Cost Of Living Downtown Boys SKU: SP1206 Barcode: 0098787120615 19.00 £19.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Sub Pop Released Date: 11th August 2017 Buying Format: 1LP 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 Includes Download Code Format 1LP , 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 (Loser Edition) Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Sub Pop | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Includes Download Code Released 8th August 2017 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Downtown Boys Cost Of Living (Loser Edition) £19.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Sub Pop SKU: SP1206X Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Includes Download Code Released Date: 8th August 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Tiny Moving Parts Swell Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Big Scary Monsters | 1LP Released 26th January 2018 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Tiny Moving Parts Swell £17.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Big Scary Monsters SKU: BSM222V Formats: 1LP Released Date: 26th January 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Fucked Up David Comes to Life (10th Anniversary) Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Matador | 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 10th December 2021 £27.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Fucked Up David Comes to Life (10th Anniversary) £27.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Matador SKU: OLE1804LP Formats: 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 10th December 2021 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Cold Pumas The Hanging Valley Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Faux Discx / Gringo | 1LP Released 19th August 2016 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Cold Pumas The Hanging Valley £17.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Faux Discx / Gringo SKU: FAUX41LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 19th August 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Billy Talent Dead Silence Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Music On Vinyl | 180g, 2LP Released 23rd April 2021 £28.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Billy Talent Dead Silence £28.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Music On Vinyl SKU: MOVLP2814 Formats: 180g, 2LP Released Date: 23rd April 2021 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Matt's picks View Product Quick View Purple Mountains Purple Mountains Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Drag City | 1LP Released 12th July 2019 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Purple Mountains Purple Mountains £22.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Drag City SKU: DC680 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 12th July 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Fucked Up David Comes To Life Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Matador | 2LP Released 3rd June 2011 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Fucked Up David Comes To Life £19.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Matador SKU: OLE9521 Formats: 2LP Released Date: 3rd June 2011 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Doublecross, The Keep Bleeding Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Boss Tuneage | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Includes Download Code Released 7th October 2016 £14.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Doublecross, The Keep Bleeding £14.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Boss Tuneage SKU: BTRC12105 Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Includes Download Code Released Date: 7th October 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Supersuckers Must’ve Been High Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Improved Sequence | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 8th September 2023 £21.00 - 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