Republic of Loose - This is the Tomb of the Juice (CD)
20th Anniversary Double Album Edition on Red Vinyl
https://rotatorvinyl.bandcamp.com/album/the-republic-of-loose
CD €14.99 / £12.50
*PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL IRISH / EU DELIVERIES WILL BE VIA AN POST AND ALL UK DELIVERIES WILL BE VIA ROYAL MAIL
About this release:
To mark the 20th anniversary of their debut album ‘This is the Tomb of the Juice’ Republic of Loose is releasing the album for the first time on double vinyl with five extra tracks.
Remastered by Aidan Foley at Masterlabs, the album will be available on limited edition red vinyl on Dec 13th with a pre-sale on Dec 11th & 12th.
In a musical landscape awash with singer/songwriters and indie guitar bands, an album of gritty funk, soul and blues from this most unlikely ramshackle gang of reprobates emanating from the leafy suburbs of Terenure and Churchtown put the proverbial cat among the po-faced pigeons. More than a few feathers were ruffled.
Upon its release, the British and Irish press were enraptured.
Q Magazine “A cocktail of sleazy blues, dirty funk and righteous fervor”
The Telegraph “An astonishing work of wit and soul”
The Observer “Splicing Outkast and The Stones in songs that rely on pure feel”
Hotpress “A balsy, gritty collection of songs, oscillating between Alabama 3 and uber-cool James Brown Funk”
The Irish Times “If you love music you’ll want citizenship”
Celebrity plaudits soon followed with Shane MacGowan declaring “The Loose are what it’s all about” and Ash’s Tim Wheeler remarking “The Loose are exploring the history of black music, from blues to hip-hop and somehow pulling it off.”
Presale Dec 11th & 12th: €29.99
Release Date Dec 13th: €34.99
A limited run of the original version of the album on CD will also be available on December 13th for €14.99
In addition to the vinyl release, the band will be releasing a previously unseen concert film of their sold out performance at The Ambassador Theatre from December 10th 2004. The film will be released on YouTube twenty years to the day of the gig.