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01. Rocket 808 - Under Survellance
02. Rocket 808 - Nazare
03. Rocket 808 - Long Stretch Of Desert
04. Rocket 808 - House Of Jackpots
05. Rocket 808 - 21st Century Boy
06. Rocket 808 - MK Ultra Twist
07. Rocket 808 - (The Girl With The) Raven Hair
08. Rocket 808 - Closing Credits
ARTIST
TITLE
House of Jackpots
FORMAT
LP

LABEL
CATALOG #
12XU 138LP 12XU 138LP
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
6/2/2023

"Rocket 808's self-titled debut album came out in late 2019, and luckily, absolutely nothing happened in 2020 to divert the world's attention away from the release. Combining the primitive analog drum machine of 1970s New York underground icons Suicide with the raw guitar of Link Wray, Rocket 808 blasted rock n' roll guitar into our new, weirder present. Now Rocket 808 returns with a new LP, House of Jackpots, taking up where the previous record left off while adding some new elements to juice things up. Still channeling Alan Vega, the Cramps, and Duane Eddy influences from the first LP, House of Jackpots further explores 1980's television cop show themes and Ry Cooder film scores. 'Punk rock Mike Post' might not be something you knew you needed, until you hear the first cut of the record. Slide guitar gives you your own personal screening of Wim Wenders' Paris, Texas in your mind's eye, or imagine if instead of the Barry De Vorzon intro, 'Simon & Simon' opened with a trash-rock instrumental instead. Saturated in big-screen iconography whether it be surf tunes for 100-foot waves or David Lynch soundtracks for a grimy 1970s Las Vegas strip, House of Jackpots takes you out of a current reality that frankly, we all probably want to forget anyway. Covers of 1950s proto-goth Jody Reynolds and reviled eighties electro-rockers Sigue Sigue Sputnik give nods to the obscure rock n' roll weirdos of the past while dragging them into the future. Recorded by Grammy-winner Stuart Sikes and mastered by Crypt's Tim Warren, House of Jackpots takes electronic punk rock guitar noise into the 22nd century."