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Co-produced by David Wrench (XX, Hot Chip, Courtney Barnett etc) and mixed by Wrench and Tchad Blake (the Black Keys, Arctic Monkeys etc) the albums twelve original songs weigh in at just over thirty minutes.\u003cbr\u003eA thrilling 30-minute debut which variously nods towards ‘50s rockabilly, chart bound new wave, surf instrumentals, post-punk and scorching millennial garage rock.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Psychonaut Sounds","offers":[{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50459940880715,"sku":"2171216","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Clear LP","offer_id":50459942945099,"sku":"2171218","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50459938652491,"sku":"2171215","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/His_Lordship_packshot_ced6906b_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727228220"},{"product_id":"all-cranked-up-ep","title":"All Cranked Up EP","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAll Cranked Up\u003c\/i\u003e is the debut release from maximum rock’n’roll duo His Lordship.Formed by guitarist James Walbourne and drummer Kristoffer Sonne during 2021 the band have already been hotly tipped by 6 Music. The\u003ci\u003e All Cranked Up\u003c\/i\u003e EP is a 6 track collection that epitomises the ups and downs of the last 2 years. An explosion of energy and frustration, it is the sound of Walbourne fully unleashed as a frontman. It's instant and the best thing Rough Trade shops have heard in ages. Think Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Cramps, Iggy Pop, The White Stripes, The Kills, Little Richard etc. it has the same energy and force.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe EP - which is strictly limited to just 500 copies worldwide - arrives with cover picture taken at the Wigan Casino in 1976 by the legendary Red Saunders - one of the founders of the Rock Against Racism movement in the mid 70s.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Psychonaut Sounds","offers":[{"title":"Black | 12\"","offer_id":50481082859851,"sku":"1161579","price":15.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/7ce802c0-5716-4dd3-ba57-972e8af44db9_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727533019"},{"product_id":"bored-animal","title":"Bored Animal","description":"\u003cp\u003eConceived and recorded live in under two weeks at \u003cstrong\u003eEdwyn Collins\u003c\/strong\u003e’ studio in the Highlands of Scotland, with engineer Sean Reed and mixed by David Wrench (Manic Street Preachers, Let’s Eat Grandma, Blur, Baxter Dury), for \u003cem\u003eBored Animal\u003c\/em\u003e His Lordship decided to streamline their sound—forgoing things like harmonies, a rockabilly influence, and songs over four minutes long—and didn’t worry about making the music perfect.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe resultant album crams multiple ideas into its 11 concise songs. On opening title track, clanging guitars and drums rattle the speakers before the song takes off like a screaming bottle rocket. From there, guitarist\/vocalist James Walbourne and drummer Kris Sonne race through ferocious songs with clever lyrics, which lean into scorching rock ‘n’ roll (the abrasive ‘Old Romantic’, needling ‘Downertown’), distorted punk (the ramshackle ‘Marc-Andre Léclerc’), tornadic noise rock (‘Weirdo in the Park’), throttling garage-blues riffs and feral howls (sub-three-minute ‘The Sadness of King Kong’), and even psychedelic fantasias (‘Derek E. Fudge’).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs with their debut, \u003cem\u003eBored Animal\u003c\/em\u003e makes room for an instrumental (the album-closing Western noir ‘Gin and Fog’) and Sonne contributes lead vocals to a track (the aforementioned ‘Derek E. Fudge’). And while \u003cem\u003eBored Animal\u003c\/em\u003e’s songs take cues from vintage rock ‘n’ roll, the album is decidedly not a retro rehash or homage to the past.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhen His Lordship make music, their mighty, rambunctious roar emerges naturally, realizing that to leave something that’s a mistake is where the magic is. More than anything, His Lordship embrace the idea everything is fleeting, so the best way to live – and make music – is to seize the day, trust their instincts and aim to deliver on the promise of early rock’n’roll: in and at ‘em songs which do not outstay their welcome, just leave the listener viscerally thrilled, confused and hungry for more. \u003cem\u003eBored Animal\u003c\/em\u003e delivers on that promise.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Psychonaut Sounds","offers":[{"title":"LP - White","offer_id":51808547242315,"sku":"R6717-9992","price":26.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"LP - Black","offer_id":51808547209547,"sku":"R6717-8456","price":26.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"CD","offer_id":51808547176779,"sku":"R6717-0340","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/5051083220934_63314183-fa2d-48e9-813d-7781c5bbfb4d.jpg?v=1752251775"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/de\/collections\/his-lordship.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}