DOWNTOWN BOYS - s/t LP folk and industrial sounds

and industrial sounds

his music stood

rather than the standard images of railroad tracks and sharecropper shacks that have become cliches of blues iconography

It’s hard to disagree with their bio’s claim that this is “the band’s most accomplished and outstanding set of songs to date

It's a sprawling kaleidoscope of sounds and textures

DOWNTOWN BOYS - s/t LP folk and industrial soundsA reissue of the debut album by Providence, RIs DOWNTOWN BOYS via Buffalo, NYs Radical Empathy Records. First recorded in 2012, the album was originally self released on hand made cassettes and CDs, both of which have been unavailable for years. Available now for the first time on vinyl, the tracks sound as urgent and raw as ever, and are a perfect document of the bands original lineup that created its now signature sound. The album was originally