Twenty-four years after Life Without Buildings called it quits, the art rockers will reunite for Rough Trade Records’ 50th anniversary. The show takes place November 20 at the London venue KOKO.
“cat’s oot the bag then!,” wrote Robert Dallas Gray on BlueSky, confirming the reunion. The guitarist added the Glaswegian quartet “decided the 50th anniversary of Rough Trade was an appropriate time to get back together … been a strange ride remembering the songs!” He also promised there will be “at least” one warm-up show, likely in Glasgow, with “possibly more” to come.
Formed in 1999 by fellow Glasgow School of Art students Gray, Will Bradley, and Chris Evans, Life Without Buildings began as an instrumental outfit, later recruiting vocalist Sue Tompkins. The band released its lone studio album, 2001’s Any Other City, on Rough Trade before breaking up a year later. In October, the band announced an official release of their final song, “Love Trinity.”
