Tenderness - True - VINYL LP

From the start, Dublin's Lankum planned for False Lankum, their fourth record and third for Rough Trade, to feel like a complete piece - a progression and a journey for the listener. They explain, Inchwe wanted to create more contrast on the record so the light parts would be almost spiritual and the dark parts would be incredibly dark, even horror inducing.Inch The album's 12 tracks, composed of 10 traditional songs and two originals, show the four-piece using a new palate to color their sound in an increasingly experimental way, alongside longtime producer John 'Spud' Murphy.A1. Go Dig My Grave A2. Clear Away in the Morning A3. Fugue I B1. Master Crowley's B2. Newcastle B3. Fugue II B4. Netta Perseus C1. The New York Trader C2. Lord Abore and Mary Flynn C3. Fugue III D1. On a Monday Morning D2. The Turn

Youngn's Clay Finch and Sam Blasucci, the Mapache boys, were barely in their 20s and already rising to the top of the new wave of West Coast Cosmic Americana. Born and raised in Glendale, California, their breathtaking harmonies and heartfelt yet heady sound, was honed by surfing the beaches and exploring the deserts and canyons of their native California.Clay spent time in Northern California while Sam worked in Mexico, living out what would become the songs on their debut self-titled album.The lineage of Mapache has blood running back to the first wave of psychedelic country revivalists Beachwood Sparks. Clay is a cousin of Beachwood main man Chris Gunst. Chris and I went to bat for Mapache by helping them score their first club shows and recording sessions with Dan Horne. Dan eventually produced this album at the time-travelled halls of legendary Valentine Recording Studios, where the tape rolled and captured the live spirited harmony, skillful strumming and genuinely well-crafted songs that everyone from Chris Robinson to Jonathan Richman have fallen in love with. The real charm lies in the simplicity of their voices and the songs that recall a young Gene Clark, The Louvins, Crosby, Stills and Townes... it's all there and more.One memorable night they showed up to a GospelbeacH gig with deep surfer tans and big white circles around their eyes just like raccoons...(Mapache is Spanish for Raccoon). The boys set up on stage, sang and played their timeless and soon to be classic songs into a single microphone. Time stood still, and the normally chatty LA crowd closed their mouths and opened their ears and their hearts to Mapache. At that very moment I knew they were on their way. - Brent Rademaker Los Angeles 20171. Life On Fire2. Read Between the Lines3. Me Voy Pa'l Pueblo4. Cactus Flower5. See Through6. Face Is Blue7. Cowboy8. Liberty Street Blues9. Me Da Muerte10.

Named after a river in the duo's native Oregon and cultivated in the New Orleans DIY scene where the pair met, The Lostines' chemistry is both forward-looking and a throwback, born of seemingly disparate aesthetics - classic country, Louisiana dance hall, mid-century girl groups. Since joining forces in 2013, the Lostines have been transporting fans with bare and ethereal lullabies, smart harmonies, and wry call-and-response, all the while tempering that sincerity with an ample dose of tongue-in-cheek goofiness. Originally recorded at New Orleans' Mashed Potato Records in 2018, THE LOSTINES EP, the duo's first collection of songs, wraps a full-band sound around the The Lostines' bittersweet love songs and ballads. Heavily infused with the studio's magic combo of in-house arrangements and tasteful lo-fi production, THE LOSTINES EP is a heartsick journey through a landscape of syrupy spring reverb, jangly guitar, and backing vocals that would have done the Shangri-Las proud. The resulting sound is one that many strive to achieve something truly Classic, as if the 4 track EP were simply plucked from the ethereal undercurrent of the American music tradition. Timeless, yet forever and gorgeously tethered to New Orleans' abiding affinity for dance and revelry.