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From classics and brand new artists to undiscovered gems and the albums they've listened to more than any others.
We also find out which of their own records they would like people to start with.
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LOWLIVES on their dream support slot & what they've been listening to
We talk to Lee Downer and Luke Johnson of LOWLIVES about the band they'd love to go on tour with and the music they've been obsessed with lately.
Do you remember what it was that made you fall in love with music? That teenage head-rush thrill of thrashing guitars; the heavyweight drums punching you in the chest so hard it takes your breath away; the innate desire bubbling up in your gut to shout back the words exploding from your headphones?
Luke Johnson and Lee Downer do. It’s a memory that has fuelled them to devote their lives to the simple pursuit of music so loud it stirs the soul and shakes the walls. There was a time, however, when they’d lost sight of it; having each been fed through the music industry ringer across two decades in the game, that innocent excitement for their lifelong passion slowly squeezed out of their hearts and minds by the struggle for survival that had turned a once pure passion into a working daily grind.
“I once thought that music could only bring amazing things,” Johnson says today. “I never realised it could also bring unhappiness. But as time went on in my previous bands, the innocence of making music had dissipated to a place where it was about trying to make money from art. The purity had gone.”
In each other, however, the two hitherto strangers - connected at first only as Englishmen both living under the Los Angeles sunshine with a passing awareness of each other’s existence - would find it again. That deep-rooted musical fire never goes away, of course. Dig deep enough and you’ll find it, those embers of passion still burning, undamped by even the most dispiriting of experiences.
Lowlives isn’t so much about carefully stoking the embers as pouring on gasoline with merry impetuosity. With vocalist Downer and drummer Johnson soon joined by guitarist Jaxon Moore and bassist Steve Lucarelli, the nascent band was founded on a shared love of ‘90s alternative and grunge, and a shared desire to make music once more for little more than the love of doing so. Fuck the rest of it.
Debut album Freaking Out, set for release in May 2024 via Spinefarm Records, arrives imbued with that same such spirit. The intervening years have, after all, been above all about nurturing exactly that, first through jam sessions at Luke’s home studio and latterly fledgling adventureson the road. A 2018 tour of the UK, hastily arranged following the cancellation of a high-profile support billing the band were mere hours from embarking upon, was formative in bonding the quartet on and off the stage. Performing to an audience of two before bedding down in a trashed squat will do that to even the most seasoned, tour-hardened souls. “It really did cement who we are and what we’re about,” Johnson says, laughing at the fond memories of the 13-date fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants trek.
Being locked down and quarantined-in-place while working with producer Adrian Bushby at the live-in Chapel Studios in Lincolnshire in the eye of the Covid pandemic storm, meanwhile, gave them the freedom to capture such spirit and transfer it onto tape. The 10 tracks that arrive under Freaking Out’s banner are the scintillating end product of their self-funded two-week stay, where the four musicians would work all day with joyous abandon on fleshing out the sketches of songs with which they arrived, before retiring at night to unwind over cans of cider and the football.
Downer points to his passion for Nirvana and Alice In Chains shining through on tracks such as ‘Vertigo’ and ‘Swan Dive’; Johnson likewise to his obsession with The Smashing Pumpkins on ‘You Don’t Care’. Fans of early-day Foo Fighters, Bush and Stone Temple Pilots will feel at home between Freaking Out’s sheets; admirers of Billie Joe Armstrong (‘Freaking Out’), Matt Skiba (‘Damien’) and Rivers Cuomo (‘Loser’), likewise. Freaking Out is an unashamed celebration of its influences, and the simple beauty of the coalescence of guitar, bass, drums and vocals. “We’re making music that excites us because it’s what we want to hear,” Johnson says, simply. But make no mistake: there is depth here, too, deeply ingrained in lyrics that mine fears, anxieties, vulnerabilities and the existential questions that keep us staring at the ceiling in the early hours.
Freaking Out is, above all, the distillation of what Lowlives is truly about. It’s rock music to make you fall in love with rock music all over again. ‘I thought by now I’d have the answers / Or the power to save my soul,’ Downer sings on the impassioned ‘Closer Than You Know’. Lowlives might not hold that key, but it’s the spark that he and Johnson have been missing in their lives, and looking for all along. Let it in, and you might find it’s the same for you, too.
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Do you remember what it was that made you fall in love with music? That teenage head-rush thrill of thrashing guitars; the heavyweight drums punching you in the chest so hard it takes your breath away; the innate desire bubbling up in your gut to shout back the words exploding from your headphones?
Luke Johnson and Lee Downer do. It’s a memory that has fuelled them to devote their lives to the simple pursuit of music so loud it stirs the soul and shakes the walls. There was a time, however, when they’d lost sight of it; having each been fed through the music industry ringer across two decades in the game, that innocent excitement for their lifelong passion slowly squeezed out of their hearts and minds by the struggle for survival that had turned a once pure passion into a working daily grind.
“I once thought that music could only bring amazing things,” Johnson says today. “I never realised it could also bring unhappiness. But as time went on in my previous bands, the innocence of making music had dissipated to a place where it was about trying to make money from art. The purity had gone.”
In each other, however, the two hitherto strangers - connected at first only as Englishmen both living under the Los Angeles sunshine with a passing awareness of each other’s existence - would find it again. That deep-rooted musical fire never goes away, of course. Dig deep enough and you’ll find it, those embers of passion still burning, undamped by even the most dispiriting of experiences.
Lowlives isn’t so much about carefully stoking the embers as pouring on gasoline with merry impetuosity. With vocalist Downer and drummer Johnson soon joined by guitarist Jaxon Moore and bassist Steve Lucarelli, the nascent band was founded on a shared love of ‘90s alternative and grunge, and a shared desire to make music once more for little more than the love of doing so. Fuck the rest of it.
Debut album Freaking Out, set for release in May 2024 via Spinefarm Records, arrives imbued with that same such spirit. The intervening years have, after all, been above all about nurturing exactly that, first through jam sessions at Luke’s home studio and latterly fledgling adventureson the road. A 2018 tour of the UK, hastily arranged following the cancellation of a high-profile support billing the band were mere hours from embarking upon, was formative in bonding the quartet on and off the stage. Performing to an audience of two before bedding down in a trashed squat will do that to even the most seasoned, tour-hardened souls. “It really did cement who we are and what we’re about,” Johnson says, laughing at the fond memories of the 13-date fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants trek.
Being locked down and quarantined-in-place while working with producer Adrian Bushby at the live-in Chapel Studios in Lincolnshire in the eye of the Covid pandemic storm, meanwhile, gave them the freedom to capture such spirit and transfer it onto tape. The 10 tracks that arrive under Freaking Out’s banner are the scintillating end product of their self-funded two-week stay, where the four musicians would work all day with joyous abandon on fleshing out the sketches of songs with which they arrived, before retiring at night to unwind over cans of cider and the football.
Downer points to his passion for Nirvana and Alice In Chains shining through on tracks such as ‘Vertigo’ and ‘Swan Dive’; Johnson likewise to his obsession with The Smashing Pumpkins on ‘You Don’t Care’. Fans of early-day Foo Fighters, Bush and Stone Temple Pilots will feel at home between Freaking Out’s sheets; admirers of Billie Joe Armstrong (‘Freaking Out’), Matt Skiba (‘Damien’) and Rivers Cuomo (‘Loser’), likewise. Freaking Out is an unashamed celebration of its influences, and the simple beauty of the coalescence of guitar, bass, drums and vocals. “We’re making music that excites us because it’s what we want to hear,” Johnson says, simply. But make no mistake: there is depth here, too, deeply ingrained in lyrics that mine fears, anxieties, vulnerabilities and the existential questions that keep us staring at the ceiling in the early hours.
Freaking Out is, above all, the distillation of what Lowlives is truly about. It’s rock music to make you fall in love with rock music all over again. ‘I thought by now I’d have the answers / Or the power to save my soul,’ Downer sings on the impassioned ‘Closer Than You Know’. Lowlives might not hold that key, but it’s the spark that he and Johnson have been missing in their lives, and looking for all along. Let it in, and you might find it’s the same for you, too.
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Hope you all have a great weekend. Fred again.. already put us in a weekend mood. What's blasting from your speakers today?
New Rex Orange County album and the new Fred again of courseee🫶🫶
Great week for new music. What are you checking out?
Chelse Wolfe - Undone EP, then Nails, then Nick Cave, then Jonsi or Jon Hopkins... A lot of great stuff is coming out!
@@ubershtabs Fine choices!
She has a very smoky, heavy voice.
Chime School
Listening next :)
Thanks for watching! Which albums from this week's video are you looking forward to most? Any we missed?
I really like her- she has a lovely voice and is very well spoken. I came via Sleaford Mods :)
Anything you're excited to check out this week?
Chuck Johnson
Great video as always!
Thanks Martin. Appreciate the comment.
Some raucous rock n roll out today thanks to King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Osees and Fucked Up. Lots of other worthy contenders for your ears too. What's first on your listening list?
I was there for one of the two shows. For the encore, Ozzy really did sing with Sabbath. It was bad ass. 👍🏾👍🏾
We're off to Osheaga Festival for the weekend so will be catching Smashing Pumpkins live. Will be checking out JPEGMAFIA, Jack and Khalid on the drive. What are you all checking out?
State faults,powerwolf,wormwitch,a wake in providence.
Porter Robinson is all I need this summer
Sadly no video for the new Rakim album yet but a few interesting releases this week. Which grabbed your attention and which will you be avoiding?
Checking out Wand, Iress and Pat Metheny first.
Looking forward to State Faults.
Sorry it's a little late. Just got back from a family vacation :) What have we all been listening to today??
Koe Wetzel
So far Beachwood Sparks, Dr Dog and Orange Goblin. I hope you had a good vacation!
@@jeremysette3657 New name to me. Will check him out.
@@markjohnson4356 Cheers Mark. It was fantastic.
Pretty cool release week after last week's disappointment. What are we checking out first folks?
Lots to choose from, but since there is only so much time...: Common & Pete Rock, Chris Cohen
That Scarcity is gonna be nice.
Forgotten tomb ,Graphic Nature.
🤘🤘🤘
Angel❤
Pass for this week. Surprisingly, Alva Noto is only 9 years younger than Aldo Nova.
Aldo Nova lives 5 minutes from my house! :)
It's a quiet week for new albums. But still some gems. What are you checking out?
Zach Bryan- The Great American Bar Scene
Akhlys! love their previous records more, but the new one might be a grower, I'll give it a couple more spins
@@jeremysette3657 Yeah Zach should be in the video. Great album.
@@ubershtabs Just blasted it on my way home. Love their sound.
Lucky Daye & Neil Young
200 Stab Wounds is definitely my top one 🤘
This week Pijn, Sour Widows and Dirty Three got my attention most in the montage. I must be in a 90s mood.
What are we checking out first this week folks?
new Alcest is great!
it really is!
Might check out Emiliana Torrini and Been Stellar
Ulcerate,crypt sermon.Nxworries.
Ulcerate,crypt sermon.Nxworries.
Ulcerate,crypt sermon.Nxworries.
What's coming out of your speakers today folks? We are all about the new Ulcerate. Turn it up!
Kneecap, Jenny Don't & The Spurs, Feet, Floating World Pictures, amongst others
@@joecolombi Standard! ;)
Nothing really this week. See you again next Friday
Poor girl, I wish her luck in her music career, but she will always be “Dave Gahan’s daughter”. Not because she is not talented enough (I cannot judge it). It is absolutely impossible to be as great as Dave and DM are. And unfortunately she doesn’t have his look and his huge charisma. Stella Rose is unique, but I don’t think she will be successful as a singer. We’ll see.
Nice interview!!! Thanks for posting! I was never a big fan of Genesis, although I did enjoy some of their music. Peter Gabriel's solo music, yes, and I like Steve Hackett. I remember seeing him and Steve Howe when they were together in the short-lived band, GTR. Great show! 🎶👍 I am a big fan of Steven Wilson's music, for sure!
Have you listened to Selling England, Foxtrot, and Nursery Cryme? Three amazing albums and nothing like the pop band they became when Hackett left.
Thought Bonny Light Horseman was fab... Also the new David Boulter (Tindersticks) on Claypipe was fab too. Also enjoyed Marina Allen and Actress, only 30 albums to go this week...
Big fan of BLH here too. Drove across the border to catch them live in the US.
Are we XCXing or more likely to crank Umbra Vitae? I know which team I'm on :)
Umbra Vitae is pretty enjoyable! And the new Aurora's record is nice, just need to get to the second half of the album - that's where the fun experiments begin!
I was there ❤
Bit late this week as I was photographing a music festival yesterday. #sorrynotsorry What are we all listening to today then?
I am starting with Richard Thompson and Richard Hawley, but there are a lot of interesting releases this week!
Mayas album is amazing
@@taylaware6360 Yeah, another step up for her.
The Marías and Richard Hawley
Thoroughly enjoyed Neutrals, Cowtown, Gaffa Tape Sandy and Ezra Feinberg album
What are we checking out folks?
Checking out that Gastr Del Sol live album right now.
Paul Weller, Early Internet (from last week), and Youbet (from two weeks ago)
Rotting christ 👿🎸🤘🎶🔥
Great talent
Listen next, in addition to your weekly general music friday overviews, do you think we could also get one overview video specifically for hip hop, as well? I feel like hip hop is blowing up rn, and I can't keep up with all of these amazing drops occuring right now. Of course, we love your regular drops as well, but could we also get one for a specific genre like hip hop?
Honestly, I barely have the time to do these videos but I know people appreciate them so, for now, I'll keep making them, but doing more for individual genres is unlikely at the moment I'm afraid.
Clavish,Botanist,Rhapsody, Kerry king,One step closer, Pallbearer, Gatecreeper. 🔊🔥🔥🎸🤟
Just one other album listed besides the featured?
We add more as we discover them :)
Thoughts on Billie's album?
Kings of Leon 🥇
We're all listening to Knocked Loose today right?! What else?
Hot water music,kings of leon,knocked loose,like moth to flame.conway the machine, ghostface killer,Angus and julia stone,🔊🎸👍
Some quality choices my friend.