Pass The Loofah Naked Roommate SKU: 21.00 23.00 £21.00 - £23.00 £21.00 - £23.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Trouble In Mind Released Date: 25th October 2024 Buying Format: 1LP 1LP Coloured Vinyl Buying Options Choose an option1LP1LP Coloured VinylClear Pass The Loofah quantity Add to basket ReservePre Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info Oakland’s Naked Roommate have been slinking around the Bay Area lighting up stages, shaking asses & confounding listeners since 2018, when the group – originally just the duo of real-life partners Andy Jordan & Amber Sermeno (both formerly of The World) – self-released a cassette of demos (2018’s “Naked Roommate”). Members Michael “Mig” Zamora & Alejandra Alcala (Blues Lawyer) joined soon after to augment the sound & live band with their proper full-length album “Do The Duvet”, co-released in September of 2020 via UK label Upset! The Rhythm & Trouble In Mind. 2024 finds the lineup expanded even further to incorporate the horn section of Geoff Saba & Jeanne Oss on tenor & alto saxophones as well as percussion & marimba as the band readies their sophomore effort, the dizzyingly ecstatic ”Pass The Loofah”. Recorded by members Andy Jordan & Mig Zamora from 2021-2023 as time & restrictions allowed, “Pass The Loofah” retains the wild energy of their debut, but leans into the rhythmic throbs perpetuated by forbears like Kid Creole & The Coconuts, Lizzy Mercier Descloux & ESG; the signature sound of UK’s On-U Sound & NYC’s 99 Records, but with a decidedly West Coast irreverence & a knack for absurdist exposition. Make no mistake, this is music designed to make your body MOVE & Naked Roommate won’t stop until they ’ve made sure every ass is shook. The band freely incorporates elements of the dancier side of post-punk (think A Certain Ratio or Liquid Liquid) as well as disco, funk, & house music. However, the group’s uplifting melodicism belies a deeper subtext, understanding the importance of the sense of community of dance music & the culture surrounding it and leaning into a Neo-socialist lyrical context. Shit is fucked, & we get thru it by helping one another & acknowledging & addressing the failures of disaster Capitalism & tech-bro hegemony (a state the band is all-too familiar with, living in The Bay Area) Take the first single “Bus”; a four-on-the-floor banger & salutary paeon to the ups & downs of the people’s transport that throbs & pulses with a late-night sashay (and a bridge that launches the tune into the stratosphere). Elsewhere, “Fight Flight ”s funky horn stabs and Sermeno’s slinky vocals swoon over Numan-esque synth squiggles that are fortified & funkified toward the dance floor. “Broken Whisper ” edges into new territor y for the group, adding a Caribbean flavor a’la Kid Creole or The Specials that punctuates the persistent & synthetic beats underneath. Meanwhile instrumental interludes like “Ducky & Viv”, “G-Y pt. 1” & “G-Y pt. 2” oscillate into zones of sci-fi meets soap opera soundtracks, sounding not unlike the electronic experiments of UK industrial pioneers Chris & Cosey. Album closer “I Can’t Be Found” might be the album’s secret weapon; It ’s swooning synth melody & processed vocals recall early Daft Punk or MGMT by way of Derrick Carter & The Au Pairs. It ’s a beautiful song; perfect for the late night (or early morning) car ride home from the club. Artist Naked Roommate Genre Rock And Pop Label Trouble In Mind Buying Options 1LP , 1LP Coloured Vinyl Format 1LP , Coloured Vinyl Condition New Country UK Track Listings No Kicker Fight Flight Successful Friend Ducky & Viv Bus Broken Whisper G-Y pt. 1 Sunblot Reasons Why Yob G-Y pt. 2 I Can’t Be Found Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Naked Roommate and more from Rock And Pop View Product Quick View Naked Roommate Do The Duvet Rock And Pop | Upset The Rhythm | 180g, 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 4th September 2020 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Naked Roommate Do The Duvet £17.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Upset The Rhythm SKU: UTR132 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 4th September 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Grateful Dead Long Strange Trip – Highlights From The Motion Picture Soundtrack Rock And Pop | Rhino | 2LP Released 31st July 2017 £23.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Grateful Dead Long Strange Trip – Highlights From The Motion Picture Soundtrack £23.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Rhino SKU: 0081227934439 Formats: 2LP Released Date: 31st July 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Pink Floyd Animals 2018 Remix SACD Rock And Pop | Analogue Productions | SACD Released 30th September 2022 £42.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Pink Floyd Animals 2018 Remix SACD £42.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Analogue Productions SKU: CAPP 88271 SA Formats: SACD Released Date: 30th September 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Dylan John Thomas Dylan John Thomas Rock And Pop | Ignition | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 26th January 2024 £23.00 - £25.00 Select options Dylan John Thomas Dylan John Thomas £23.00 - £25.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Ignition Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 26th January 2024 Read More Select options View Product Quick View Manfred Mann's Earth Band Radio Days Rock And Pop | Umbrella Music | 2LP Released 12th November 2021 £27.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Manfred Mann's Earth Band Radio Days £27.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Umbrella Music SKU: RADLP1 Formats: 2LP Released Date: 12th November 2021 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Tricky uninform Rock And Pop | K7 | 1LP Released 22nd September 2017 £21.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Tricky uninform £21.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: K7 SKU: K7S350LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 22nd September 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Hop Along Get Disowned Rock And Pop | Big Scary Monsters | 1LP Released 22nd April 2013 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Hop Along Get Disowned £17.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Big Scary Monsters SKU: BSM138V Formats: 1LP Released Date: 22nd April 2013 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Neil Young Young Shakespeare Rock And Pop | Warner Records | 1LP, Box Set Released 26th March 2021 £25.00 - £65.00 Select options Neil Young Young Shakespeare £25.00 - £65.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Warner Records Formats: 1LP, Box Set Released Date: 26th March 2021 Read More Select options View Product Quick View Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds No More Shall We Part Rock And Pop | Mute | 180g, 2LP, Includes Download Code Released 12th February 2015 £23.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds No More Shall We Part £23.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Mute SKU: 5414939711114 Formats: 180g, 2LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 12th February 2015 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Wake The President Zumutung! 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