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Junior

from Lach Today by Lach

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    'Lach Today' was Lach's fourth full album and was released in February of 2007. To celebrate it's 10th anniversary we are releasing through Bandcamp 35 extremely rare hard copy CD's. First come, first served.

    "This is my most rock, sharp-edged album. The band walked into the studio and the engineer, knowing my reputation in Antifolk, said it was the best acoustic studio in town. My immediate response was, "How do we change that?"
    There are no electric guitars on the album but it's still has that jangly, classic new wave sound through some secret studio techniques we invented for the sessions."

    Lach is joined by the band he was working with at the time, The Secrets, with Billy Ficca (of Television) on drums and Roy Edroso (of The Reverb Motherfuckers) on bass.


    “Four Stars! Splendid! Best of it’s kind!” – Mojo Magazine

    “East Village staple Lach personifies the Antifolk scene with his jangly, funny, pop punk songs. His album, Lach Today, puts the strong songwriting in a raw rock context.” – Timeout NY

    “Deftly blending bouncy, catchy melodies with wry, witty lyrics, this delightfully offbeat and enjoyable corker makes for a very intoxicating sonic brew. The enthusiastic singing, the irresistibly jubilant acoustic guitar riffs, the jumpin’ drums, the divinely chillin’ organ ripples, the sheer giddiness and vitality of the playing, the ceaselessly springy rhythms, and especially the total sense of joy and fun which permeates every last blithely harmonic note all add up to one of the most immensely charming and entertaining albums I’ve heard in quite a spell. A terrific album.” – Jersey Beat

    “There are songs commenting on the world in the way that underground artists do best. His storytelling songs are great too, rocking like songs that could be found in the jukeboxes of ice cream parlours of the 60s.” - nunuworldmusic.co.uk

    “And such a spirit slips through each and every acoustic ramshackle gem. Ultimate, unperfumed honesty presented in a dynamic, audaciously timed and sharply rhymed demeanor; riotously infectiously yet touchingly shocking (this guy’s had a life), heart-warming and arousing all at simultaneous moments.” - rockfeedback.com

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Junior

Junior's in the city and her heart is all a treble
She's been scouting out all the wrong places to be
This one last chance to get it all together
Was blown before she even got an answering machine

Now her rent is late and her period is later
And Percodan and aspirin might as well be the same damn thing
All those Velvet songs of glory just told her half the story
Loneliness and boredom are the flipside of those dreams

God, there must be people somewhere far from the clock's cruel stare
She senses they're presence in music, art and song
And they got voices full of wings and faith thick as bone
And all their answers feel like she's coming home

Junior's in the city and her brain is a rebel
It's been feeding her lines from a dog-eared script
This one last chance to keep it all together
It seems so hard when she's so ripped

Hey, Junior, there's an answer that no pop song can deliver
I'm sorry but it has to do with time and space and God
Let no one tell you different but Mother Mary and Mrs. Einstein
Both thought their kids were a little odd

God, there must be people somewhere far from the clock's cruel stare
She senses they're presence in music, art and song
They have voices full of wings and faith thick as bone
And all their answers feel like she's coming home
like she's coming home
Like Junior's coming home
Come on home Junior we got supper waiting
I'll save you a place at the table Junior

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from Lach Today, released December 1, 2014

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Lach, founder of the Antifolk movement and star of BBC Radio 4's The Lach Chronicles.

‘Beat-punk-unplugged joy!’-The Guardian UK

‘Splendid! Best of it's kind!’- Mojo

‘Incredibly bright, influential, funny, poetic.’-Suzanne Vega

‘Best punk guitarist since Johnny Ramone.’-Billy Ficca of Televis ... more

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