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Drab City Good Songs For Bad People - 180 Gram - Sealed UK vinyl LP album (LP record)
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| Tracklisting / Additional Info: |
What a great album - imagine Julee Cruise doing the soundtrack to Killing Eve? Or Mazzy Star miraculously transported back to ye-ye France. A heady air of dislocation envelops Drab City’s debut album, where songs of innocence and experience merge with dub, hip-hop, dream-pop and jazzy soundtrack vibes to intoxicating effect. Drab City are fixated on social alienation, violent revenge, and (perhaps) romantic love as salvation; topics not new in music, but listening to Drab City in 2020, one is struck by how uncommon they’ve become. Lyrically, these songs often project punkish angst and resentment. Working For the Men is a degraded service worker’s revenge ballad, imagining male tormenters brought to a violent end. Hand On My Pocket tells of a destitute, wandering youth. One night she meets a stranger on a desert road, and is told of a nearby city where a soft, rich citizenry make easy targets. Class war is palpable.
Other songs are more opaque, but seem to speak of being the black sheep of the family, or being weighed down by the dullness of hometown life. Yet the casual listener might not notice the violence as the music itself is far from abrasive. Dreamy and ethereal, a foundation of flute, vibraphone, and jazzy guitar chord melody can switch to drum machines or funk-inflected girl-group pop at a moment’s notice. It’s a flurry of 20th century references, combining and recombining at such a schizophrenic pace, the overall effect is something that could only be conjured in our frenzied present. At once catchy and unfamiliar, the melodic, welcoming soundscapes are a Trojan horse for the band’s antisocial outlook.
A1. Entering Drab City 1:27
A2. Working For The Men 2:05
A3. Hand On My Pocket 4:51
A4. Another Time 0:36
A5. Devil Doll 4:27
A6. Troubled Girl 3:23
B1. Just Me And You 3:26
B2. Problem 4:17
B3. Live Free And Die When It's Cool 3:23
B4. Standing Where You Left Me 4:45
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| Condition : |
Factory sealed from new. This item is unplayed. Click here for more info. |
| Availability: |
In Stock - Buy Now for shipping on Monday 30th September
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| Year of Release: |
2020 |
| Artist: |
Drab City (click here for complete listing) |
| Title: |
Good Songs For Bad People (click here for more of the same title) |
| Price: |
£ 19.99, US$ 26.79
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| Format: |
vinyl LP album (LP record) |
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| Record Label: |
Bella Union |
| Catalogue No: |
BELLA1020V |
| Country of Origin: |
UK
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| Language: |
Regardless of country of origin all tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description. |
| Date of Release: |
Unconfirmed
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| EIL.COM Ref No |
42MLPGO809741 (quote this reference in any e-mails, letters, faxes or phone calls to help identify this item) |
| Barcode : |
5400863027865 |
| Genres: |
00s Artists, Dream Pop, Electronica, Indie, Indie Pop, NME Indie/Alternative Artists
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| Complete Stock List: |
Drab City |
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sales@eil.com to contact our sales team. |
| Alternative Names: |
None |
| To order by phone: |
Call +44 1474 815010 quoting EIL.COM reference number 42MLPGO809741 |
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