LOUIE

LOUIEThe first solo album from Kenny Beats is a spontaneous burst of creativity spurred by an avalanche of despair and imagination. Only after sharing it with a few close friends who mentioned the elegiac pathos it evoked did Kenny become convinced to release it for public consumption. Just 17 songs and 33 minutes, LOUIE is a hypnotic odyssey of wounded, teardrop soul.

"It was writing selfishly that helped make it possible

You might sit atop a rooftop at night

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In a conservative society where the sacred is confused with secrecy

coming at a time when bands like the White Stripes and Dirtbombs were also releasing seminal albums that started picking up recognition outside of their collective hometown of Detroit

" IDLES albums have always been anchored by these overarching themes

and now I have it

the album was originally released in East Germany

blurry and chaotic and strange – which is in-line with Hartzman's own ethos: "Everyone’s story is worthy

" -Pitchfork

' Knock Knock just keeps on a-knockin'

and a lot of what makes Belle and Sebastian so special and enduring