Name: Dogging (Coloured)
Brand: Low Life

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

ALT36


Colour

Violet

Colour details

Half Violet / Half Turquoise


Discogs ID

Format multiplier

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: Yes

Format detail

Hammertime Edition.

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2022-12-16

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Cargo

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

0724190342091


Total Cap

1 / LP / Violet

Artist

Low Life

Genre GB

Alternative / Modern

Label GB

Alter

Alter is a London-based music label that was founded in January 2010 by Luke Younger of Helm. With a focus on experimental and avant-garde music, Alter has quickly gained recognition for its unique roster of artists and innovative releases.

As an independent label, Alter prides itself on pushing boundaries and challenging traditional notions of sound. The label's diverse range of artists includes both established musicians and emerging talents, all united by their commitment to artistic exploration.

Distributed in the UK by Cargo Records, Alter continues to make waves in the music industry with its thought-provoking releases. Whether you're a seasoned fan or new to the world of experimental music, Alter offers a captivating listening experience that will leave you inspired and wanting more.

Low Life is an artist known for their unique blend of post-punk and garage rock. Hailing from Sydney, Australia, *Low Life* has been making waves in the music scene with their raw and energetic sound. Drawing inspiration from bands like DIÄT and Iceage, *Low Life* creates music that is both gritty and melodic.

With a discography that includes albums such as "Dogging" and "Downer Edn," *Low Life* has garnered critical acclaim for their introspective lyrics and infectious hooks. Their songs tackle themes of disillusionment, isolation, and the struggles of everyday life.

*Low Life's* live performances are a force to be reckoned with. Known for their high-energy shows, they captivate audiences with their intense stage presence and powerful delivery. They have shared the stage with notable acts such as B Boys, Crack Cloud, and Gold Class.

Deluxe LP edition pressed on Turquoise Vinyl and packaged in a 350g Gatefold Sleeve. One time pressing limited to 300 copies. There's an ordeal that underpins Low Life's 'Dogging,' and looking back at it, perhaps this was inevitable given the album's exceptionally derogatory attitude to its own scattered sense of time and debris. It's an attitude that's been hosed down in bore water-stained stupor, with all the anguished but forgivable hope and charm of plain packaged cigarettes. 'Dogging' crawled into the world desperately and painfully. Originally slated for release on Brisbane's singular Negative Guest List Records in 2012, the label's owner sadly passed away before it got there. It eventually emerged two years later as a split between two labels from the band's home turf of Sydney, Disinfect Records and R.I.P. Society. It's fitting that the latter had reissued Venom P. Stinger's Dugald McKenzie-era material the year prior—arguably the only other Australian band that compares to the tough, shit-kicking intensity found on 'Dogging.' Comprised of Mitch Tolman, Cristian O'Sullivan, and Greg Alfaro at this point (the current 2017 line-up includes Dizzy from Oily Boys), the reckless ferocity and defeatist's humour is pointedly nihilistic. It's not kitsch nihilism either, it's the kind that enlivens. Indexing happiness, fear, lust, grief, and sorrow, the wry indulgences outlined in Tolman's coded and scheming lyrics amount to white-knuckle sincerity. It's disarming, but it's blunted by a weighty smirk. If all this weren't delivered through a sardonic curled lip, the violence at the edge of it all would perhaps come off a little less real. There's a bitterly angry confrontation with the contemporary Australian psyche once you enter Low Life's estate. Thugged out and at pace, there's a genuine rush to 'Dogging.' The mindless logic of 'harder and faster' could never get you to where they were at this point. Even at the marginally calmer moments the guitars glance you like a headache revealing just how bad it is. There's no respite, but on the the whole it's a very functional arrangement between the three of them. Each song is belted out with a short, sharp fit, with some synthesisers occasionally glistening out at the edges. The restraint is all the more fierce as it amplifies everything that's fucked about them. Low Life pull you through it all on all their terms, and that impact feels as untimely and excessive now as it did then

Dogging (Coloured)

Music GB