Republic of Loose are releasing a 20th anniversary edition of their debut album
This is the Tomb of the Juice 20th Anniversary vinyl is release this month.
Marking 20 years since its release in 2004, the album will be released on limited edition red double vinyl with five extra tracks, and was remastered by Aidan Foley at Masterlabs.
The album is on sale December 13th with a pre-sale Dec 11th and 12th from BigCartel only from €29.99.
Track listing
- “Intro” – 0.35
- “Kiodin Man” – 3.53
- “Hold Up!” – 4.07
- “Girl I’m Gonna Fuck You Up” – 5.44
- “Goofy Love” – 4.35
- “Something in the Water” – 3.07
- “Tell More Lies” – 4.24
- “Slow Down” – 6.57
- “Sweet Cola of Mercy” – 4.35
- “Six Sober Sounds” – 4.32
- “Fuck Everybody” – 2.10
- “Ride with Us” – 4.17
- “Dial Jesus for Sweetness” – 3.42
- “Black Bread” – 4.07
- “Lawn Child” – 4.57
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.
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.”
