Happy Now LP, by Slumb Party

Happy Now LP

by Slumb Party

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Riot Radio You know that face some people make when you tell them you’ve been digging a band with a saxophone or (god forbid) a horn section; like you’ve left the realm of punk and started listening to, ….don’t say it………..JAZZZZ…..? Let the slap in the mouth these people so rightfully deserve be served up by Slumb Party. These guys are GREAT, and anyone who thinks otherwise is a fucking nerd. Favorite track: Bedazzled.

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1.	Midlife Crisis 02:25	buy track
2.	Good Time 01:35	buy track
3.	Work 01:24	buy track
4.	Bedazzled 02:01	buy track
5.	We Used To Fight 01:42	buy track
6.	Time Keeps Slipping 01:08	buy track
7.	Nothing 01:21	buy track
8.	Everybody 02:18	buy track
9.	Trophy 02:58	buy track
10.	Do You Want To Know 02:24	buy track
11.	Lips 01:19	buy track
12.	Happy Now 03:12	buy track

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Debut LP from the Nottingham, funked up post punkers after their debut 7" on Erste Theke Tontrager.

Keep an ear tuned to the underground and it’s odds on you’ll hear some pretty fearsome rumblings. Point your ears in the direction of Nottingham and you’ll find the righteous blast of Slumb Party – a post-punk-skronk party of such hip-gyrating magnitude they’ll make you wanna take a bulldozer to your nearest nightclub and pull shapes on the ruins.

Their debut 7” dropped earlier this year via German label Erste Theke Tontraeger, and with this debut LP following so shortly afterwards, you should have a good idea of their natural pace. Fittingly, songs are concise and snappy, with flashes of everything from the rhythms of 80s Athens, GA (Pylon, early B-52s), the soul/punk hybrid of both The Nation of Ulysses and The Make-Up, the hyper-whacked sax rush of the Contortions… plus yer Minutemen, yer Gang Of Fours, yer Shoppings, yer favourite bands with attitude and heads so full of ideas you’ll find yourself wondering why most bands fail to make a sassy combination of arts and smarts sound this fkn essential.

Happy Now is the title of the album, as the band ponder everything from day jobs to the passing of time with an existential fury that’s too clever to be anything other than caustic. It’s not a case of ‘how are this band so good’ as ‘who knew anything could be this good?’ One of the best records you’ll hear this year, but you already figured that out. BRB, just quitting my job to follow ‘em round on the road forever.
Will Fitzpatrick.

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released June 15, 2018

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Tiltwheel - Teach Your Children Hell 7" DS001
The Young Leaves - Life Underneath LP DS002
The Magnificent - 1981 7" DS003
Unfun - Shallow Graves 7" DS004
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Rations 7"
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The Magnificent - Bad Lucky 7"
Discharge/ Off With Their Heads 7"
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