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Long available only as a bootleg, the cult art-rock band’s last studio recording gets a new digital and vinyl release from Errol’s Hot Wax
Life Without Buildings, the beloved Glaswegian art-rock band, broke up in 2002 after the release of their sole, classic album, Any Other City.—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 9 Oct. 2025 Across his numerous albums outside the band, Byrne has continued to expand a lively art-rock palette.—Jane Bua, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2025 In 2024, his side project the Smile — with Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood and jazz drummer Tom Skinner — put out two dazzling albums of crinkly art-rock, Wall of Eyes and Cutouts.—Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 9 May 2025 Sleek dance-pop grooves but also classicist balladry, fey art-rock, and drag-amenable camp all play crucial but disparate parts.—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2025 On the way: indie-folk songwriter Lissie (Sunday, May 18), Philly rockers Low Cut Connie (Tuesday, Sep. 30), and art-rock virtuoso Destroyer (Sunday, Oct. 19).—David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 7 Mar. 2025 Her fragile integrity plays interestingly against the star casting of Lee Pace as the affected art-rock god leading Maestro’s character into an cosmic puzzle.—Guy Lodge, Variety, 21 Feb. 2025
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