There was a fair amount of buzz around Glasgow-based Lola In Slacks at the time their debut album, Moon Moth, was released on Last Night From Glasgow back in late 2021. Here was the pr blurb:-
Fronted by petite chanteuse Louise Reid, Lola in Slacks exude the garage swagger of The Velvet Underground spiked with the bold confidence and freedom of Tim Buckley.
Having developed her distinctive vocal and performance style playing on the streets and café bars of Paris as a teenager, Reid brings a Piaf-like authority to the group’s noir atmospherics. Reid’s affaire de coeur with Scotland’s ancient ally runs through the band’s songs. Their indelible songs are written by Reid and guitarist Brian McFie and brought to life with the help of a stellar line-up featuring Lesley McLaren (drums), Davy Irvin (bass) and Fiona Shannon (keys). “Together, they make Lola in Slacks swing like Serge Gainsbourg on a booze cruise down the Seine.” Gus Ironside – Louder than War
There’s an acute sense of mystery around this ambitious, literate gang of Francophile bohemians, who have made an instant impact with a series of heart-stopping performances around their hometown of Glasgow. Following the release of singles ‘Tramlines’ (2016) & ‘Postscript in Blue’ (2018) the debut album has arrived. Enter the dramatic world of dark, shimmering beauty. Intriguing and totally intoxicating…
mp3: Lola In Slacks – Trocchi’s Canal
One of my favourite recordings of theirs is actually a cover version of a Broken Chanter song:-
mp3: Lola In Slacks – Don’t Move To Denmark
It can be found on the LNFG compilation album Isolation Sessions, which emerged from the very first COVID-19 lockdown, when invited artists on the label made one-off home recordings of a song by a different artist attached to the label.
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