Luggage - Happiness

Released 19th November 2021.

Chicago has always had a large contingent of musicians operating on the less-is-more principle. The citys old bluesmencould imply a whole chord with a single note. Reductionist provocateurs like U.S. Maple or Shellac fought against rock n rollbloat. You can even look at the deconstructed compositions of iconic Chicago albums like Yankee Hotel Foxtrot and see adefinitive attempt at stripping away not just unnecessary adornments, but even some of the supposed load-bearing structuralcomponents. In that regard, Chicago trio Luggage serve as model representatives of their city, wielding the standardcomponents of their tradeguitar, bass, drumswhile stripping away any hint of excess until they arrive at the most austeremanifestation of rock n roll: magnets picking up the vibrations of nickel-wound strings, wooden sticks striking polymer skin