Landlady - Make Up / Lost Time (LIGHT BLUE VINYL)

Format: LP, Light Blue Vinyl, Gatefold Jacket, Lyric Insert
Catalogue No.: LPJBR009C    
Barcode: 843563169742    
Release Date: 20 Jun 2025
Genre: Indie & Alternative

Welcome to Landlady’s Make Up / Lost Time, where traditional orchestral sounds are as vital as the glitchy synthesizers and long-lost sound-effects seeping in through the cracks in the walls. Flanked by an all-star cast of collaborators—Foxygen’s Jonathan Rado, Wye Oak’s Jenn Wasner, Big Thief’s Buck Meek—Schatz’s songwriting prowess seems to level up in front of your very ears as the LP progresses in a way that suggests there is no ceiling. Equal parts Vampire Weekend, The Roches, Flaming Lips, and Randy Newman, Schatz knows how to mangle mundane and miserable moments into raw, unforgettable pop hooks. The song “At Odds” declares, “Your money’s no good here / it’s never good anywhere” and, guess what kids, it just so happens to double as a statement on the album itself: big budgets don’t create this kind of musical triumph, only imagination and elbow grease do. In fact, if the LP title can be read as a mission statement, then the listener is bound to conclude these 45 beautiful minutes with a stunned declaration of “mission accomplished.”    

A1. The Opening Ceremony  A2. The Car Alarm  A3. The Shaky Hand  A4. A Poor Reflection  A5. You Must Admit  A6. Enough  A7. Do It The Bad Way  A8. Beverly  A9. The Crowd  B1. Beating the Cowd  B2. Kick Punch  B3. Stay on Me  B4. Thank You  B5. I Saw Hope In Half  B6. The Great Lime Shortage of 2014  B7. At Odds  B8. The Day Before The Day Before Today