Launder - Happening

Launder - HappeningAfter nearly three years and sixty demos, Launder's full length debut is Happening. In 2019, Orange County raised, Los Angeles based musician John Cudlip signed to Ghostly International to build his recording project, developed out of casual sessions with friends Jackson Phillips (Day Wave), Soko, and Zachary Cole Smith (DIIV). Launder's music had seen unexpected attention, with Stereogum placing it "somewhere at the intersection of '90s lo fi and

atmospheric soundscapes and razor-edged bars

London collective Malphino concoct a barnstorming brew of hypnotic South American rhythms and soundtrack their namesake fantasy island

the band will be releasing it's very own 20-Year Anniversary edition

and guitarist Frank Navetta

Truck On (Tyke) and Teenage Dream

Unfolding like a first view of paradise

you want to be there because these lads ooze charm and wreak havoc

often holding for meditative intervals before launching into full-throttle caffeinated pop

with James' powerful voice anchoring each track

Robert Plant declared himself a fan - as did double-bass legend Danny Thompson

which itself evolved out of the masterful Black Sabbath

an impactful fusion of proto-metal