Name: I Killed Your Dog
Brand: L'Rain

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Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

MEX3464

Colour

Colour details

Ruby Red

Discogs ID

[r28672807]

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Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: Yes

Extended format

Extended format: Yes

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2023-10-13

Signed copies

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Supplier GB

The Orchard

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

634457145160

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Red LP | Rough Trade Exclusive

MEX3461

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634457145146

Black LP

Artist

L'Rain

Genre GB

Alternative / Modern

Label GB

Mexican Summer

Mexican Summer is an independent record label based out of Brooklyn, NY. They release the work of adventurous musicians without the limitations of genre or form. Mexican Summer operates in tandem with Anthology, a book publisher and archival record label. Anthology focuses on responsibly licensed material, compelling design, and definitive presentation.

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L’Rain, also known as Taja Cheek, is a talented multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, tape manipulator and vocalist hailing from Brooklyn. With her unique blend of musical skills and mesmerizing vocals, L’Rain has captivated audiences worldwide. Her music transcends genres, creating a truly unique sound that is both captivating and thought-provoking. Whether she's manipulating tapes or playing an instrument, L’Rain's artistry shines through in every note she creates. Get ready to be transported into a world of sonic beauty with L’Rain.

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Multi-instrumentalist and composer L’Rain returns with her third album I Killed Your Dog. Described by L’Rain’s Taja Cheek as an “anti-break-up” record, I Killed Your Dog takes the universal pop theme of love as its starting point – bold, bratty and even a touch diabolical – and inspects it through the form of a conversation with her younger self, untangling her relationship with femininity and the formal musical conventions that others have come to expect of her.

“I’m envisioning a world of contradictions, as always,” Cheek explains. “Sensual, maybe even sexy, but terrifying, and strange.” Written amidst heartbreaks from the perspective of an earned maturity, I Killed Your Dog takes the sonic world laid out by L’Rain in 2021’s album Fatigue on a compelling new trajectory. Over-writing themes of grief and identity to consider what it means to hurt those you love the most.

While the specifics may be hidden from view, I Killed Your Dog is an invitation to experience the big emotions of life through L’Rain’s prismatic lens. Pieced together like snippets of found sound, L’Rain is edging towards a practice that resists disciplinary categorization and instead reflects the messiness of the self in all its fullness.

 I Killed Your Dog

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Discover I Killed Your Dog by L'Rain on vinyl. This bold and bratty "anti-break-up" record explores love and femininity through a conversation with her younger self. Released by Mexican Summer.