bloody luxembourg again!
Hello
We're very pleased to be writing this at last.
Front, our debut album, out now on Dogbox Records
Yes, it's finally here, and (if you'll forgive us pointing it out) the press love it. Here are a few highlights from the most recent wave of coverage:
"Front is the barnstorming debut album from a quintet who are surely destined for big things. It's a meaty, beaty, big and bouncy affair crammed with dramatic sounding tunes which build up unto anthemic singalong choruses. Like making tea, it's the kind of thing we Brits excel at, although to compare this combo to a humble cup of PG would surely be to damn them with a praise far fainter than they deserve." - Bruce Chippings, Nude magazine
"A sweeping portrait of a frustrated nation, subsiding in dead-end jobs and even deader relationships, it ought to be an utterly depressing listen - but the melancholy is tempered by infectious tunes and marvellously wry lyrics, so that even as you recognise your own life all too clearly in the songs, you're reminded that there's a certain bleak joy to it all. Manifesto-led independent label Dogbox have never released an artist album before; they've made a brilliant start here." - Alex Sarll, PA Entertainment
"The most refreshing album of the year, Front taps into the rich history of pop while providing withering contemporary commentary. A writhing, seething slab of life-affirming pop music with brains and vitriol, this is the realisation of Paul Morley's "New Pop" concept: a highly commercial sound that is incredibly intricate with an inherently literate streak. What's more, this one of those genuine every-song-a-single albums, each track sounding like their final statement to this world. Front should be a rallying point, the key moment at which overlooked music fans come out of the woodwork, launch their coup d'etat and install Luxembourg in their rightful position on top of the charts." - James Waterson, Incendiary magazine
"There’s something about Luxembourg. They’re contagious and charming, and this album has been a long time coming. After 45 minutes of this gem, it’s impossible not to have been a little bit infected by their genius." - Daisy, Indigo Flow webzine
“Gawd bladdy luv ‘em, finally an LP from that refined bunch of aesthetes. All their finest gear from the last few years here, sounding large and lively, as they should be. Fank goodness bands like this can, and still do, exist.” - Skif, Vanity Project webzine
"Front is a perfectly formed record, an evolutionary magnum opus that represents five years of coffee, vague disenchantment, and thinking too hard. With yards upon yards of delicious phrasing and micro-commentary, these songs are sweet without being saccharine, coy without being cloying. One of those increasingly rare albums where you’re quite happy to listen to the whole thing, it's one you should really rush out and buy this second." - Loz, To Hell With webzine
Album track listing:
LE14
Faint Praise
We Only Stayed Together For The Kids
What The Housewives Don't Tell You
Single
Relief
Taking Cover
WC1
Sick Of DIY
Making Progress
Mishandled
Luxembourg vs Great Britain
Down A Sunny Street
You can order the album from Dogbox Records for £9.99 plus p&p, and they'll deliver to almost anywhere.
Alternatively, if you're in London, you can buy it in person at any of these record shops:
Rough Trade, 16 Neal's Yard, Covent Garden
Rough Trade, 130 Talbot Road, Ladbroke Grove
Sister Ray, 94 Berwick Street, Soho
Rough Trade and Sister Ray both have online mail order operations too: www.sisterray.co.uk / www.roughtrade.com
Norman Records in Leeds is also a stockist, and they very helpfully offer a mail order service that accepts cheques etc rather than just credit cards: www.normanrecords.com
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Sick Of DIY (single) still available on 7" vinyl, CD and download
It's been selling fast, so don't forget to grab your copy. The b-sides aren't on the album and won't be released anywhere else. Stockists are as above, plus iTunes.
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Album launch gig this Saturday (28th Oct) at Islington Bar Academy, London
A "fantastic" (The Guardian) club called Feeling Gloomy at which the DJs play "melancholy pop and bedroom anthems" sounds like a good place to launch our album, doesn't it? We're on stage at 9.45pm, with support earlier on from Mica and Heaven's Heathens.
Entry is £5, but we have an unlimited number of £4 guest list places, so please feel free to send your name (and your friends' names) to luxembourgguestlist@hotmail.com and we'll make sure you each get to save a pound.
Bar Academy is upstairs at the N1 Centre, 16 Parkfield Street, Angel.
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Special thanks to everyone who attended our album playback party last night - cream cakes, unisex toilets and a king-size bed, Duran Duran never had it so good! We had a lovely time and it was nice to see so many of you there, made us feel all warm inside!
So yeah, it's a damn good album, if I'm allowed to say that here, and do go and check it out - you won't be disappointed.
hurrah!
We're very pleased to be writing this at last.
Front, our debut album, out now on Dogbox Records
Yes, it's finally here, and (if you'll forgive us pointing it out) the press love it. Here are a few highlights from the most recent wave of coverage:
"Front is the barnstorming debut album from a quintet who are surely destined for big things. It's a meaty, beaty, big and bouncy affair crammed with dramatic sounding tunes which build up unto anthemic singalong choruses. Like making tea, it's the kind of thing we Brits excel at, although to compare this combo to a humble cup of PG would surely be to damn them with a praise far fainter than they deserve." - Bruce Chippings, Nude magazine
"A sweeping portrait of a frustrated nation, subsiding in dead-end jobs and even deader relationships, it ought to be an utterly depressing listen - but the melancholy is tempered by infectious tunes and marvellously wry lyrics, so that even as you recognise your own life all too clearly in the songs, you're reminded that there's a certain bleak joy to it all. Manifesto-led independent label Dogbox have never released an artist album before; they've made a brilliant start here." - Alex Sarll, PA Entertainment
"The most refreshing album of the year, Front taps into the rich history of pop while providing withering contemporary commentary. A writhing, seething slab of life-affirming pop music with brains and vitriol, this is the realisation of Paul Morley's "New Pop" concept: a highly commercial sound that is incredibly intricate with an inherently literate streak. What's more, this one of those genuine every-song-a-single albums, each track sounding like their final statement to this world. Front should be a rallying point, the key moment at which overlooked music fans come out of the woodwork, launch their coup d'etat and install Luxembourg in their rightful position on top of the charts." - James Waterson, Incendiary magazine
"There’s something about Luxembourg. They’re contagious and charming, and this album has been a long time coming. After 45 minutes of this gem, it’s impossible not to have been a little bit infected by their genius." - Daisy, Indigo Flow webzine
“Gawd bladdy luv ‘em, finally an LP from that refined bunch of aesthetes. All their finest gear from the last few years here, sounding large and lively, as they should be. Fank goodness bands like this can, and still do, exist.” - Skif, Vanity Project webzine
"Front is a perfectly formed record, an evolutionary magnum opus that represents five years of coffee, vague disenchantment, and thinking too hard. With yards upon yards of delicious phrasing and micro-commentary, these songs are sweet without being saccharine, coy without being cloying. One of those increasingly rare albums where you’re quite happy to listen to the whole thing, it's one you should really rush out and buy this second." - Loz, To Hell With webzine
Album track listing:
LE14
Faint Praise
We Only Stayed Together For The Kids
What The Housewives Don't Tell You
Single
Relief
Taking Cover
WC1
Sick Of DIY
Making Progress
Mishandled
Luxembourg vs Great Britain
Down A Sunny Street
You can order the album from Dogbox Records for £9.99 plus p&p, and they'll deliver to almost anywhere.
Alternatively, if you're in London, you can buy it in person at any of these record shops:
Rough Trade, 16 Neal's Yard, Covent Garden
Rough Trade, 130 Talbot Road, Ladbroke Grove
Sister Ray, 94 Berwick Street, Soho
Rough Trade and Sister Ray both have online mail order operations too: www.sisterray.co.uk / www.roughtrade.com
Norman Records in Leeds is also a stockist, and they very helpfully offer a mail order service that accepts cheques etc rather than just credit cards: www.normanrecords.com
***
Sick Of DIY (single) still available on 7" vinyl, CD and download
It's been selling fast, so don't forget to grab your copy. The b-sides aren't on the album and won't be released anywhere else. Stockists are as above, plus iTunes.
***
Album launch gig this Saturday (28th Oct) at Islington Bar Academy, London
A "fantastic" (The Guardian) club called Feeling Gloomy at which the DJs play "melancholy pop and bedroom anthems" sounds like a good place to launch our album, doesn't it? We're on stage at 9.45pm, with support earlier on from Mica and Heaven's Heathens.
Entry is £5, but we have an unlimited number of £4 guest list places, so please feel free to send your name (and your friends' names) to luxembourgguestlist@hotmail.com and we'll make sure you each get to save a pound.
Bar Academy is upstairs at the N1 Centre, 16 Parkfield Street, Angel.
***
Special thanks to everyone who attended our album playback party last night - cream cakes, unisex toilets and a king-size bed, Duran Duran never had it so good! We had a lovely time and it was nice to see so many of you there, made us feel all warm inside!
So yeah, it's a damn good album, if I'm allowed to say that here, and do go and check it out - you won't be disappointed.
hurrah!