Downtown Boys: Public Luxury (LOSER edition-ocean blue vinyl) LP

Downtown Boys' fourth album, "Public Luxury", is an inclusive, joyful sonic fusion. Anthemic punk and indie rock mix with Latin traditions, drum machines blend with acoustic drums, saxophones punctuate riffs, and layers of synths add flourishes from new-wave to industrial. The band has remained a vital political-punk force since 2011, touring worldwide and inspiring countless people and artists on the margins of society while garnering gushing praise from the New York Times, Rolling Stone, Democracy Now, SPIN, and more. "Public Luxury" is an enthralling album that keeps politics front and center while summoning the band's most urgent and powerful sound to date. Straight up, "Public Luxury" means "everything for everyone". It's the stubborn insistence that a better world is possible, while fully recognizing the horrors we witness daily, and the individual and collective responsibility to resist the nihilism and hopelessness we all feel.