Album Review: Lowertown's "Ugly Duckling Union" — From High School Math Class to Indie Rock Staple
By
Danielle Chelosky
12d ago· 6 min readenReview
85/100
Golden Brown
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Summary
A review of Lowertown's album "Ugly Duckling Union," chronicling the duo's origin story from meeting in high school math class in Atlanta to becoming an indie rock staple in New York. The article discusses their signing to Dirty Hit as teenagers and their musical evolution, framed around a personal anecdote of a rooftop show on the Fourth of July.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledAs legend has it, Olivia Osby and Avsha Weinberg met in high school math class, where Weinberg would sneak glances at Osby's laptop to see what music she was bumping.
After bonding over indie acts like the Microphones and Alex G, the duo formed Lowertown in Atlanta in 2018.
Last year I caught a surprise rooftop set they did on the Fourth of July, enmeshed in a mosh of sweat and vape smoke under a sky of sporadic fireworks before the event was shut down by cops.
As legend has it, Olivia Osby and Avsha Weinberg met in high school math class, where Weinberg would sneak glances at Osby’s laptop to see what music she was bumping. After bonding over indie acts like the Microphones and Alex G, the duo formed Lowertown
