Name: Western Approaches
Brand: Red Rum Club

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

M9515UKLP

Colour

Black

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Discogs ID

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Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2024-02-23

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Universal

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

0044003377554

Total Cap

Black LP

M9515UKLPC2

Green

Transparent Green

Extended format: Yes

0044003377615

Green LP

M9515UKCD

Digipack

0044003377622

Artist

Red Rum Club

Genre GB

Alternative / Modern

Label GB

Modern Sky 

 Fran Doran (lead vocals, guitar), Tom Williams (guitar, backing vocals), Michael McDermott (guitar, backing vocals), Simon Hepworth (bass), Neil Lawson (drums), and Joe "The Blow" Corby (trumpet)

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Western Approaches, a fitting title for a band who's spent much of the last two years living their American dream, however you'll find its origins are a lot closer to home. An old World War II Naval base in Liverpool city centre shares the same name and it's no coincidence. The album was conceived on the docks, a new location for the band and again much closer to home for the boys. It seems the further afar they play the tighter their grip on their roots become, playing their biggest headline show to date in Bootle a small town in North Liverpool where some of the lads grew up. This nostalgia and a dockland setting provided a post-war aesthetic to inspire the album, reflected in the name and the artwork. America had also become a new pasture for the band which you can really hear in this album. A change from the well polished, clean cut sonic that had become a theme in the band's previous works and replaced with the raw energy they're known to produce onstage. The industrial influence is reflected in the production and it became a conscious effort to add more sound effects, distortions and echoes into the arrangement of the songs.

Western Approaches

Music GB

Discover Western Approaches by Red Rum Club. Raw energy meets post-war aesthetic in this album from the Liverpool-based band. Available in various formats from Modern Sky.