Learning Curve Records has an upcoming album from Minneapolis 4-piece noise rock band In Lieu. The record is titled Hooligan, out on Oct. 24.
While the band formed some time ago, it's been a steady evolution in sound.
"I started the band nine years ago and wrote all the material but was never happy with a release until this new one," vocalist/guitarist Nikki Post says. "Hooligan is the first album I've been proud of and it took nine years of trying. I played acoustic at first but I always knew that quiet music wasn't going to cut it for me. Eventually, the Melvins album Houdini made me want to play the way I do now."
"Our main influences are Melvins, Soundgarden, and a lot of the Amphetamine Reptile bands like Cows, Jawbox, Unsane, and The Jesus Lizard," she adds, speaking of the band's developing sound. "We've been at Caterwaul [festival, co-founded by Learning Curve Records' owner Rainer Fronz] every year, watching these bands and have played the last two years of the fest, completely awestruck by bands like Chat Pile and Whores."
