Why Choose, by Shopping

Why Choose

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headlesslady Sounds a lot like the Slits. This is a very good thing. Favorite track: Why Wait.

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Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Live at KEXP, All Or Nothing, The Official Body, The Hype, Unexpected Item, Why Choose, Why Choose, and Straight Lines. , and , .

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1.	Wind Up 01:51	buy track
2.	Take It Outside 02:27	buy track
3.	Straight Lines 02:36	buy track
4.	Time Wasted 03:18	buy track
5.	Say It Once 02:51	buy track
6.	Passing Through 02:56	buy track
7.	Why Wait 02:07	buy track
8.	Private Party 02:17	buy track
9.	Sinking Feeling 03:59	buy track
10.	I Have Decided 03:14	buy track
11.	Knocking 02:07	buy track
12.	12345 02:45	buy track

about

The band teams up again with Jamie Grier, who mixed and mastered their first LP, this time placing Grier in the recording chair at Glasgow’s Green Door Studios, while mastering duties fall to Alan Douches (Japandroids, We Were Promised Jetpacks). The album is full of the same timeless spark that drove the debut, propelled by Billy Easter’s toothsome bass lines and Rachel Aggs’ jagged yet rubbery guitar. All three band members lend their voices to Why Choose, pushing and pulling between Aggs’ knife hilt yelps and drummer Andrew Milk’s steadied responses, giving heft to the anxious energy of tracks like “Straight Lines” and brevity to the detached cool of “Passing Through” and “Private Party.”

The band has shown unflagging support for local indie shops in their native UK, delivering (and quickly selling out of) their debut personally in shops all over London. They’ve recently completed tours with Merchandise and fellow UK post-punk unit Golden Teacher. Upcoming legs with Joanna Gruesome, Ought and Shannon and The Clams round out their fall with the addition of a stopover at CMJ to usher in the sophomore release properly in the live setting here in the States.

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released October 2, 2015

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Shopping London, UK

Shopping are propulsive bass lines, primitive disco-not-disco drums and guitar lines sharp as broken glass. The band was formed in 2012 by members Rachel Aggs (guitar), Billy Easter (bass) and Andrew Milk (drums), who've all done time in a plethora of notable UK DIY bands including Trash Kit and Wet Dog. ... more

discography

Live at KEXP

Jun 2020
All Or Nothing

Feb 2020
The Official Body

Dec 2017
The Hype

Oct 2017
Unexpected Item

Jun 2017
Why Choose

Oct 2015
Why Choose

Oct 2015
Straight Lines

Sep 2015

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