The highly anticipated US release of their debut, which came out on Tugboat (UK), Glen of Piano Magic’s label. LWB features members of the Glasgow School of Art fronted by the amazing Sue Tompkins. LWB has been compared to the Fall, Patti Smith, PIL, Television, and Sleater Kinney amongst others. -- The Wire. “One of the most intriguing bands to burst into the record-buying public's consciousness in the last few years, Glasgow's Life Without Buildings deal in quirky, driving guitar music fronted with the unconventional vocal and lyrical style of singer Sue Tompkins. After three acclaimed double A-side singles released last year, anticipation for a debut album was high, and thankfully, Any Other City does not disappoint.” – Pop Star Kill. "Sure, there were traces of the same late-70s/early-80s pop and punk outfits that are now (again) all the rage-Joy Division, Gang of Four, Liliput, even a darker, down-tempo X-Ray Spex-but instead of outright homage/imitation LWB ! seemed to have fashioned these sounds into something convincingly fresh and individual. They mostly sounded like themselves." -- New York Press.
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