Name: Our Brand Could Be Yr Life
Brand: Bodega

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Rough Trade UK

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&nbsp;Rough Trade Exclusive with Signed Hand Drawn Lino Cut Art Print.

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Limited edition

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Silver

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Release date

2024-04-12

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BRV126RT

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Silver LP | Rough Trade Exclusive

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Exclusive Art Booklet.

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Artist

Bodega

Label EU

Chrysalis

Genre EU

New Wave / Post Punk

The roots of Chrysalis stretch back to a tiny flat in West London in 1967, when former university social secretaries, Chris Wright and Terry Ellis, linked their flair for managing and booking bands to form the Ellis Wright Agency. After trying to release their bands' records via other companies, they decided to start their own label.

In 1968, they signed a licensing deal with Island Records with the proviso that if their acts achieved an agreed number of hits, they would be awarded a label of their own. Within a year, this tally was reached and Chrysalis Records was born.

Over the years, Chrysalis went through various ownership changes. In 1985, Chris Wright bought out Terry Ellis and later sold the label to EMI in 1991. EMI was then acquired by Universal Music Group in 2012 before selling the Parlophone Label Group (including Chrysalis) to Warner Music Group in 2013.

Vinyl variants, bonus material and signed editions exclusively available from Rough Trade.

Art Rock/Post-punk unit from Brooklyn, New York. Consisting of Ben Hozie on guitar and vocals, Nikki Belfiglio on vocals, Tai Lee on drums, Madison Velding-VanDam on guitar, and Heather Elle on bass.
Bodega band recruited Tai Lee as a stand-up percussionist after original drummer Montana Simone left to pursue painting and sculpture.
Tai Lee was formerly a performer/drummer in the show STOMP.

As we reach 2024's midway point, here are our favourite albums from our store turntables this year. For more, check our blog for the most important, influential and adored albums by our staff &gt;&gt;&nbsp;<a href="https://blog.roughtrade.com/gb/uk-albums-of-the-year-so-far-2024/">UK article</a>&nbsp;&amp; <a href="https://blog.roughtrade.com/us/us-album-of-the-year-so-far-2024/">US article</a>.

Albums of the Year So Far 2024

Sometimes you have to move backwards to move forwards. Just ask punk cultural commentators BODEGA, whose new album sees them carve a new future from fuzz-soaked, consumerism-skewering shards of their past. Our Brand Could Be YR Life is BODEGA's first album release through Chrysalis Records. “It’s something we’ve been wanting to do for years,” guitarist and vocalist Ben Hozie explains of Our Brand Could Be Yr Life – a collection of catchy indie-rock ruminations on the slow-creep of corporate-think into youth culture, first written eight years ago. Our Brand Could Be YR Life's 15 tracks explore indie-rock subgenres, self-critique and everything in between. "I think it’s our best- sounding record to date,” says Hozie, "It’s got dance-punk. There's some shoegaze on there. There's slacker rock on there. There's psychedelic rock on there. R.E.M, too. We wanted to be another band in a long stream of missionaries, proselytising a certain type of rock subculture.”

Our Brand Could Be Yr Life

Music EU

Discover Our Brand Could Be Yr Life by Bodega on Chrysalis. Available in CD and limited edition LP formats. Indie-rock ruminations on youth culture and corporate influence.