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Picciotto fostered the band’s improvisational urges while pulling the root of their music to the forefront: unflinching choruses, fearlessly confrontational vocals, and the sense that each song will incite the room into action, sending bodies into motion that were previously thought to have atrophied. Downtown Boys are keenly aware of the increased visibility and credibility that comes with signing to a corporate-media conglomerate such as Sub Pop. They’re using this platform as a megaphone for their protest music, amplifying and centering Chicana, queer, and Latino voices in the far-too-whitewashed world of rock.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike the socially conscious groups of years past, from Public Enemy to Rage Against the Machine, Downtown Boys harness powerful sloganeering, repetitive grooves, and earworm hooks to create one of the most necessary musical statements of the day. We should all do well to take notice!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLP - Black Vinyl with Download.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLP+ - Limited Gold Loser Coloured Vinyl with Download.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sub Pop","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50448288973131,"sku":"1012192","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"LP","offer_id":50448289562955,"sku":"1012194","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/9fc19377-1571-483f-a8f0-d514b1b8b81e_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727089192"},{"product_id":"public-luxury","title":"Public Luxury","description":"\u003cp\u003eDowntown Boys have pushed relentlessly forward as an artistic and political project since their founding. Singer Victoria Marie and guitarist\/singer Joey La Neve DeFrancesco first met at union meetings while working together at a hotel in Providence, RI, writing many of the band’s early songs about labor organizing and exploitative workplaces. The quintet is completed by Joe DeGeorge (sax\/synth), Mary Jane Regalado (bass), and Joey Doubek (drums). Over years of touring, and three acclaimed albums, Downtown Boys have continued to grow as artists, musicians, and organizers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow, the band has arrived with Public Luxury, an enthralling album that keeps politics front and center while summoning the band’s most urgent and powerful sound to date. The definition of \u003cem\u003ePublic Luxury \u003c\/em\u003efalls very much in line with that of the title of the second Downtown Boys LP, Full Communism. Straight up, \u003cem\u003ePublic Luxury\u003c\/em\u003e means, “everything for everyone.” It’s the stubborn insistence that a better world is possible, while fully recognizing the horrors we witness daily, and the individual and collective responsibility to resist the nihilism and hopelessness we all feel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSentiments like “everything for everyone,” and “we will have it all” perfectly represent the cathartic, communal live experience this cadre of multi-instrumentalists create. These sentiments also encapsulate the inclusive, joyful sonic fusion that defines the album: anthemic punk and indie rock mix with Latin traditions, drum machines blend with acoustic drums, saxophones punctuate riffs, and layers of synths add flourishes from new-wave to industrial. The amount of ground covered on Public Luxury can’t be overstated, and yet the album feels totally vital and cohesive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublic Luxury \u003c\/em\u003eis a revisitation of the band’s past for the sake of their future. It was co-produced by DeFrancesco with recording engineer and longtime Downtown Boys supporter Seth Manchester (Lambrini Girls, Lightning Bolt, Model\/Actriz) at the Pawtucket, RI studio and arts space Machines With Magnets, not far from the band’s first home of Providence, RI. Victoria Marie’s grandmother—a monumental figure for the band throughout their existence—passed away in May of 2025, and her influence looms large over the album; the songs “No Me Jodas” and “Sirena” are crystallized representations of the love between a woman and her ancestor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeyond the loss, rage and frustration of the present, Public Luxury points boldly towards a vibrant, open-hearted vision of both music and the world: “Our music is simply for anyone and everyone who believes in the new future we can make together,” Victoria Marie declares. “A world that will be awkward, inconsistent, yet truly free when it comes to all that matters.”\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sub Pop","offers":[{"title":"LP - Pearl\/Arctic","offer_id":56831118606667,"sku":"R0320-8882","price":23.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":56831118639435,"sku":"R0320-4769","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"LP - Ocean Blue (US)","offer_id":56867750969675,"sku":"R0320-3845","price":23.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/DowntownBoys_PublicLuxury_Cover_1500x1500_27a787a3-ceb0-4169-ae59-2036ddefc1e4.jpg?v=1773835057"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/de\/collections\/downtown-boys.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}