Live Laugh Love Chastity Belt SKU: SSQ222LPC1 Barcode: 0803238022215 24.00 £24.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Suicide Squeeze Released Date: 29th March 2024 Buying Format: 180g 1LP Coloured Vinyl Includes Download Code Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info In their decade-plus together, the four-piece Julia Shapiro (guitar, vocals), Lydia Lund (guitar, vocals), Gretchen Grimm (drums, vocals), and Annie Truscott (bass, vocals)—have created a resonant body of work. Live Laugh Love is a natural continuation. Against the bizarre backdrop of the past few years, Chastity Belt remained a supportive space for the members to grow and experiment, drawing on the ingredients most essential to their process since the beginning: authenticity and levity. Recorded over three sessions in as many years (January 2020, November 2021 and 2022), the focus became more about enjoying their time together in the studio than making it feel like work. Their ease and familiarity with engineer Samur Khouja in LA, who also recorded their last album, made for a particularly enjoyable process. Once completed, they returned to renowned engineer Heba Kadry who mastered the album. Album opener “Hollow” sets the tone with a gently driving rhythm while guitar layers stream like sun rays through an open car window. A warmth radiates through Shapiro’s voice, even while grappling with feeling lost and stuck. “The older I get,” Shapiro says of the lyrics, “the more I realize that I might just always feel this way, and it’s more about sitting with the feeling and accepting it, rather than trying to fight it.” That wisdom seems to anchor Live Laugh Love. Chastity Belt has never shied from navigating the spectrum of difficult emotions, and an existential thread weaves throughout the subject matter. And yet the songs feel more grounded than ever; there’s a sense of quiet confidence and self-assurance that comes with being less numb and more present. Facing discomfort takes more fortitude, after all. Live Laugh Love finds the members in their prime as musicians. Their parts trace intricate patterns over one another, but there’s room to breathe between the layers. Everyone contributes to the writing, sometimes switching instruments, and for the first time, all four members sing a song. It’s never been more apparent that they are creative siblings, cut from the same belt. “We’ve been playing music with each other for over a decade,” says Shapiro, “so it really does feel like we’re all fluent in the same language, and a lot of it just happens naturally.” “Laugh” seeks in the balm of friendship, aware of the anticipatory nostalgia that hits during a good time that you’re already missing before it’s gone; the heavier guitar tones on “Chemtrails” streak ominous chord progressions over Grimm’s precision timekeeping, lamenting memories that won’t fade easily. During a transitional time, Truscott came across a note in their phone that read, “it’s not hard all day, just sometimes,” which inspired a poignant line in the chorus of “Kool-Aid,” their first song as lead vocalist on a Chastity Belt recording. Another standout, “I-90 Bridge” shines with a silvery melody that soars as Lund belts one of the most resounding moments on the album: “Tell your girlfriend she’s got nothing to fear/I’m set in my head/My body’s a different story.” The track “Blue” saunters nonchalantly with a wink; you can almost hear Shapiro’s smile as she sings “Faking it big time/So I can hit my stride/Man, it feels good to be alive,” channeling early Chastity Belt channeling early ’90s before channeling the late Elliott Smith in a spiral of distortion and insight: “Don’t get upset about it/It’s gonna pass/Tell all your friends about it/They’re gonna laugh.” “We have such a strong sense of each other’s musical inclinations” says Lund. “I think this allows for a lot of playfulness…we can kinda surprise each other, like a good punchline would.” “Chastity Belt is largely confessional; words are the focus here, and these simple, serene landscapes are a fitting backdrop to hear them loud and clear.” – PITCHFORK. “a cathartic response to overwhelming anxiety, and provide a powerful soundtrack for slaying that dreaded mind killer” – NY TIMES. Artist Chastity Belt Genre Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label Suicide Squeeze Buying Options 180g 1LP Coloured Vinyl Includes Download Code Format 180g , 1LP , Coloured Vinyl , Includes Download Code Condition New Country UK Track Listings Hollow Funny Clumsy It’s Cool Kool-Aid Chemtrails Blue Tethered 1-90 Bridge Laugh Like That Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Chastity Belt and more from Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo View Product Quick View Chastity Belt No Regerts – 10th Anniversary Edition Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Suicide Squeeze | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Gatefold Sleeve, Includes Download Code Released 22nd September 2023 £24.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Chastity Belt No Regerts – 10th Anniversary Edition £24.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Suicide Squeeze SKU: CB002LPC2 Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Gatefold Sleeve, Includes Download Code Released Date: 22nd September 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders On Sale View Product Quick View Chastity Belt Chastity Belt Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Hardly Art | 1LP Released 20th September 2019 £15.99 £22.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Chastity Belt Chastity Belt £15.99 £22.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Hardly Art SKU: HAR117 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 20th September 2019 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Chastity Belt I Used to Spend So Much Time Alone Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Hardly Art | 1LP Released 2nd June 2017 £21.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Chastity Belt I Used to Spend So Much Time Alone £21.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Hardly Art SKU: HAR101 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 2nd June 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Replacements, The Pleased To Meet Me Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Rhino | 1LP Released 16th January 2017 £16.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Replacements, The Pleased To Meet Me £16.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Rhino SKU: 0081227954772 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 16th January 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Weathers Are We Having Fun? 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