About

The Lowriders, who hail from Clacton-on-Sea in Essex, have been pulping derisory claims of their hometown by impacting both the music and film industries. Their self-made debut release Fury received high praise and an EP written specifically for inclusion for the soundtrack of the film ‘I Am Soldier’ at the request of fan and writer-director Ronnie Thompson has really begun to make the music press sit up and take note of a band on the rise. Off the back of this ascension comes the new self-titled album ‘the lowriders’ – as lead singer Dave Garlick states, ‘this is who we really are’- which, given the unwanted slurs, could be construed as a cutting provocation to the ignorant condemners of their hometown, and is a distinct possibility considering the band’s poetic angst and their willingness to carry the home banner. However, unlike their mask wearing naysayers – this statement alludes to its title – a band who are laying themselves bare – exposing themselves to who they really are – both musically, lyrically and in its production – a rare transparency in world full of unsavoury and overblown garnish – and equally it refers to its ten self-effacing eclectic tracks that are distinctively them – The Lowriders. Not bad considering they’re from a town going nowhere with no aspiration!