RYAN DAVIS & THE ROADHOUSE BAND - "New Threats from the Soul" CDRyan Davis & the Roadhouse Band New Threats from the Soul CD (Sophomore Lounge, 2025) If you dont know it yet, its my privilege to tell you that Ryan Davis is one of the greatest songwriters of his generation. Bold instinct immediately insists that I lose the qualifications: hes the greatest of his generation, hes one of the greatest ever. Whatever. Posterityif there is a posteritywill sort it out. Happily, New Threats from the Soul has beaten the

A complete body of work intersecting their musical and cultural roots

This was pre Club Music but first time being available on vinyl

weaving elements of deep house

we came to dance

The vocals and words bespeak a knowledge or the same deep well of sorrow

hip-hop and avant-garde

"The year is 1981

this one will too

although their recordings were only released after they'd ceased operation in 1979

Consider the anti-rockism of the scorched earth 90s re-imagined through a distinctly avant filter of free jazz and dub aesthetics

whatever you want to call it

even sweet at times—think Ruth Garbus