Manuel & David Grubbs Mota Lacrau 2LP Gatefold jacket; gold vinyl pressing limited to 1000 copies Love Is Not 9

Love Is Not 9

As the record turns 10

the British band's blustering alternative rock hasn't lost its bite or its cynicism

Regular Demon 05

Manuel & David Grubbs Mota Lacrau 2LP Gatefold jacket; gold vinyl pressing limited to 1000 copies Love Is Not 9Lacrau is the first U. S. release of music featuring the legendary Portuguese guitarist Manuel Motas mysterious, uncompromising, resolutely personal approach to the instrument. Lacrau captures the ambience of a warm Sunday afternoon in late fall in Lisbon when longtime friends Mota and David Grubbs sat down for this waking dream of a first duo performance. These explorations are as apt to find emotional weight in the solitary note in all its fret