OUT TODAY!

A brand new 10" mini LP by The Senior Service feat. Rachel Lowrie.

To order via our online shop click on the sleeve artwork below!

To mark the occasion we've created a Medway-centric Spotify playlist featuring tracks from the album along with music from related bands and fellow sonic travellers!

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The Senior Service feat. Rachel Lowrie - A Little More Time With (10" Mini LP)

Instrumentalists find their voice

The Senior Service returns with a brand new 10” Mini LP for 2022.

A year or so ago, The Senior Service decided that it wanted to add a little more to its well-honed instrumental sound. On one slightly drunken night out, they approached local songwriter and chanteuse Rachel Lowrie and asked if she’d like to perform guest vocals on some specially written new material. By this time, Rachel had supplied impressive ‘pipework’ on quite a few Medway records so the band was confident that she’d be able to deliver – the band was right.

Following a lengthy hiatus in activity due to lockdown restrictions, The Senior Service was finally able to get together to record the new songs, so they piled into Ranscombe Studios to crack on. It soon became apparent that they’d lost none of the chemistry that had made them such a powerful musical collective and the instrumental backing tracks were laid down with relative ease. It was when Rachel arrived and sprinkled vocal sugar over the tracks that they really began to shine! Intuitively, she understood the approach needed and delivered a made-to-measure performance for each song.

This collection includes four original tracks penned by the band plus two rollicking covers of lesser-known instrumentals; John Schroeder’s take on ‘Lovin’ You Girl’ – a slinky slice of lounge grooviness, given a slightly chunkier sound, informed by the band’s musical aesthetic, and ‘Mysterious Land’ – The Chris Lamb Orchestra’s little-heard filmic masterpiece; a track seemingly tailor-made for the band to get its musical chops around.

So, we invite you to spend ‘A Little More Time with The Senior Service’.

Tracklisting

Everyone's Stranger Than Me / Seasons of My Mind / Lovin' You Girl

Just a Little Time / If You're Not There / Mysterious Land

 

Also still available are the band's two previous LPs The Girl In The Glass Case and King Cobra, along with 7" single 'Slingshot'.

We also have King Cobra enamel badges left. You can pick up a set of all three colours for a bargain £4.99 while stocks last!

Have a lovely weekend!

Ian & Duncan