BeabadoobeeによるTik Tok動画が超話題!!
新世代にもその魅力が侵食するグラスゴーのカルト・クラシックが遂に再発!!

即完したRSD限定盤から7年、オリジナル・リリースから20年を経て、グラスゴーの伝説Life Without Buildingsによる1stアルバムにしてカルト・クラシック『Any Other City』が待望のアナログ盤再発決定!
1999年にグラスゴーで結成され、伝説のニュー・ウェーヴ・バンドJapanの楽曲をバンド名に活動期間わずか3年の間に唯一残したスタジオ・アルバムである本作は、ポスト・パンク・リヴァイヴァルを予見する強烈なサウンドでアンダーグラウンド・シーンで多くのミュージシャンやリスナーに脈々とその魅力が語り継がれ、中古市場では高値で取引されてきた作品。
当時異彩を放っていたフロントウーマンのSue Tomkinsの歌とスポークンワードを折衷したようなユニークな歌唱は現在隆盛を極めるサウス・ロンドンのバンド・シーンの源流にもなっており、収録曲「The Leanover」はBeabadoobeeによるリップシンク動画投稿によりTik Tokで瞬く間にヴァイラル・ヒットし、新世代リスナーへの波及が予期せぬ形で勃発。
マスターピースは時代を超えて再評価され続ける、を地で行く必聴の一枚!

発売・販売元 提供資料 （2021/03/15）

The numerous comparisons drawn by Life Without Buildings are across-the-board positive. Through the music and sleeve design, they come across as refugees from Rough Trades class of 1979. Liliput, the Fall, Delta 5, and even the Slits occasionally come to mind. These female-fronted groups have certainly inspired LWB, but this quartet -- simply a drummer, a bassist, a guitarist, and a vocalist -- offers much more than nostalgia and post-punk plundering. Theyre more of a pop band, which is just fine. The jagged, economical rhythms of late-70s and early-80s post-punk are prominent. Robert Johnstons guitar playing is melodic and pleasant, differing from the cut-and-scrape methods of his forebears: think of Talking Heads or Throwing Muses first albums. Unlike many post-punk rhythm sections, the bass of Chris Evans and the drums of Will Bradley arent reggae-influenced. They provide a plaintive, professional surface for firecracker Sue Tompkins to glide atop, throwing in the occasional, non-jutting shift in tempo that also avoids predictability. Tompkins scat-speak singing is the bands main attraction, a youthful chirp that never pierces. Her repet-pet-petitive repetitive style might be at odds with the ears of some listeners, but its just as unique as the exuberant vocals featured on records by any of the bands mentioned above. The set is remarkably cohesive, with the differences in each song taking a few listens to sink in. Only six of Any Other Citys ten songs will be new to those who purchased the bands trio of 2000-issued singles. The overlap is reworked, usually with slight improvements made over the original. Only The Leanover suffers, losing some of the raw thrill of the single version. If theres a gripe to be had with the record, thats it. An ex-excite-exciting, phenom-enom-phenomenal debut. ~ Andy Kellman

Rovi