{"product_id":"the-hotel-complex-have-these-things-been-happening-to-you","title":"THE HOTEL COMPLEX - HAVE THESE THINGS BEEN HAPPENING TO YOU?","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Hotel Complex\u003c\/strong\u003e formed out of the band \u003cstrong\u003eHappy Refugees\u003c\/strong\u003e following the release of their debut album, '\u003cstrong\u003eLast Chance Saloon\u003c\/strong\u003e' (\u003cstrong\u003eGymnasium Records\u003c\/strong\u003e, 1983). In North London they got cold, drunk, watched TV, wrote songs, film music, and went out to play. And yes, \u003cstrong\u003eJohn Peel\u003c\/strong\u003e played them on the radio. They recorded an album, '\u003cstrong\u003eA Frozen Chicken Lives\u003c\/strong\u003e', (\u003cstrong\u003eGymnasium Records\u003c\/strong\u003e, 1985). But a petty thief lout stole all their cash, multiple channels on the studio mixing desk failed to work, and one song got pressed twice on the vinyl. '\u003cstrong\u003eA Frozen Chicken Lives\u003c\/strong\u003e' got strewn across landfill sites in the North Midlands.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eClive on bass, Kev on drums, and Nick on piano, they continued to record with \u003cstrong\u003e Happy Refugees\u003c\/strong\u003e, releasing albums in 2011, 2015 and 2020, also playing live in the UK and New York. But, \u003cstrong\u003eThe Hotel Complex\u003c\/strong\u003e are not finished. In 2025, they dive into their own crate, and discover a two-inch tape under Clive's mum's bed. They re-record parts of it, and re-mix the lot!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNow scrubbed up and brimming with relevance, \u003cstrong\u003eSpinout Nuggets\u003c\/strong\u003e are proud to (re)release '\u003cstrong\u003eHave These Things Been Happening To You?\u003c\/strong\u003e', a no holds barred, swaggering splurge of defiant English pop, spoiling for attention. Six obstreperous songs about: things - fur wrapped cars with jacked up wheels, Russian tank attacks, frightening shoes, dodgy deals in back street motor pools, flares (are back and so is hanging), rock n' roll phenomenon, a year of beans, Irish jokes, Dulux haircuts, the Pools Panel; and people dead and gone - black shirt men, Oswald Mosley, Winston Churchill, sweet little Babushka, the sausage police, screaming lamé girls, fresh faced boys bodies swinging, and a nod from Jesus Christ.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SPINOUT NUGGETS","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":58073008570713,"sku":"SDZ-46009","price":16.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Limited Edition LP","offer_id":58073008603481,"sku":"SDZ-46010","price":28.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3455\/0945\/files\/SHE_20260515_1531_153221_075_p_Outlook-1l2nts11_3_001.jpg?v=1778936762","url":"https:\/\/spindizzyrecords.com\/products\/the-hotel-complex-have-these-things-been-happening-to-you","provider":"Spindizzy Dublin","version":"1.0","type":"link"}