The Record Company - Rita Mae Young

1.    Who are the lads? 

The Record Company are a blues rock band (with a sliver of punk) from Los Angeles, California. Formed in 2011 their debut album Give It Back To You (Feb’16) charted  in the top twenty and the lead single Off The Ground went to number one on the Alternative Charts. Rita Mae Young (Feb'16) got a re-issue on the back of that success. 

 2. Are they flogging a dead horse? 

Shit no. Rita Mae Young is the better song with distance to spare. Rita Mae Young has a desperate Stonesy-vibe and shuffles along at the speed of regrets in a small dark bar, alone, on a week day afternoon.

3. Who do The Record Company sound like? 

The Rolling Stones, Masters Of Reality and Nathaniel Rateliff. 


4. What have the press said about Rita Mae Young?

“Soul-stirring sound of sincere blues and rock” – 50 Third and 3^rd.  

“Shuffling beats and bass with a soulful crooning blues groove” – Uber Rock. 

“Worthy of a few swings of the hips on the dance floor” – Glide Magazine. 

5. Which bands have put the get down into The Record Company?

The main influences are John Lee Hooker, The Stooges, The Rolling Stones, Canned Heat and Bob Dylan.


6. Why should I give Rita Mae Young a fair crack of the whip? 

Rita Mae Young is the sound of the joy we get out of wallowing in regrets. And it's rootsy and genuine. 


7. Do The Record Company have any more cracking tunes?

Off The Ground is the obvious place to start and then take a tangent and listen to their Beastie Boys cover of So What'cha Want.

8. Anything else?

No.

“When your lovers gone, can’t rest at night”

Valerie June has been making blues/soul/gospel music since the early 2000's. She is from Jackson, Tennessee, and has made three albums. Valerie June sounds like Billie Holiday and Stevie Nicks and is influenced by artists like Whitney Houston, Janis Joplin, Dolly Parton, Bob Dylan and Bob Marley. Give Me Water (2011) is a hip hop/blues collaboration Valerie June did with John Forte of the Fugees and can be found on his E.P. Water Suite (2011). Complex Magazine called Give Me Water “a breath of fresh air.”

“Anyway you want it,

Won’t ask why”