View basket “A New Reality Mind” has been added to your basket. More Than This Luka State, The SKU: 04877LP Barcode: 793888104877 18.00 £18.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: The Luka Skate Released Date: 10th March 2023 Buying Format: 1LP Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info Six tracks deep, in the very heart of the album sits the fiery title track ‘More Than This’. Imagine early Arctic Monkeys multiplied by the breakneck urgency of Biffy Clyro and the sharp tongued worldview of Paul Weller. It’s a damning portrait of a hungry family in a broken Britain, as Ellis sings a song ‘For the broken hearted, from a broken home, let down on the breadline, and this ain’t the first time’. “That one’s about me delivering food for a food bank to a single mother of two who lost her job, felt let down by the system and just wanted more,” says Ellis. “She was late on the rent, had no money coming in, no food and just felt forgotten about. I just wanted to say, ‘Don’t judge people without knowing them, always treat people with compassion’. Love always wins.” Hailing from Winsford – a forgotten town between Manchester and Liverpool – The Luka State aren’t overly concerned with the loftier heights of the rock’n’roll dream. Their gritty new album, ‘More Than This’, is an unapologetic state of the nation address, and a record born of the only world they know. The bulk of the album was recorded at The Motor Museum in Liverpool (previously used by The 1975 and Bring Me The Horizon) with producers Dan Austin (You Me At Six, Pixies) and the Grammy Award-winning Adrian Bushby (Foo Fighters, Muse). It’s a small space, chosen to reflect the claustrophobia and tension that the songs were written in. The results are the most aggressive, visceral and immediate work of the band to date, fearlessly exploring the darker shadows of modern working-class life. The scorched desert rock of ‘Oxygen Thief’ spits back against an arsehole who sent Ellis’ mental health into a spiral, the wall-of-sound of ‘Losing Streak’ acts as what the singer calls “a warm hug for anyone else battling addiction and trauma”, the rushing angular indie of ‘Two Worlds Apart’ speaks to anyone “feeling a little bit lost” and the arena-ready ‘Matter Of Fact’ is a lovelorn yearning for a company and a little healing. “Does my love decay when I’m not OK?” Ellis asks on the track, the centrepiece of a very human record that runs the gamut of anxieties that come from needing to know what’s next in life and love. At every show, they’re approached by fans who have been touched by their music and are grateful for feeling less alone –regardless of where they’re from in the world. “This album is a rebirth for us,” concludes Ellis. “Like every other band, we want to take over the world, but we want our message to be heard. We’re not just some standard rock’n’roll band. No one out there must feel alone. There’s a way through everything and we can do it together. We can take over the world together.” Artist Luka State, The Genre Rock And Pop Label The Luka Skate Buying Options 1LP Format 1LP Condition New Country UK Track Listings Bring Us Down Oxygen Thief Losing Streak Two Worlds Apart Stick Around More Than This Matter of Fact Tightrope (Walking on a Wire) Swimming Backwards Metamorphosis Change Movies Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Luka State, The and more from Rock And Pop View Product Quick View Luka State, The Fall In Fall Out Rock And Pop | BMG Rights Management | 1LP Released 29th January 2021 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Luka State, The Fall In Fall Out £19.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: BMG Rights Management SKU: 4050538650259 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 29th January 2021 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Durutti Column, The LC Rock And Pop | Factory Benelux | 2LP, Includes 7" Released 6th May 2016 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Durutti Column, The LC £22.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Factory Benelux SKU: FBN10 Formats: 2LP, Includes 7" Released Date: 6th May 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Bob Dylan The Times They Are a Changin’ (Mono) Rock And Pop | Mobile Fidelity | 180g, 2LP, 45rpm Released 6th December 2016 £75.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Bob Dylan The Times They Are a Changin’ (Mono) £75.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Mobile Fidelity SKU: MFSL2460 Formats: 180g, 2LP, 45rpm Released Date: 6th December 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Korn The Paradigm Shift Rock And Pop | Spinefarm Records | 2LP Released 7th October 2013 £23.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Korn The Paradigm Shift £23.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Spinefarm Records SKU: 8501145 Formats: 2LP Released Date: 7th October 2013 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Jarvis Cocker & Chilly Gonzales Room 29 Rock And Pop | Deutsche Grammophon | 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 13th March 2017 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Jarvis Cocker & Chilly Gonzales Room 29 £20.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Deutsche Grammophon SKU: 4797011 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 13th March 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Rita Ora Phoenix Rock And Pop | Atlantic | 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 23rd November 2018 £23.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Rita Ora Phoenix £23.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Atlantic SKU: 0190295551551 Formats: 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 23rd November 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Zucchero D.O.C Rock And Pop | Blue Wrasse | 2LP Released 8th November 2019 £25.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Zucchero D.O.C £25.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Blue Wrasse SKU: 832140 Formats: 2LP Released Date: 8th November 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Björn Ulvaeus & Benny Andersson Lycka – Limited Edition Blue And Yellow Vinyl Rock And Pop | UMC | 180g, 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Includes Download Code Released 26th July 2017 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Björn Ulvaeus & Benny Andersson Lycka – Limited Edition Blue And Yellow Vinyl £20.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: UMC SKU: 5756990 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Includes Download Code Released Date: 26th July 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders On Sale View Product Quick View Jake Bugg Saturday Night, Sunday Morning Rock And Pop | Sony Music | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 20th August 2021 £15.99 - £20.00 £20.00 Select options Jake Bugg Saturday Night, Sunday Morning £15.99 - £20.00 £20.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Sony Music Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 20th August 2021 Read More Select options View Product Quick View Brand New Daisy Rock And Pop | DGC Import | 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 5th May 2010 £26.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Brand New Daisy £26.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: DGC Import SKU: B0013381 Formats: 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 5th May 2010 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Matt's picks View Product Quick View Yard Act Dark Days EP Rock And Pop | Zen F.C. | 12", Coloured Vinyl, EP/Mini Album Released 1st July 2022 £15.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Yard Act Dark Days EP £15.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Zen F.C. 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