L-13 Recordings, the
musical
arm
of
Clerkenwell’s
L-13
Gallery,
present
this
joint
offering
from
two
of
Hackney’s
most
forward-thinking,
backward-looking
bands. Pressed on
deluxe
10-inch
vinyl,
from
hand-cut
masters,
and
housed
in
individually-numbered
hand-printed
sleeves,
each
collectable
disc
comes
complete
with
a
free
download
code
for
the
more….
modern…
among
you.
MONKEY ISLAND – DEFUNCTUS EST
In this eight-track core sample of the terrain Monkey Island have been inhabiting over the last year or so since the release of Luxe et Redux, the body of rock has been mischievously rearranged on the slab post-exhumation and a cross section of the results displayed for scrutiny. The strata on view present us with a neo-vista of the bands recent activity. Mudrock, hardcore, metal-ore, artefact and other grim evidence of civilisation are ploughed into the arising midden via their bulldozing sonic archaeology, with the polluted industrial top-soil of punk liberally scattered throughout. A lyrical commentary is provided, its disrupted narrative doing little to assist a linear analysis, but leaving us with their wilfully hammer-headed version of rock's megalithology and - fracked from an unsteady substrata of half-forgotten ideology, folk forms, surreal observation and digibox truisms - a few dark-humoured clues of how to maintain hope, and grinningly sidestep a seemingly catastrophically corporate future.
Released on 10 April on a label whose roster includes Billy Childish, James Cauty and Jamie Reid and reads like a Who's Who of underground pioneers and media certified outsiders, the record is a split with fellow eastenders…
Released on 10 April on a label whose roster includes Billy Childish, James Cauty and Jamie Reid and reads like a Who's Who of underground pioneers and media certified outsiders, the record is a split with fellow eastenders…
THE DUBLO – BABY DON’T BLUES EP
Fronted by a twenty-something-year-old, double-bass playing Hackney gal, their take on the blues is more revisionist than retro. Lo-fi and underground - in part recorded completely live - their unrepentantly independent stance and refusal to pander to a miseryologist interpretation of the blues, has allowed them to illuminate the twilight zone between rockabilly, blues and folk scenes, then slip away unnoticed in the dead of night after serious fun has been had by all. Drawing inspiration in part from both singer and bands coming of age in an area once charmingly known as the murder mile, this three track debut is a taste of the twenty-odd self penned songs, spanning rock n' roll, boogie, gospel and jazzy standards the band has written over the last couple of years.
Fronted by a twenty-something-year-old, double-bass playing Hackney gal, their take on the blues is more revisionist than retro. Lo-fi and underground - in part recorded completely live - their unrepentantly independent stance and refusal to pander to a miseryologist interpretation of the blues, has allowed them to illuminate the twilight zone between rockabilly, blues and folk scenes, then slip away unnoticed in the dead of night after serious fun has been had by all. Drawing inspiration in part from both singer and bands coming of age in an area once charmingly known as the murder mile, this three track debut is a taste of the twenty-odd self penned songs, spanning rock n' roll, boogie, gospel and jazzy standards the band has written over the last couple of years.
Launch Party Friday 13 April at The Jackalope
(underneath Luigi’s), Stoke Newington Church Street, London N16.
Listen to
the release at www.thedublo.bandcamp.com
/ www.monkeyislandvinyl.bandcamp.com
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