Royal Baths

I've got a short feature with Royal Baths up now at Blurt, want a look?

STAY DIRTY Royal Baths

Nevermind that "better luck next life" mantra - these genre-busting garage refugees are too busy bum-rushing their current karmic incarnation. It's paying off, too.

BY JENNIFER KELLY

"It's a very clean, positive time right now," says Jeremy Cox, the singer and lead guitarist for the decidedly decadent Brooklyn-via-San Francisco band Royal Baths. "A lot of music just isn't very involved. It's missing the passion. I think that's where this kind of clean, happy sound is coming from."

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Royal Baths...make me feel dirty

Entirely predictable that I'm enjoying the new Royal Baths CD Better Luck Next Life, out now on Kanine Records. It's got that clanky, dungeon-y VU locked up in a Jesus and Mary Chain kind of vibe, reminds me of a whole bunch of bands I like from later on, too...Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Raveonettes, etc.

In fact, I was thinking about passing it along to my son (now 17, just latching onto BRMC), but the single is so perverted and decadent that I don't think I can. Not that I'd mind if he found it himself, you understand, but there's something weird about your mom recommending a song called "Faster, Harder." But as to you guys out there in cyberspace, I have no qualms at all...enjoy. (Though I really like "Darling Divine" better.)

Both tracks DL'able via Pitchfork

"Faster, Harder"

"Darling Divine"


"Darling Divine"

Royal Baths

Creepy, dark and very much in the shadow of VU, Royal Baths’ Litanies very much hit the spot over the weekend, though I’m far too late to do anything about it. It’s on the Woodsist label, which people seem to have turned on lately, but it’s really not the sort of sunny, loosely-strung garage psychedelia that you might expect. The closest recent reference is probably the XX, but there’s a bit more spine here, somehow. Here’s the free mp3 track “Nikki Don’t”.

And the obligatory live footage


We lost power in a wind storm early this morning and just now regained it. I'm a bit behind on everything, but at least the heat's on again.