{"id":2785,"date":"2016-09-09T00:01:13","date_gmt":"2016-09-09T07:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dirtnaprecs.com\/website\/?p=2785"},"modified":"2016-09-06T17:27:02","modified_gmt":"2016-09-07T00:27:02","slug":"low-culture-places-to-hide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dirtnaprecs.com\/website\/low-culture-places-to-hide\/","title":{"rendered":"Low Culture “Places To Hide”"},"content":{"rendered":"

2nd<\/sup> album from Portland-by-way-of-New-Mexico Dirtnap favorites Low Culture!<\/p>\n

For those unfamiliar, Low Culture features members of Shang-A-Lang and Marked Men, and could be described as splitting the sonic difference between the 2. Scrappy, melodic, and somtimes jangly garagepunk that is fast, catchy, and high-energy –as-hell,\u00a0 but also maintains a thoughtful vibe throughout.<\/p>\n

Since releasing their debut LP, Screens, which quickly sold out its initial pressing of 1000 copies (hopefully back in print by the time you read this), and was generally well-received by just about everyone, a lot of has been going on in Low Culture\u2019s world. 3\/4ths of the band has relocated from Las Cruces, NM to Portland, OR, with the 4\/4th<\/sup> soon to follow. They\u2019ve released 7\u201ds on Dirtnap, Dead Broke, and La-Ti-Da Records. They found a new bass player in Chicago transplant Jay Castaldi (MOTO, Lynyrd\u2019s Innards, more). \u00bd of the band has helped form killer local hardcore band Macho Boys. Singer\/Guitarist Chris Mason has released tons of essential records on his great (and easy to confuse with Dirtnap!) Dirt Cult Records label. They\u2019ve done some touring, including high profile shows like the Dirtnap Records Anniversary, Awesome Fest, Ottawa Explosion, and more. Just livin\u2019 the life, ya know?<\/h3>\n

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On Places To Hide, Low Culture really nails the delicate balance between building on the band\u2019s existing strengths and branching out into new territory, while not losing sight of what made people like \u2018em in the first place. Musically, many of the songs sound like they could fit in well on Screens, with others sound like nothing they\u2019ve ever done. The band\u2019s trademark personal, somewhat depressive lyrics still set the mood of the record, although many of the songs also tackle social\/political issues much more directly than in the past. The production, by Stan Wright at Portland\u2019s Buzz Or Howl Studios (Red Dons, Criminal Code, Pierced Arrows, tons more) accentuates the band\u2019s more \u201cpunk\u201d (as opposed to garage) side. All in all a perfect follow up to a nearly perfect debut.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

2nd album from Portland-by-way-of-New-Mexico Dirtnap favorites Low Culture! For those unfamiliar, Low Culture features members of Shang-A-Lang and Marked Men, and could be described as splitting the sonic difference between the 2. Scrappy, melodic, and somtimes jangly garagepunk that is fast, catchy, and high-energy –as-hell,\u00a0 but also maintains a thoughtful vibe throughout. Since releasing their […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-releases","category-releases"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dirtnaprecs.com\/website\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dirtnaprecs.com\/website\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dirtnaprecs.com\/website\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dirtnaprecs.com\/website\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dirtnaprecs.com\/website\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2785"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.dirtnaprecs.com\/website\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2785\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2787,"href":"https:\/\/www.dirtnaprecs.com\/website\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2785\/revisions\/2787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dirtnaprecs.com\/website\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dirtnaprecs.com\/website\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dirtnaprecs.com\/website\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}