The Lathums - Matter Does Not DefinePre Order. Released 7th March, via Modern Sky Defiance, vulnerability, pride and the excuse to let loose are all promised by The Lathums. Under no influence yet emerging into long shadows cast by comparisons to The Smiths and Arctic Monkeys, The Lathums brought light with debut album, How Beautiful Life Can Be in 2021 and shone brighter still on follow up, From Nothing To A Little Bit More in 2023. The arrival of Matter Does Not Define, sees the

So I think I’m a bit of an outlier when it comes to the UK electronic scene for two reasons

Like an industrial Gamelan played by a future civilisation who have never heard it

Pressed on red vinyl

The album’s seemingly brief tracklisting belies a work of great beauty and depth

Henry found himself in Kingston in the late 1950s where he worked for Coxsone Dodd at the legendary Studio One

insecurity and tribalism

As a lyricist who writes in response to the instrumental arrangements

lyrically the sharpest cut is toward those who choose to accept such a system rather than reacting back against it

and others were written to serve as a direct counterpoint

through record label Step-Forward

Ben Harper

these recordings are dynamic and riveting in their intricacy and power