***The mini album Shiny New Model covers various thematic ground: history alive in the present, the sadness of modern consumption, adultery via sexting, and a song set inside an actual bodega (‘Shiny New Model’). In addition to the breezy hook-filled songs, Shiny New Model features an extended improvised version of the group’s staple track "Truth Is Not Punishment." The band has been using this song as a vehicle for live improvisation for a year and decided to use a day of the session to experiment with capturing the song’s new, extended boundaries in the studio. Pressed on green vinyl. (STREET DATE - 10/11/2019)
LP $20.25
10/11/2019
***BODEGA, the art-punk band from Brooklyn create, arguably, the greatest debut album from a NY band since Parquet Court's Light Up Gold. Produced by AUSTIN BROWN (Parquet Courts). "Brooklyn’s Bodega have been around for a while, having grown out of band Bodega Bay, shortening their name and condensing, morphing into a more focused sound that draws from situationist post-punk with a strong anti-consumerism streak. You may have seen them opening for Protomartyr, or at Jonathan Toubin’s Soul Clap a couple weeks ago with La Luz (where they were terrific)."—Brooklyn Vegan
LP $21.95
07/20/2018