Top 5 Albums - Lowtones
- Flex Admin
- Aug 10
- 2 min read
Lowtones Reveal the Albums That Shaped Their Sleazy, Groove-Soaked Sound… Fresh from releasing ‘You’ve Got Me’, the Sheffield duo share the five records that inspired their music—and hint at how those influences will surface in upcoming tracks.
Hot off the release of their groove-laden new single ‘You’ve Got Me’, Sheffield duo Lowtones are proving themselves as masters of crafting songs that pulse with atmosphere and swagger. With a sound that threads together sleazy basslines, hypnotic hooks and a distinctly DIY spirit, it’s no surprise their musical DNA is rooted in some seriously iconic records.
We sat down with Connor Berry and Flynn Hudson-Dean to talk about their top five favourite albums—a list that spans the cinematic cool of Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino, the psychedelic shimmer of The Slow Rush, the desert-rock grit of Songs for the Deaf, and the rich, baroque textures of Everything You’ve Come to Expect. As the band reveal, you can hear traces of these influences woven into their own work—particularly in the new tracks they’ve got lined up for later this year.
Before those songs drop, the duo take us through the records that shaped their sound, their style, and their vision for what Lowtones can be.
Our top five favourite albums are Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino, The Slow Rush, Songs For The Deaf, Everything You've Come to Expect, and AM. You can hear the influences from each of these albums in our music, especially in the tracks we’ve got coming out later this year.
The production on The Slow Rush is a huge inspiration for the sound we’ve created. The layered vocals and what some might call an 'overproduced' style is something we love using in our tracks.
Queens of the Stone Age bring that gritty, dirty guitar tone which we’ve subtly introduced into the mix, and AM is probably our biggest nod overall. Both Connor and Flynn love the way Turner plays with pronunciation and melody on that album, accompanied with the almost pop arrangement.
Our vocals are a bit more sleazy and unique to our style, but we definitely took influence from that album and turned it into something of our own.
