Louis Cole - Quality Over Opinion [CD]

Format: CD
Catalogue No.: BFCD129
Barcode: 5054429157130
Release Date: 14 Oct 2022
Genre: Soul

 Louis Cole is an LA-based singer songwriter and sickeningly talented multi-instrumentalist with a strong DIY aesthetic. He is on a mission to create deep feelings through music. Thundercat describes him as “one of Los Angeles’ greatest musicians.”
 Louis is the figurehead of an LA jazz-adjacent scene that includes Genevieve Artadi (with whom Cole co-founded the alt pop / electrofunk band KNOWER in 2009), Sam Gendel, Sam Wilkes, Jacob Mann, Pedro Martins and more.
 Cole’s new album, ‘Quality Over Opinion’, features the
aforementioned Genevieve Artadi and Sam Gendel plus Chris Fishman, Nate Wood, Marlon Mackey, Kurt Rosenwinkel and more.
 Thundercat has a song on his GRAMMY Award-winning album, ‘It Is What It Is’, that the pair wrote together, called ‘I Love Louis Cole’. Louis also played drums for Thundercat on his recent tour of Japan in April 2022.
 Other fans include outright legends Quincy Jones and Red Hot Chili Peppers (who invited Louis on tour with them in 2017).
 For fans of Thundercat, Mac DeMarco, BadBadNotGood, Unknown Mortal Orchestra.
 In 2021, Cole co-wrote a song for the HBO hit series ‘Insecure’ Season 5 soundtrack with Thundercat and Genevieve Artadi. He also has music on ‘GTA V’ and ‘NBA 2K22’, and co-wrote ‘Dance of Doom’ for ‘The LEGO Ninjago Movie’.
 Louis Cole sold out two shows at EartH Hackney during his last UK tour. Cole has also made appearances at Montreux Jazz Festival, Newport Jazz Festival, Rock En Seine, North Sea Jazz Festival, Maiden Voyage and more.
 CD in softpack. 2LP includes 12” poster insert and digital download code. Photography by Richard Thompson III and Gary Tarud. Layout by Adam Stover.
 Press - Reviews in Pitchfork, The Needle Drop, AllMusic, The 405. Features in The Guardian (Essential Albums of Autumn 2022).
 Radio - 6 Music Lauren Laverne, Gilles Peterson, Mary Anne Hobbs, Amy Lamé, NTS.

Tracklisting
Quality Over Opinion
Dead Inside Shuffle
Not Needed Anymore
Shallow Laughter
Bitches (feat. Sam Gendel)
Message (feat. Chris Fishman & Nate Wood)
Failing in a Cool Way
Disappear
I’m Tight
True Love
Planet X
Let Me Snack (feat. Marlon Mackey)
Forgetting
Park Your Car on My Face
Don’t Care (feat. Genevieve Artadi)
Laughing in Her Sleep
Outer Moat Behavior
When (feat. Kurt Rosenwinkel)
Let it Happen
Little Piano Thing