12/11/25.
There's nothing like a good old fashioned, Bandcampsnoop work around. You know the drill; I want to post something, but it's not on Bandcamp, so I feverishly figure out a way to fit a square peg into a round hole like the famous scene in Apollo 13.
So, I received my weekly email from Darla Records, and I saw a band I'd never heard of - Alsace Lorraine. Listening to it made me think of Isobel Campbell, Belle and Sebastian, Club 8 and Lake Ruth. I came to learn that Alsace Lorraine was one of Hewson Chen's (The New Lines and Lake Ruth) early bands. The LP was originally released via Darla back in 2001 and is only $12 on their website.
So, the workaround? The most recent Lake Ruth (New York) album that I never posted about. Oh, by the way, Alsace Lorraine's vocalist is Claire Brice while Lake Ruth's is Allison Brice. I'm assuming they're related.
