POKEY LAFARGE - 'S/T'

Formats

• TMR206 - LP

  858936003080

• TMR206CD - CD

  858936003097

Details

Pokey Lafarge and his band bring a focus and energy to the American Roots genre with infectious original material that sits at the crossroads of early jazz, country blues and western swing. With his effortless charisma and distinctive charm, Pokey has crafted a genre all his own--and one that extends well beyond the music alone. Summertime is the right time for Pokey’s sun-blessed riverboat style, and this August will mark our release of his next full length LP / CD titled simply Pokey LaFarge (produced by Old Crow Medicine Show frontman Ketch Secor). • Lafarge previously released a 7-inch single on Third Man in 2011, titled “Chitlin Cookin’ Time in Cheatham County” • critical acclaim and dedicated following in the UK where a performance on Later…with Jools Holland reached a nation-wide audience.. the Hootenanny nonetheless! • In addition to his featured vocal performance on the Jack White’s song “I Guess I Should Go To Sleep” Lafarge also opened select dates for White on his Blunderbuss tour. LP COMES WITH DL CODE. UK/EU TOUR DATES at end of August, including a slot at the End of The Road Festival.

Tracks

1. Central Time
2. The Devil Ain?t Lazy
3. What the Rain Will Bring
4. Won?tcha Please Don?t Do It
5. One Town at a Time
6. Kentucky Mae
7. Bowlegged Woman
8. City Summer Blues
9. Day After Day
10. Let?s Get Lost
11. Close the Door
12. Home Away From Home

Press

8/10 Uncut, Guardian, Independent, 5/5 Daily Express, 7.5 Line Of Best Fit, ****Daily Mirror, Rolling Stone

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ALLEN CALLACI & ADAM LIPMAN - 'GLACIAL'

Formats

• SHR169CD - CD

  759718116922

Details

Glacial is a stunning record written by Adam Lipman and sung by Allen Callaci (lead singer Refrigerator), recorded over the course of two days in Claremont by Steve Folta, mostly as a trio made up of Callaci, Lipman on guitar (and some vocals) and Jason Martin on keyboard and piano. The album is a cohesive work by two artists whose sole prior collaboration consists of vocal overdubs Callaci had done for the forthcoming Lipman full-length record (due out in early 2014 on Shrimper). Lipman, upon hearing the finished back-up vocals, had joked that he was going to force Callaci to record his entire songbook. Those sessions, which comprise the follow-up to Lipman’s From Your Mouth to God’s Ears, were the last in which Callaci took part before suffering from serious health issues that ultimately led to a successful heart transplant. After recovering, it made sense that Glacial is Callaci’s first new recording. The record was cut live with Lipman serving as both a producer of sorts as well as player on these versions of his songs with minor overdubs. Augmenting the trio is Aaron Alcala, who contributes guitar on a number of tracks, as well as Callaci’s brother on backup vocals, whose subtle and stately readings offer variances to Lipman’s original versions. A quiet, slow-paced record, Glacial rewards the attuned ear with each listen.

Tracks

1. Smiling Wildly
2. Drifting Blue
3. Absolution & Burial
4. Vulnerable Sleep
5. A Calming Wake
6. Remember Me
7. Primal Comraderie
8. Feathered Palm Trees

Press

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BARE MUTANTS - 'THE AFFLICTION'

Formats

• ITR242 - LP

  759718524215

• ITR242CD - CD

  759718524222

Details

From the bands he was wrapped up in early in his teenage years, such as The Muggles, Defilers, Real Cool Killers, and the formidable Guilty Pleasures, to his ascent to mainstream recognition with The Ponys, it’s clear that Jered Gummere is known as one of the most important songwriters of our generation. His influence on pop music over the first half of this century is undeniable, impacting most notably Jay Reatard, and much of the current Brooklyn sound, right up to all the modern bands that still try to capture that elusive something The Ponys delivered on a nightly basis. Ahead of their time undoubtedly, and with that same pioneering spirit fully intact, Gummere’s newest assemblage, Bare Mutants, coalesces all of the most pivotal nuances of his repertoire into a perfectly minimal, mid-tempo snapshot of this morosely powerful tone. Adding in essential Chicago nutrients such as Seth Bohn from Mannequin Men on bass and Jeanine O’Toole from The 1900s on backups and tambourine, along with multi-talented friends Matt Holland on drums and Leslie Deckard on organ, Bare Mutants have come together as a tightly-wound, tense-yettranquil wall of sound that surges and ebbs within the raw emotion and gut-wrenching intensity of a band that’s on its way somewhere big. None of the heart-crushing tracks on this debut album are going to quicken anyone’s pulse, yet the solemn seduction that awaits within these celestial grooves is immeasurable in its trance-inducing tension. —Todd Novak, Victim of Time / HoZac Records

Tracks

1. Without You
2. The Fire in Your Hands
3. I Suck at Life
4. Crying With Bob
5. Inside My Head
6. Nothing Is Gold
7. Devotion
8. Cunt
9. Growing
10. Treason #2
11. Scars

Press

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