐‘Ž. ๐‘Š๐‘’ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘œ๐‘๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘™. ๐ด๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘ค๐‘’ ๐‘”๐‘’๐‘ก ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘™, ๐‘ค๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘š ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘™ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘ฆ ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘ฆ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘™ โ€“ ๐‘˜๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ค ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐ผ ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘›? ๐ต๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘™๐‘ฆ, ๐‘–๐‘กโ€™๐‘  ๐‘๐‘’๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’-๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘๐‘๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘  ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘ฆ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ; ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ค ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘ค๐‘’ ๐‘›๐‘’๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘œ ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘๐‘™๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘›๐‘’๐‘ค ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘–๐‘ก ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘œ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘. ๐‘Œ๐‘œ๐‘ขโ€™๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘˜ ๐‘ข๐‘ .

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https://recordculture.com/collections/new-releases/products/les-imprimes-reverie


2๏ธโƒฃย Khruangbin โ€“ Live At RBC Echo Beach

[๐˜ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐ผ๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘”๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘ฉ๐’‚๐’Œ๐’†๐’“] Khruangbin continue to cement themselves as one of THE bands of 2023 with their third live album of the year, this time collaborating with dreampop icons Men I Trust. There is a perfect amalgamation of the effortlessly cool original groove of Khruangbin and the blissful, twee tones of Men I Trust: itโ€™s Khruangbinโ€™s most โ€˜indieโ€™ album yet. Simply, the album offers a wholly dreamy, chilled summer listen; the soundtrack to gentle days in the sun or a cool summerโ€™s eve. What a vibe โ€“ if only the sun would stay out long enough to fully appreciate it.

๐Ÿ“ฃ Shop Reaction: ๐พโ„Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ข๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘”๐‘๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ก-๐‘ ๐‘œ-๐‘ ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘‘๐‘ฆ ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘ . ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘‘๐‘ฆ ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘˜๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ค ๐‘“๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘™ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘๐‘œ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘ฆ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ฆ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘ฆ ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ก (๐‘ž๐‘ข๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘’ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘”โ„Ž๐‘ก, ๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘œ) ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘“๐‘–๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ๐‘ก-๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘š๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘  โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘š ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘, ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›.ย 

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https://recordculture.com/collections/new-releases/products/khruangbin-and-men-i-trust-live-at-rcb-echo-beach



3๏ธโƒฃ Public Image Ltd โ€“ End Of World

Okay so PiL at this stage arenโ€™t likely to pull something out the bag that matches anything PiL circa 1980 but, fairโ€™s fair, โ€˜End Of Worldโ€™ has some cracking stuff on it. โ€˜Car Chaseโ€™ is a rolling, bass-heavy nearly-electronica romp. And, PiL will never steer far wrong when they bring out the dub guns, like on โ€˜L F C Fโ€™ and โ€˜Pretty Awfulโ€™; the albumโ€™s best track and genuinely one of the funnest tracks of 2023 โ€“ itโ€™s like Killing Joke versus Huey Lewis & The News! And, of course, album closer โ€˜Hawaiiโ€™ is a quite beautiful, tender closer; a goodbye to wife Nora who died earlier this year. John Lydon is 67 now and, whatever we think of his oddness today, this is refreshingly progressive for a chap of that age.

๐Ÿ“ฃ Shop Reaction: ๐‘€๐‘–๐‘ฅ๐‘’๐‘‘, ๐‘ค๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘˜. ๐‘†๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘’ ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘˜ ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘ก ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘ค๐‘’ ๐‘‘๐‘œ (๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ฃ๐‘’), ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘”โ„Ž ๐ผ ๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘๐‘ก ๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘™๐‘š๐‘’๐‘‘. ๐‘ƒ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐ผ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘๐‘˜๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘–๐‘กโ€™๐‘  ๐‘Ž ๐‘”๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘Ÿ โ€“ ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘’ ๐‘Ž ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘™๐‘™-๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘๐‘ฆ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘’๐‘˜ ;)

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https://recordculture.com/collections/new-releases/products/public-image-ltd-end-of-world

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4๏ธโƒฃ The Hives โ€“ The Death Of Randy Fitzsimmons

[๐˜ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐‘บ๐’‘๐’†๐’๐’„๐’† ๐‘ฏ๐’‚๐’„๐’Œ๐’†๐’•๐’•] The new Hives album pretty much acts as if the last 11 album-less years didnโ€™t happen, in that they sound exactly like they always have. But if youโ€™re like me then thatโ€™s absolutely fab news. Despite the somewhat morbid album title, this is an album that you can tell was a joy to make and thus is a joy to listen to. The Hives continue to play tunes that sound like they could be ripped from an unreleased Wilko Johnson era Dr Feelgood album and whilst it may be nothing revolutionary, when theyโ€™re this good at what they do, who cares..

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

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https://recordculture.com/collections/new-releases/products/hives-the-death-of-randy-fitzsimmons



5๏ธโƒฃย Jungle - Volcanoย 

I donโ€™t think any album from the Jungle boys needs us to big it up to sell it โ€“ them babies sell themselves โ€“ but we will do anyway. New album โ€˜Volcanoโ€™ is absolutely loaded with funky fresh beats and happy hour rhythms. Tracks like โ€˜Candle Flameโ€™ is pure turn of the millennium dancefloor throwback stuff and it is totally sublime! Itโ€™s a record for Summer (if we get one); a record that the band say is โ€œall about the vibe and the flowโ€, which is absolutely bang on. Theyโ€™ve worked with Inflo โ€“ alleged mastermind behind neo-soul group SAULT โ€“ on this one and the soul-slapped influence is crystal clear.

๐Ÿ“ฃย Shop Reaction: ๐ฝ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘”๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ๐‘  ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘™๐‘™๐‘ . ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ - ๐‘ค๐‘’ ๐‘‘๐‘œ๐‘›โ€™๐‘ก ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘”๐‘’๐‘›๐‘Ÿ๐‘’. ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘ฆ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘š๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘›๐‘œ ๐‘’๐‘ฅ๐‘๐‘’๐‘๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›. ๐‘‚๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘๐‘’๐‘œ๐‘๐‘™๐‘’ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘›โ€™๐‘ก ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘˜๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘”๐‘™๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘ข๐‘“๐‘“๐‘™๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘  ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘“๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ. ๐‘€๐‘–๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข, ๐‘–๐‘ก ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘‘๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘› ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘’๐‘˜๐‘’๐‘›๐‘‘.

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https://recordculture.com/collections/new-releases/products/jungle-volcano

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6๏ธโƒฃ Teenage Wrist - Still Love

This is one from the previous week but, as we had no Lowdown last week, we wanted to make sure it got its shout out! Our favourite album from last week, โ€˜Still Loveโ€™ is the third full-length from California band Teenage Wrist. An album that grows with every listen too; its grungy heavy rock riffs as catchy as its emo post-rock vocal. Fans of Nothing, Turnstile, High-Vis, October Drift, Reuben et al should check this one for sure. Genuine contender for my (Lee) top 5 of 2023!

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https://recordculture.com/collections/new-releases/products/teenage-wrist-still-love