Lushes new album, aptly titled Service Industry, will come out October 16, it is a rollercoaster through the maze of modern living. It was recorded and mixed by Sonic Youth’s long time engineer Aaron Mullan at Echo Canyon, during a period of intense money, work and life stress.

The sound also came out of the tension between the duo – with singer/guitarist James Ardery having grown up listening to punk and rap, and drummer Joel Myers raised on classical music. But the tension comes into balance with every song, ejecting the band’s music from the cultural hype machine out onto our daily lives.
Service Industry extends the tensions begun with Lushes’ debut album, What Am I Doing. In their first album, the themes of anxiety were often held back in pursuit of serene moments, brief escapes from our mundane lives. With Service Industry, Lushes give you something more raw, more guitar-and-drum driven, more primal.

The album throws a wrench in things. It stands as a map of a crisis, a bleak snapshot of our world, and a question: why continue living like we do?

Lushes – Service Industry (LP/CD/MP3)
October 16, 2015
01. Low Hanging Fruit
02. Bleach
03. Auction
04. Rub Your Eyes
05. You Only Have
06. Check
07. Circus
08. Hyperaware
09. Grey Tiles
10. Shed Weight

TOUR DATES
10.16 Brooklyn, NY @ Union Pool (CMJ Festival @ 8:30pm)
10.20 Brooklyn, NY @ Alphaville
10.22 Sacramento, CA @ Colonial Cafe
10.23 Oakland, CA @ Casa Sandinista
10.24 Covina, CA @ The Yolanda Courthouse
10.25 Los Angeles, CA @ Origami Vinyl In-Store (4pm)
10.25 Los Angeles, CA @ Broken Flowers
10.26 Los Angeles, CA @ Ham & Eggs Tavern
10.27 Long Beach, CA @ The Prospector
10.28 Fullerton, CA @ The Continental Room
10.29 San Diego, CA @ The Hideout
10.30 Los Angeles, CA @ Non Plus Ultra*
11.26 Paris, FR @ Espace B**
11.28 Oberhausen, DE @ Druckluft (Pressure Air Festival)**
11.29 Berlin, DE @ Comet Club**
12.01 Copenhagen, DK @ Musik Loppen**
12.02 Hamburg, DE @ MS Stubnitz**
12.03 Amsterdam, NL @ Bitterzoet**
12.04 Brussels, BG @ AB-Box (Autumn Falls Festival)**
12.06 Rotterdam, NL @ Rotown
12.07 London, UK @ Shacklewell Arms (Eat Your Own Ears)
* w/ SEXTILE
** w/ Raketkanon