Cost Of Living (Loser Edition) Downtown Boys SKU: SP1206X Barcode: 4059251131335 19.00 £19.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Sub Pop Released Date: 8th August 2017 Buying Format: 1LP Coloured Vinyl Includes Download Code Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info The United States’ myriad inequalities, hatreds and phobias are painfully evident in 2017, offering proof that the age-old dichotomy of “political bands” versus “apolitical bands” simply doesn’t exist. Either you are comfortable and unfazed by the current reigning power structures, or you use your music as a vehicle for the dismantling of oppression and the creation of something better. No matter what your songs are about, you are choosing a side. The position of Providence, RI’s Downtown Boys has been clear since they started storming through basements and DIY spaces with their radically-minded rock music: they are here to topple the white-cis-het hegemony and draft a new history. Downtown Boys began by combining revolutionary ideals with boundless energy and contagious, inclusive fun, and their resolve has only strengthened as their sound and audience have grown. Cost of Living is their third full-length, following a self-released 2012 debut and 2015’s Full Communism on Don Giovanni Records. They recorded it with Guy Picciotto (Fugazi; producer of Blonde Redhead, The Gossip), one of indie-rock’s most mythological figures, in the producer’s chair. Picciotto fostered the band’s improvisational urges while pulling the root of their music to the forefront: unflinching choruses, fearlessly confrontational vocals, and the sense that each song will incite the room into action, sending bodies into motion that were previously thought to have atrophied. Downtown Boys are keenly aware of the increased visibility and credibility that comes with signing to a corporate-media conglomerate such as Sub Pop. They’re using this platform as a megaphone for their protest music, amplifying and centering Chicana, queer, and Latino voices in the far-too-whitewashed world of rock. In just one example, album-opener “A Wall” rides the feel-good power that drove so many tunes by The Clash and Wire as it calls out the idea that a wall could ever succeed in snuffing the humanity and spirit of those it’s designed to crush. Compared to previous efforts, Downtown Boys have shifted from a once-meaty brass section to the subtler melodic accompaniment of keyboards and a saxophone, coloring their anthems with warm, bright tones while singer/lyricist Victoria Ruiz spits out her frustrations and passions. Some might say it shows a sense of maturity, as Downtown Boys have undoubtedly smoothed down some of their earlier edges, but there is no compromise to their righteous assault and captivating presence. Like the socially conscious groups of years past, from Public Enemy to Rage Against the Machine, Downtown Boys harness powerful sloganeering, repetitive grooves, and earworm hooks to create one of the most necessary musical statements of the day. We should all do well to take notice! – Matt Korvette, Pissed Jeans Artist Downtown Boys Genre Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label Sub Pop Buying Options 1LP Coloured Vinyl Includes Download Code Format 1LP , Coloured Vinyl , Includes Download Code Condition New Country United Kingdom Track Listings A Wall I'm Enough (I Want More) Somos Chulas (No Somos Pendejas) Promissory Note Because You Violent Complicity It Can't Wait Tonta Heroes (Interlude) Lips That Bite Clara Rancia Bulletproof (Outro) Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Downtown Boys and more from Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo View Product Quick View Downtown Boys Cost Of Living Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Sub Pop | 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 11th August 2017 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Downtown Boys Cost Of Living £19.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Sub Pop SKU: SP1206 Formats: 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 11th August 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Eye Flys Tub of Lard Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Thrill Jockey | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Includes Download Code Released 20th March 2020 £22.00 - 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