Name: Kompromat
Brand: I Like Trains

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

AC0021

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Colour

Black

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Discogs ID

Format multiplier

Download code

Download code: Yes

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Housed in Gatefold Sleeve with Printed Inner.

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2020-09-25

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

The Orchard

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

4260472170359

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Total Cap

1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

Artist

I Like Trains

Genre GB

Post Rock

Label GB

Atlantic Curve

Record label specialising in alternative pop and electronic music from the UK, North America and the Nordics.

I Like Trains is a British alternative/post-rock band that was founded in 2004 in Leeds, England. Known for their unique capitalization style on some of their releases, where everything is uppercase except for the letter 'i', and spaces are sometimes removed entirely. Their music has captivated audiences with its atmospheric soundscapes and emotive lyrics.

With influences ranging from Mogwai to The Twilight Sad, I Like Trains has carved out their own distinct sound within the post-rock genre. Their music takes listeners on a journey through introspective and thought-provoking landscapes, evoking a range of emotions along the way.

If you enjoy the sounds of artists like Jeniferever, Her Name Is Calla, or This Will Destroy You, then I Like Trains is sure to be a perfect addition to your music collection. Don't miss out on experiencing the captivating and immersive world created by this talented group of musicians.

I Like Trains return with their razor-sharp new record Kompromat. The Leeds band’s first studio album in eight years deals with knotted themes of information; how we consume it, and how we can possibly make any sense of it in an age of constant bombardment. It digs beneath populism’s rise, from the divide and conquer tactics that caused Brexit in the UK, to the ascent of Trump in America and the subsequent reign of lies and misinformation, to discover the grubby hands that have engineered it all.

I Like Trains - made up of Martin (vocals/guitar), Alistair Bowis (bass), Guy Bannister (guitar/synths), Simon Fogal (drums) and Ian Jarrold (guitar) - have never shied away from confronting the possibility of humanity’s collapse, of course. Early records, like the towering, Godspeed-influenced Progress Reform (Fierce Panda, 2006) and Elegies to Lessons Learnt (Beggars Banquet, 2007) took tales of tragic characters and events from history and applied them to the modern day, while He Who Saw The Deep (2010) looked uneasily ahead to the climate change battle we stand on the precipice of losing. Previous album The Shallows (2012) focused on how the internet and smart technology is re-wiring the human mind and affecting our concentration spans.

Kompromat simultaneously sounds like none of those records, yet also contains DNA from all of them. The group have gone back to go forwards in some ways, returning to some of the primary influences that caused them to first form back in 2004: Joy Division, The Birthday Party, Gang of Four, Television and The Velvet Underground. It marks a welcome return for a band who remain a singular presence away from the ebb and flow of UK guitar music fashion; a band in their own orbit, working to their own distinctive style.

Kompromat

Music GB

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