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'Damage Control' LP is the double album that combines both EPs released by The Vacant Lots on Anton Newcombe's label A Recordings - "Berlin' EP and "Exit' EP.
Jared Artaud of The Vacant Lots says, "working with someone who made you want to make records is fucking inspiring. You not only learn a lot working with Anton in the studio - you become a better artist in the process. Through this collaboration we were able to distill ideas on the spot and turn fragments into songs. Anton pushes you further to get the best results and that really drives the process of making records.'
This is the first time all tracks will be made available on CD and including liner notes from the band. All tracks were produced and recorded by Anton Newcombe (Brian Jonestown Massacre) at Anton's Cobra Studio in Berlin.
The Vacant Lots have recently released their critically acclaimed third album "Interzone" on Fuzz Club and have previously released singles with Mexican Summer and Reverberation Appreciation Society.
The duo has collaborated on their debut album 'Departure' with Spacemen 3's Sonic Boom, and their second album 'Endless Night' with Alan Vega. The group has toured with Suicide, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Growlers, Dean Wareham, The Dandy Warhols, and Spectrum.
Tracklisting:
1. Bells
2. Silence
3. Disordered Vision
4. Funeral Party
5. Promise Me
6. Verschwinden
7. Land
8. Funeral Rites
Release Date: 30/10/2020 -
Recorded in Berlin in between tours with The Dandy Warhols and Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, the record was laid down when the band had 3 days off in Berlin in 2017, with Anton Newcombe playing Bass, Synths, Guitars and backing vocals on previous single 'Bells' as well as operating the desk. Jared Artaud of the band goes into the recording process .Visit product page →
'About a week or so before we left for tour I just invited Anton & his wife out to dinner, since we were gonna have a few days off in Berlin. He said "f*ck that - ¦ let's make a record - ¦ come ready with your ideas.' And that was how we made Berlin EP. '
'I like working with Anton in the studio because through this collaboration we're able to distill ideas on the spot and turn fragments into songs. Anton pushes you further to get the best results and that really drives the process of making records. With Anton you don't get more than one or two takes to record something. You're executing your ideas with speed and intensity then moving on to the next idea. There is no time to overthink when you're constantly creating.'
The Vacant Lots are an American psych-electronic duo comprised of Jared Artaud and Brian MacFadyen. The key element of The Vacant Lots'minimalist, primitive rock and roll songs is their boundless energy, which tears up the psych template with a genuine punk spirit.
The notion of duality is also a recurring theme in the band's minimal means maximum effect aesthetic, whether in their lyrics or fiercely monochromatic artwork.
The group has collaborated with underground music legends including; Sonic Boom (who mixed their debut album Departure), Alan Vega of Suicide (who's vocals are featured on the band's second album Endless Night & who they've done a split 10'with) and Anton Newcombe who has recorded and produced 2 EPs at his Cobra Studio in Berlin with the band.
Tracklisting:
Side A:
1. Bells
2. Silence
Side B:
3. Disordered Vision
4. Funeral Party
Release Date: 30/08/2019 -
Alan Vega protégés The Vacant Lots are a NYC-via-Vermont duo comprised of Jared Artaud and Brian MacFadyen.Visit product page →
Their minimalist-yet-primitive rock'n'roll and sprawling psychedelic drones have seen them pick up international acclaim and go on to collaborate with an impressive roster of underground music royalty such as Vega, Anton Newcombe, Sonic Boom of Spacemen 3/Spectrum and Dean Wareham of Galaxie 500.
Their 2014 debut Departure'(produced by Sonic Boom) was what kick-started it all and London imprint Fuzz Club are delighted to be reissuing the record, following a previous partnership with the band for a split 10' with Vega himself.
On their debut, The Vacant Lots deliver a primal hit of darkly hypnotic rock'n'roll with a repetitive and utterly formidable proto-punk gusto - reflecting back on the album it's pretty easy to see why the duo went on to become so revered.
Fuzz Club will be reissuing the album as a double LP and the D-side includes two amazing remixes from Alan Vega and Anton Newcombe.
The standard edition (/500) comes on one side black and other white vinyl. All 180gr in a gatefold sleeve with printed inner-sleeves.
Tracklisting:
Side A:
1. Mad Mary Jones
2. Never Satisfied
3. Tomorrow
Side B:
4. Paint This City
5. Before The Evening's Thru
6. 6 AM
Side C:
7. Make The Connection,
8. Do Not Leave Me Now.
Side D:
9. 6 AM Alan Vega Remix
10. Never Satisfied Anton Newcombe Remix
Release Date: 10/11/2017 -
Available on clear 180GRM vinyl .Visit product page →
The American duo The Vacant Lots , release their first 4 track EP on A Recordings which was recorded in Anton Newcombe's studio in Berlin. Anton had the band support The Brian Jonestown Massacre in 2014 & so impressed with their sound offered to produce & remix this 4 track EP (also helping out on guitar, bass & synths too) .
This release takes the monochrome sound of the Vacant Lots and adds a layer of Berlin chill to the mix of all 4 tracks. Featuring lyrics from Jeffery Lee Pierce on the 1st track 'Promise Me' to the disconnected vocals of Astrid Carter on 'Verschwinden' . Then to the shoegazing 'Land ' & finishing with the throbbing beats of 'Funeral Rites'.
The band are supporting the release of this EP, with few dates (see below) . The Vacant Lots released their debut album Departure'via Sonic Cathedral in 2014. Departure'was mixed and mastered by former Spacemen 3 legend Sonic Boom and follows previous single releases on Mexican Summer, Reverberation Appreciation Society and a split 10' with Suicide's Alan Vega on Fuzz Club.
The key element of The Vacant Lots'minimalist, primitive rock'n'roll songs is their boundless energy, which tears up the psych template with a genuine punk spirit. This minimal means maximum effect'aesthetic is something they have developed over the past few years, not least by continuing as a two-piece.
The notion of duality is also a recurring theme, whether in the band's fiercely monochrome artwork or their lyrics, which deal with life and death, love and loss and the human condition. Poetic, but with a streetwise swagger; psych, but with a punk attitude.
To this end, Brian spends most of his spare time working with electronics, building pedals and custom effects. Jared's extra-curricular activities are based around painting and the written word. He had his first book of poetry Empty Space'published in 2014.
Tracklisting:
Side A:
1. Promise Me
2. Verschwinden
Side B:
1. Land
2. Funeral Rites