The Tubs - Hard LifeThe Tubs have never lacked for ambition on Hard Life, theirs is to complicate the Tub ullar experience. Having perfected their chemistry across two prior albums, hundreds of shows, and an ever expanding universe of bands affiliated with Londons Gob Nation Collective (The TSG, Sniffany & The Nits, Spike, and Garden Centre), the London based Celtic jangle boyband Williams (vocals, guitar, keyboards, bass), Dan Lucas (guitar), Taylor Stewart (drums), and

MWWB are Jessica Ball

“Sometimes I’d do this multiple times on one recording or layer it gave me such a unique and unexpected sound

it's easy to see why sample-based musicians have been falling over themselves to plunder from this album

hitting play

Songs dance back and forth over the line between crystal clear snapshots of the real world and hazy poetic embellishment

The origin of house music

Is this where it started

Built on a brisk acoustic strum with a guitar sub-melody underpinning proceedings

Tiny pressing defect

remains undeniable

As the album began to take shape

New Day Rising continued to deviate from the fast-paced hardcore punk style of the band's earliest releases