3 November 2023

Former The Cure drummer LOL TOLHURST (64), BUDGIE (65), former Siouxsie
and the Banshees drummer and Siouxsie‘s husband, and Irish music producer
Jacknife Lee all live in Los Angeles and as music junkies, they found each other
in the City of Angels and decided to give it a go together.

Following a couple of singles, their first album,
named LOS ANGELES (what else?) is out now.

MOJO: “Los Angeles already feels like a destination record. Lee, Tolhurst and Budgie putting their decades of world-building expertise to excellent use. If the world they have built is on the brink of collapse, it only adds to the thrill.” Score: 8/10.

TUTV: The trio invited big-name vocalists such as Bobby Gillespie and James Murphy
(LCD Soundsystem) and other stars such as The Edge (U2) and Mark Bowen (Idles) for
their first body of work. 13 tracks, 54 minutes.

If there was a jungle in Los Angeles this would be its soundtrack. Lots of primitive
Budgie percussion (remember his album ‘A Bestiary Of with his then-wife Siouxsie Sioux, operating as The Creatures?) embedded in synth orchestrations creating dance-infused collages. Paranoid psychedelia for big cities. The flow of the tracklist isn’t as accurate as it could have been, but first impression after a couple of spins is one of let’s hit the drums
once again.

Singles/clips: Los Angeles / Ghosted At Home

– LOS ANGELES –

– GHOSTED AT HOME –

ALBUM

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