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- Summary: The debut full-length release from supergroup Lol Tolhurst x Budgie x Jacknife Lee features guest appearances by Mark Bowen, Isaac Brock, Arrow de Wilde, Bobby Gillespie, Lonnie Holley, Mary Lattimore, James Murphy, Pan Amsterdam, and The Edge.
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- Record Label: Play It Again Sam
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock
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Nov 2, 2023Los Angeles already feels like a destination record, Lee, Tolhurst and Budgie putting their decades of world-building expertise to excellent use. If the world they have built is on the brink of collapse, it only adds to the thrill. [Dec 2023, p.85]
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Nov 2, 2023There will be few debut records as accomplished or thrilling as Los Angeles in 2023.
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Nov 2, 2023Even at 54 minutes, Los Angeles never seems to run out of steam, and there more than enough excellent moments to hope that a second volume may be in the offering. Although hopefully with a less cumbersome band name next time around.
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UncutNov 2, 2023A baggy sprawl in places, but generally rewarding. [Dec 2023, p.36]
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Classic Rock MagazineDec 12, 2023Where classic and post rock meet experimentalism, the brooding soundscapes portrayed by the theme of LA's dark underbelly is one of 2023's most inventive surprises. [Jan 2024, p.80]
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Nov 3, 2023The whole album has that kind of off-kilter appeal and even when the singers break things down lyrically to the elemental level of survival in a world seemingly on the brink of collapse, this is music meant to transport the listener. Consider it a job well done and enough of an artistic success that one hopes the trio makes this one time gathering of like-minded souls a more regular occurrence.
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Nov 2, 2023There are times when this commitment to innovation and experiment costs Los Angeles its ability to hold the listener’s attention. .... Even so, Los Angeles proves that each artist on the record is a visionary in their own right, as they push the boundaries of the past whilst looking to the future.