Born Ruffians Birthmarks 9/7/18Birthmarks is the new album from Toronto's Born Ruffians. It's their 3rd full length overall, and first for Yep Roc. These songs came out of a dusty living room in an old house, in between chopping wood and building bonfires, playing crokinole at the kitchen table, cooking family dinners and shooting beer cans with a bow and arrow. Built from demos recorded by Luke Lalonde over the course of 3 years at home, on tour, in Toronto, Montreal, Europe,
" In the interests of dramatic extremes
Tracks - Disc 1 - 1 The Chronic (Intro) 2 FNCK Wit Dre Day (Any Everybody's Celebratin') 3 Let Me Ride 4 The Day the Niggaz Took Over - Disc 2 - 1 Nuthin' But a "G" Thang 2 Deeez Nuuuts 3 Lil' Ghetto Boy - Disc 3 - 1 A Nigga Witta Gun 2 Rat-Tat-Tat-Tat 3 The $20 Sack Pyramid 4 Lyrical Gangbang 5 High Powered - Disc 4 - 1 The Doctor's Office 2 Stranded on Death Row 3 The Roach (The Chronic Outro) 4 Bitches Ain't Shit Format: Vinyl
though No Doubt do get philosophical on "Different People": "Once in a while I sit back/And think about the planet/Most of the time I trip on it/To kick back and think of how massive it all is/And how many others are on it
The double single was released digitally on July 18th
I could focus on how fucked everything is
150 Gram Vinyl
Whether the album seems ridiculous or spectacular (or both)
Dropping the deliberate obscurantism
Released: 03/29/2024
Tracks 1 You Give Good Love 2 Thinking About You 3 Someone for Me 4 Saving All My Love for You 5 Nobody Loves Me Like You Do 6 How Will I Know 7 All at Once 8 Take Good Care of My Heart 9 Greatest Love of All 10 Hold Me Format: Vinyl
Better Life
The pared-down quartet line-up accounts for some of this tougher approach
