This record is all kink and no shame,” explains Adam Weiner of South Philadelphia rock ’n’ roll outfit Low Cut Connie. “I try to create a safe space for you to just absolutely get your freak on.” “Art Dealers” is a love letter to Lou Reed and Patti Smith’s New York, and the reckless abandon of “the art life” laid against a gritty, decaying American backdrop. Arriving at the intersection of sleazy and soulful, the eighth album from Weiner is a 13-song collection of risky, romantic, life-affirming anthems dedicated to a total liberation of body, spirit, gender and sexuality in the face of an increasingly tense political age. Where it took Weiner over three years to record his 2020 breakthrough album “Private Lives”, “Art Dealers” was tracked in just over a week outside of Philadelphia. As with his previous album, Weiner produced “Art Dealers”, further establishing his own brand of raw, analogue rock ‘n’ roll.
The record depicts a grimy modern urban landscape, a soulful but damaged place that Weiner and his band (including guitarist Will Donnelly, in his ninth year with Low Cut Connie) has gravitated towards throughout the band’s history. Weiner grew up amidst the lawns and strip malls of suburban New Jersey, and his teen dreams were lit up by the beacon of the Big City, where he could shed his skin like so many artists before. “I just want to turn people on with what I do,” says Weiner. “The world is a dirty and broken place… we might as well live it the f up while we’re here.”
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