Name: Planet Nowhere
Brand: Razorlight

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COOKLP927

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Limited edition

Release date

2024-10-25

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711297399189

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COOKLP927X

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The Orchard

711297922714

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COOKCD927

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711297922721

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Razorlight

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Alternative / Modern

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Cooking Vinyl

Razorlight is a Swedish-British indie rock band that was founded in London in 2002. Known for their energetic and catchy tunes, they quickly gained popularity with their debut album "Up All Night." After various lineup changes over the years, the band reunited to their original formation in April 2021. With their distinctive sound and dynamic performances, Razorlight continues to captivate audiences worldwide.
Formed by lead vocalist Johnny Borrell, guitarist Björn Ågren, bassist Carl Dalemo, and drummer Christian Smith-Pancorvo, Razorlight's music embodies the essence of indie rock. Their breakthrough came with hits like "Golden Touch" and "America," which showcased their infectious melodies and anthemic choruses.
Despite experiencing periods of hiatus and lineup alterations throughout their career, Razorlight's reunion to their original members marks an exciting new chapter for the band. Fans can look forward to more electrifying performances and fresh material from this influential indie rock group.

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Razorlight were at the forefront of the indie-rock resurgence of the early 2000s, their biggest moments - ‘Golden Touch’, ‘Somewhere Else’, ‘In The Morning’, ‘America’ and ‘Wire To Wire’ - driving three Top 5 albums, nine Platinum album certifications, an NME Award, and live highlights including headlining the Reading Festival and performing at Live 8. After reuniting for live shows in 2021, the classic line-up - Johnny Borrell (vocals/guitar), Björn Ågren (guitar), Carl Dalemo (bass) and Andy Burrows (drums) - release the new album Planet Nowhere, their first together since 2008.

But as the ever ambitious Johnny challenged himself, “Who wants to be a greatest hits band?” So he hatched a plan, and late in 2023 booked a five-day session with the legendary producer Youth (The Verve, James) at his Space Mountain studio in Spain. Youth knew what they had to achieve, telling the band, “Razorlight’s quite simple isn’t it? Just a driving bassline, driving drums and a story.” For whatever reason, things weren’t that simple. After four days they had a stack of ideas, but nothing really worth pursuing. And then, as Johnny recalls, something remarkable emerged from out of nowhere. “I’d been down in the barranca, and came back up to find the studio empty. So I picked up this weird six-string bass/guitar hybrid I'd never seen before and wrote this thing. On our last night, I started playing it with the guys. The drums came in hard, the bass pounded. It sounded like shit. Absolute shit. But Youth was there, saying 'Can, Velvets, see where it takes you’ and 'Why don’t you try it like that?' But still the track just wouldn't budge, locked in its own inertia. Youth says, 'You're getting there, just one more' and almost instantly the song came out, from nothing to something, like a statue coming up out of marble.” That song was ‘Scared of Nothing’ and listening back to the finished track, it’s easy to see why it resparked Razorlight’s mojo. Exuding taut, spiky post-punk energy in a way that’s instantly infectious - the very traits that attracted highfalutin praise from NME back when they started out (“More tunes than Franz, more spirit than The Strokes, and more balls than nearly every band out there”). And as ever, Johnny demonstrates the swaggering, high intensity charisma that took him from being a figurehead of the Camden scene to rise to become a Vogue cover star. It was also the track which unlocked Razorlight’s creativity, leading the band to return to Spain with Youth for a second session earlier this year, during which they crafted an extensive catalogue of songs for the upcoming album. 

Other titles vying for inclusion include ‘Zombie Love’, ‘U Can Call Me’, ‘Dirty Luck’ and ‘Cool People’. Since returning, Razorlight have also looked back on their initial achievements, first releasing Razorwhat? The Best of Razorlight (complete with the new song ‘You Are Entering The Human Heart’) and then last month issuing the 20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition of their breakthrough debut album Up All Night. Never a dull moment. Writing a new ending for themselves, Razorlight are back to cast out the boring in your life.

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