Taverns and Palaces

Taverns and Palaces is the second live album from The Lowest of the Low following 2002's double album Nothing Short of Bullet. The record derives its title from the two iconic Toronto music venues from which the live recordings were made: The Horseshoe Tavern and Lee's Palace. The double album features two eleven song sets recorded in 2019 and features songs spanning the bands full thirty year career.

The set at The Horseshoe Tavern was recorded on Friday, December 13th and the Lee's Palace set was recorded the next evening.

The Low's lineup for these recordings feature Ron Hawkins, David Alexander, Michael McKenzie, Lawrence Nichols and Greg Smith but they are complimented on some tracks by a horn section called The Legitmizers featuring Ruhee Dewji, Stephen Date and John Jewett.

Vocalist Skye Wallace also features on the band's cover of Portugal. The Man's 'Feel It Still.' The album also features a cover of Style Council's 'Walls Come Tumbling Down.'

Former Lowest of the Low guitarist Steve Stanley did the layout for the double album.

All songs written by Ron Hawkins, except where noted.

1. "Bonnie & Clyde"
2. "Gerona Train"
3. "The Last Recidivist"
4. "The Ballad of Late-Era Capitalism"
5. "City Full of Cowards"
6. "Do the Right Now"
7. "New Wave Action Plan"
8. "Bit / Letter from Bilbao"
9. "Permanent Revolution"
10. "Eternal Fatalist"
11. "Feel It Still" (Featuring Skye Wallace)

'Feel It Still written by: Robert Bateman, Zoe English, Zachary Scott Carothers, Freddie Gorman, John Baldwin Gourley, John Graham Hill, Brian Holland, Eric Andrew Hook, Kyle O'Quin, Jason Wade Sechrist and Asa Taccone.

1. "Powerlines"
2. "Concave"
3. "Salesman, Cheats and Liars"
4. "Love 'N' Justice"
5. "Night of a Thousand Guns"
6. "Saint Spurious"
7. "F-Noise (Rebel Radio)"
8. "When She Falls"
9. "California Gothic"
10. "Henry Needs a New Pair of Shoes"
11. "Walls Come Tumbling Down"

'Walls Come Tumbling Down written by Paul Weller