{"title":"The Hotel Complex","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"have-these-things-been-happening-to-you","title":"Have These Things Been Happening To You?","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe Hotel Complex formed out of the band Happy Refugees following the release of their debut album,\u003cem\u003e Last Chance Saloon\u003c\/em\u003e (Gymnasium Records, 1983). In North London they got cold, drunk, watched TV,\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewrote songs, film music, and went out to play. And yes, John Peel played them on the radio. They recorded an album, \u003cem\u003eA Frozen Chicken Lives\u003c\/em\u003e, (Gymnasium Records, 1985). But a petty thief lout stole all\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003etheir cash, multiple channels on the studio mixing desk failed to work, and one song got pressed twice on the vinyl. \u003cem\u003eA Frozen Chicken Lives \u003c\/em\u003egot strewn across landfill sites in the North Midlands.\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eClive on bass, Kev on drums, and Nick on piano, they continued to record with Happy Refugees, releasing albums in 2011, 2015 and 2020, also playing live in the UK and New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eBut, The Hotel Complex are not finished. In 2025, they dive into their own crate, and discover a two-inch tape under Clive's mum's bed. They re-record parts of it, and re-mix the lot!\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eNow scrubbed up and brimming with relevance, Spinout Nuggets are proud to (re)release H\u003cem\u003eave These Things Been Happening To You?,\u003c\/em\u003e a no holds barred, swaggering splurge of defiant English pop,\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003espoiling for attention. Six obstreperous songs about: things - fur wrapped cars with jacked up wheels, Russian tank attacks, frightening shoes, dodgy deals in back street motor pools, flares (are back and\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eso is hanging), rock n' roll phenomenon, a year of beans, Irish jokes, Dulux haircuts, the Pools Panel; and people dead and gone - black shirt men, Oswald Mosley, Winston Churchill, sweet little\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eBabushka, the sausage police, screaming lamé girls, fresh faced boys bodies swinging, and a nod from Jesus Christ.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Spinout Nuggets","offers":[{"title":"LP - Black","offer_id":57199517106507,"sku":"R6145-2687","price":25.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":57199517139275,"sku":"R6145-6829","price":13.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/h6jXQfMd.jpg?v=1777805515"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/collections\/the-hotel-complex.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}