Retail Medication, the tape-recording challenge helmed by NYC musician Jake Brooks, have introduced their new album, rECKless dRIVing, which arrives Aug. 1 through Fireplace Speak Information imprint Angel Tapes.
The file largely compiles B-sides and demos from their reissued 2024 debut LP, i like you so !, into one other off-kilter assortment, telling tales of early maturity by means of torrents of analog fuzz. That’s felt on earlier singles “individual A” and “euphoria,” in addition to their newest. “manny” is a loud monitor born from an acoustic guitar and a late-night toke whereas engaged on music for Laveda, the band Brooks began with guitarist Ali Genevich in 2017 (and whose tour impressed him to jot down ilys!).
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Of the track, Brooks says, “I don’t smoke weed a lot. ‘manny’ started as a shared spliff between me and longtime collaborator Dylan Sky. Ali and I have been over at Dylan’s in Eagle Rock engaged on what would change into the primary demos of Laveda’s upcoming file, Love, Darla. Ali went to sleep whereas Dylan and I continued engaged on stuff. Ultimately, we smoked a spliff to remain awake longer, and ‘manny’ was the very first thing we did after that. I believe the spliff wrote the track principally. I used to be doing numerous issues I wouldn’t usually do on a monitor. I bounced a bunch of stuff from that session to tape after Ali and I moved to NYC. This track was nearly a last-minute add to ilys, but it surely simply couldn’t match the tracklist.”
Take heed to Retail Medication’ “manny” beneath.
Retail Medication – rECKless dRIVing tracklist
“little canine”
“ready room”
“simply the factor”
“nonetheless..”
“manny”
“rECK”
“individual A”
“i wanna be cool”
“i simply wish to deliver you down”
“he hears us”
“euphoria”
