It’s 11 years since the evergreen Christmas LP, Quality Street, and for various reasons Nick Lowe had suggested that’d be his final proper album. However, backed up by the unlikely backing band Los Straitjackets - surf instrumental specialists who perform in Mexican wrestling masks - another entry in Nick’s meandering but always rewarding discography has taken shape.
Almost all of these songs have trickled out on singles and LPs over the past 6 years or so, but they’re re-recorded here and sequenced expertly alongside a couple of new ideas, including the punchy opener ‘Went To A Party’. Across 37 minutes, Los Straitjackets allow Nick to mix elements of his 60-year career into an easy-drinking cocktail. Tracks… More