Quality Over Opinion - Louis Cole - Vinyl LP Record (Arrives in 50 days)

Louis Cole is a singer-songwriter and sickeningly talented multi-instrumentalist with a strong DIY aesthetic from Los Angeles, California. He is on a mission to create deep feelings through music and is the figurehead of an LA jazz adjacent scene that includes Genevieve Artadi (with whom Cole co-founded the alt pop / electrofunk band KNOWER in 2009), Sam Gendel, Sam Wilkes, Jacob Mann, Dennis Hamm, Pedro Martins and more. His new album on Brainfeeder, “Quality Over Opinion”, 20 tracks deep, was written, performed and produced on his own in his modest home studio, but Louis did invite a handful of close friends to contribute, namely Genevieve Artadi (“my no.1 music collaborator”); saxophonist Sam Gendel – Cole’s friend for 17 years; pianist Chris Fishman; Nate Wood from the band Kneebody; Marlon Mackey (“a pillar of the Bakersfield music scene”); and guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel. “This album is a representation of me trying to make the best, most powerful and listenable music I can. For myself and also others,” he says. Cole’s insane musicianship is no secret – he’s been sharing performance videos on YouTube for a decade – growing a dedicated fanbase who appreciate both his craft and off the-wall style. Drums, bass, keys… he has a monk-like attitude to practice and perfecting his art. Thundercat describes him as “one of Los Angeles's greatest musicians” and earlier this year invited him to play drums on his recent tour of Japan.

Tracklist

Disc 1

1. Quality Over Opinion
2. Dead Inside Shuffle
3. Not Needed Anymore
4. Shallow Laughter
5. Bitches (Feat. Sam Gendel)
6. Message (Feat. Chris Fishman & Nate Wood)
7. Failing In a Cool Way
8. Disappear
9. I'm Tight
10. True Love

Disc 2

1. Planet X
2. Let Me Snack (Feat. Marlon Mackey)
3. Forgetting
4. Park Your Car On My Face
5. Don't Care (Feat. Genevieve Artadi)
6. Laughing In Her Sleep
7. Outer Moat Behavior
8. When (Feat. Kurt Rosenwinkel)
9. Let It Happen
10. Little Piano Thing

Label: Ninja Tune | Origin: Holland