Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets are heading to Australia for their first
ever joint tour of the
Lucky Country! To commemorate this special event, Yep Roc is releasing
Walkabout, a
compilation of Nick and the Straitjackets’ recent works plus some previously
unreleased
material.
Walkabout features three songs from each of Nick’s recent EPs: Tokyo
Bay/Crying Inside
(which includes a cover of ‘Heartbreaker’ penned by Australia’s own Bee
Gees) and Love
Starvation/Trombone. Also included are four Los Straitjackets’ surf rock
covers of Nick’s
greatest hits, found on their 2017 Nick Lowe-tribute album What’s So Funny
About Peace,
Love and Los Straitjackets. Also featured on Walkabout is Los Straitjackets’
cover of the
Easybeats’ Aussie anthem ‘Friday on My Mind’ and a totally unreleased live
recording
of Nick and Los Straitjackets performing Nick’s ‘Heart of the City’ in
2018. And to top it
off, a Nick Lowe and Los Straitjackets sticker sheet is included with the
packaging. The LP
arrives on transparent red & blue vinyl.