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This isn’t music for the masses; it’s music for miscreants, burnouts, down-and-out dreamers, and obsessive historians. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlbum opener \u003ci\u003eKill My Baby Tonight\u003c\/i\u003e is the perfect introduction to the band’s marriage of ‘60s girls-in-the-garage charm and David Lynch’s surreal exposés of Southern California’s underbelly. Sade Sanchez’s black velvet vocals disguise the malicious intent of this murder ballad, with the thumping pulse of bassist Irita Pai, the slow-burn build of drummer Ellie English, and Sanchez’s desert guitar twang helping beguile the listener into becoming a willing accomplice to the narrator’s crimes. \u003ci\u003eBrian \u003c\/i\u003efollows the opening track with a similarly graceful, if not somewhat ominous, slow-mo take on a well-worn jukebox 7”. It’s a vibe that permeates the entire album, from the early psychedelic hue of 13th Floor Elevators on tracks like \u003ci\u003eYou Love Nothing\u003c\/i\u003e, through the motorik beat and fuzzed-out licks of \u003ci\u003eDrive Your Car,\u003c\/i\u003e to the grittier permutation of Mazzy Star’s sleepy beauty on \u003ci\u003eBaby In Blue Jeans\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Suicide Squeeze","offers":[{"title":"Green | LP","offer_id":50445494485323,"sku":"2005197","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Blue | LP","offer_id":50445493698891,"sku":"1142758","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50445494059339,"sku":"1014063","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/f7c40988-0d68-4a87-b97a-aff3a9a5a6cc_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727039491"},{"product_id":"play-with-fire","title":"Play With Fire","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhere L.A. Witch's self-titled album oozed with vibe and atmosphere, with the whole mix draped in reverb, sonically placing the band in some distant realm, broadcast across some unknown chasm of time, \u003ci\u003ePlay With Fire\u003c\/i\u003e comes crashing out of the gate with a bold, brash, in-your-face rocker \u003ci\u003eFire Starter.\u003c\/i\u003e The authoritative opener is a deliberate mission statement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePlay With Fire\u003c\/i\u003e is a suggestion to make things happen,” says Sanchez. “Don’t fear mistakes or the future. Take a chance. Say and do what you really feel, even if nobody agrees with your ideas. These are feelings that have stopped me in the past. I want to inspire others to be freethinkers even if it causes a little burn.” And by that line of reasoning, \u003ci\u003eFire Starter\u003c\/i\u003e becomes a call to action, an anthem against apathy. From there, the album segues into the similarly bodacious rocker \u003ci\u003eMotorcycle Boy\u003c\/i\u003e a feisty love song inspired by classic cinema outlaws like Mickey Rourke, Marlon Brando, and Steve McQueen. At track three, we hear L.A. Witch expand into new territories as \u003ci\u003eDark Horse\u003c\/i\u003e unfurls a mixture of dustbowl folk, psychedelic breakdowns, and fire-and-brimstone organ lines. And from there, the band only gets more adventurous.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePlay With Fire\u003c\/i\u003e is a bold new journey that retains L.A. Witch’s siren-song mystique, nostalgic spirit, and contemporary cool. Despite the stylistic breadth of the record, there is a unifying timbre across the album’s nine tracks, as if the trio of young musicians is bound together as a collective of old souls tapping into the sounds of their previous youth.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Suicide Squeeze","offers":[{"title":"Black | LP","offer_id":50455993352523,"sku":"1101917","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"Red | LP","offer_id":50455992402251,"sku":"1101918","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50455992074571,"sku":"1095699","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/4de612d0-614b-4551-ae6c-a1bc0f9877df_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727195590"},{"product_id":"octubre","title":"Octubre","description":"\u003cp\u003eProduced by Gregg Foreman (Cat Power, Delta 72). L.A. Witch’s eponymous debut album tapped into the allure of warm nights on the West Coast while hinting at the loneliness and lawlessness of living on the periphery of a country founded on a dark past. The three-piece composed of Sade Sanchez, Irita Pai, and Ellie English culled sounds from the outlaws of warmer climes, whether it was 13th Floor Elevators’ lysergic rock n’ roll or the cool hand fatalism by The Doors on songs like \u003ci\u003eThe End\u003c\/i\u003e. It’s an album transmitting subdued revelry while also smirking at the inevitable consequences of the night. There is no better season for these kinds of songs than the autumn, when the promises of summer have abated and the nights of reckoning grow longer. L.A. 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The band—comprised of Sade Sanchez (guitar\/vocals), Irita Pai (bass), and Ellie English (drums)—began as an informal affair, but the sultry and beguiling reverb-draped songs they created caught on with the public, moving the project beyond the insular space of the band’s friends and peers in Southern California into the broader world. On their latest album, DOGGOD, the trio push their craft beyond their previous creative and geographical confines, opting to craft the material in Paris, recording the tracks at Motorbass Studio on the Rue de Martyrs. 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