{"product_id":"naked-roommate-pass-the-loofah","title":"NAKED ROOMMATE - Pass The Loofah","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\" mce-data-marked=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLP - Indies Exclusive Limited Edition Metallic Silver\/White “Disco Ball” Splatter Vinyl. Features current and former members of The World, The Reptoids, Blues Lawyer, Preening and Exit Group. Oakland, CA group’s debut album.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOakland’s \u003cstrong\u003eNaked Roommate\u003c\/strong\u003e have been slinking around the Bay Area lighting up stages, shaking asses \u0026amp; confounding listeners since 2018, when the group - originally just the duo of real-life partners \u003cstrong\u003eAndy Jordan\u003c\/strong\u003e \u0026amp; \u003cstrong\u003eAmber Sermeno\u003c\/strong\u003e (both formerly of The World) - self-released a cassette of demos (2018’s “\u003cem\u003eNaked Roommate\u003c\/em\u003e”). Members \u003cstrong\u003eMichael “Mig” Zamora\u003c\/strong\u003e \u0026amp; \u003cstrong\u003eAlejandra Alcala\u003c\/strong\u003e (Blues Lawyer) joined soon after to augment the sound \u0026amp; live band with their proper full-length album “\u003cem\u003eDo The Duvet\u003c\/em\u003e”, co-released in September of 2020 via UK label \u003cstrong\u003eUpset! The Rhythm\u003c\/strong\u003e \u0026amp; \u003cstrong\u003eTrouble In Mind\u003c\/strong\u003e. 2024 finds the lineup expanded even further to incorporate the horn section of \u003cstrong\u003eGeoff Saba\u003c\/strong\u003e \u0026amp; \u003cstrong\u003eJeanne Oss\u003c\/strong\u003e on tenor \u0026amp; alto saxophones as well as percussion \u0026amp; marimba as the band readies their sophomore effort, the dizzyingly ecstatic ”\u003cem\u003ePass The Loofah\u003c\/em\u003e”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRecorded by members \u003cstrong\u003eAndy Jordan\u003c\/strong\u003e \u0026amp; \u003cstrong\u003eMig Zamora\u003c\/strong\u003e from 2021-2023 as time \u0026amp; restrictions allowed, “\u003cem\u003ePass The Loofah\u003c\/em\u003e” retains the wild energy of their debut, but leans into the rhythmic throbs perpetuated by forbears like Kid Creole \u0026amp; The Coconuts, Lizzy Mercier Descloux \u0026amp; ESG; the signature sound of UK’s On-U Sound \u0026amp; NYC’s 99 Records, but with a decidedly West Coast irreverence \u0026amp; a knack for absurdist exposition. Make no mistake, this is music designed to make your body MOVE \u0026amp; 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, \u0026amp; house music. However, the group’s uplifting melodicism belies a deeper subtext, understanding the importance of the sense of community of dance music \u0026amp; the culture surrounding it and leaning into a Neo-socialist lyrical context. Shit is fucked, \u0026amp; we get thru it by helping one another \u0026amp; acknowledging \u0026amp; addressing the failures of disaster Capitalism \u0026amp; tech-bro hegemony (a state the band is all-too familiar with, living in The Bay Area) Take the first single “\u003cem\u003eBus\u003c\/em\u003e”; a four-on-the-floor banger \u0026amp; salutary paeon to the ups \u0026amp; downs of the people’s transport that throbs \u0026amp; pulses with a late-night sashay (and a bridge that launches the tune into the stratosphere).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eElsewhere, “\u003cem\u003eFight Flight\u003c\/em\u003e ”s funky horn stabs and Sermeno’s slinky vocals swoon over Numan-esque synth squiggles that are fortified \u0026amp; funkified toward the dance floor. “\u003cem\u003eBroken Whisper\u003c\/em\u003e ” edges into new territor y for the group, adding a Caribbean flavor a’la Kid Creole or The Specials that punctuates the persistent \u0026amp; synthetic beats underneath. 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