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This Issue: Jason Lekberg at Pit Records

When and where did the label begin?

Pit Records is the latest iteration of GWAR’s label arm. They have been entrepreneurial from the start and though they signed to Metal Blade for a portion in the 90s and early 2000s they have always kept ownership of a large part of their IP. In essence the label started in 1984 with the band, though it did not take its current shape until early 2000 when my company was hired.

How has the label changed since it started?

Comparing the current version to the earliest, I would say that Pit now operates at a more comprehensive level with an eye to the success of the whole catalog – digitally and physically. We also invest significant effort in a robust merchandise line. Most importantly, the current iteration is laser focused on assuring that the relationship with the fans is healthy and responsive.

How would you describe your overall ambitions and goals as a label from when you first started compared to now? When I started working with the label I expected to have a much larger focus on reissuing their large catalog. In reality, GWAR and their offshoots are so active that we are only able to squeeze in a reissue here and there. I think the biggest focus shift though has been truly learning about the core fans. Though there are many, very passionate Bohabs (GWAR’s superfans) we have shifted a good amount of energy into bringing older fans “back to the fold” in recent years.

What was the biggest challenge for you and the label during the Pandemic, and is it still a challenge?

I started with Pit Records in March of 2020, and we launched this new iteration of the label with a massive reissue of their most popular album. In all honesty, the demand for that product and the average fans expendable income at the time created an expectation of scale that has shown to be a bit exaggerated. Our biggest challenge has been “leveling off” from the partially pandemic-driven success of 2020 and 2021.

How would you describe the average fan of the label? Bohabs are lifers. GWAR and the band’s various side projects are a part of their character. We have multiple fans who have built “GWARseums” of their own. The fans buy, sell and collect GWAR merch and ephemera from the past 40 years. The fans know that Pit is owned and operated by the band, and are excited to have their voices heard when we are planning upcoming releases. We are lucky to have such devoted Bohabs.

Where do you go to search for new music? Who or what has been a new find (on the label or otherwise) you’d like to rave about?

I’m personally really enjoying the genre anarchy that the younger crop of heavy musicians are bringing to the table. I generally find this on social media by reading comments and watching what others

are interacting with. I’ve been in on Sleep Token since 2019 but am still raving about him. I’m loving the growth of Erra, Currents, Alpha Wolf and Bleed From Within on each of their new albums. I think Deathbyromy and her cohorts are the ones to watch at the moment.

What’s the wildest marketing promotion you’ve ever worked on for any release?

Having Ozzy sit in Madame Tussauds wax museum and pretend to be a statue to scare people is pretty high up there. Another favorite was having a motorcade of Harleys bring Judas Priest through Times Sq. Ah, back when budgets were silly-size.

If you had the budget, what would be your dream “outsidethe-box” or “crossover” marketing campaign?

If Metallica hadn’t beaten us to it, having GWAR play Antarctica (which is where they “live” by the way). Actually, let’s go full Metalocalypse – the Moon.

What is your stance on color vinyl? What’s the most unique color LP or overall packaging you’ve ever seen or released? I love it. There’s a small plant called Cascade that is making some beautiful, hand-made runs and those are probably my favorite at the moment. Not good for high-qty stuff or for the profit margin, but they look great!

What in your opinion has been the biggest change in the music industry from when you first started compared to now?

Streaming. I just wish we had gotten ahead of it better and had planned a more equitable monetization of it.

How do you view the issue of being environmentally sustainable within the music industry?

I think it is always important to reduce waste wherever possible. That said, human history has shown clearly that our species would rather innovate (spend) their way around issues rather than adjust their preference. As with everything, I think finding a balance of not being wasteful while also providing a product at a price that doesn’t make us bankrupt is the key.

How important are issues like mental health and social justice to you and the label?

Very. GWAR are outspoken about their beliefs – albeit often via wit and comedy. They have always addressed inequality directly. One of my favorite things to wax lyrical about after a few barley pops is the ignored effect that success and “celebrity” has on a person’s mental state. I would love to see that become something we address, along with overall mental health – and all health – in this country.

Want to shout out a personal favorite record store or retail establishment? Now’s your chance:

Big shout out to Karma Records (RIP to the southside location) in Indianapolis where I spent many a Saturday and most of my allowance growing up. Out here, big love to Looney Tunes on Long Island and my boy Jay at Static Era in CT.

They say our sun will explode in about 5 billion years or sohow would you like the label to be remembered?

Can’t wait. I would love for it to be remembered as faithfully representing the goals of GWAR and entertaining as many Bohabs as possible.

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NEW RELEASES

Street Date: 8.15.25 | Order Date: 7.25.25

CASS MCCOMBS INTERIOR LIVE OAK

TRACKLISTING

1. Priestess

2. Peace

3. Missionary Bell

4. Miss Mabee

5. Home At Last

6. I'm Not Ashamed

7. Who Removed The Cellar Door?

8. A Girl Named Dogie

9. Asphodel

10. I Never Dream About Trains

11. Van Wyck Expressway

12. Lola Montez Danced The Spider Dance

13. Juvenile

14. Diamonds In The Mine

15. Strawberry Moon

16. Interior Live Oak

CATALOG NUMBER: WIG547

RELEASE DATE: August 15, 2025

FILE UNDER: Electronic “B”

Boxlot: 30 UPC: 887828054725

20 UPC: 887828054718

OVERVIEW

Interior Live Oak draws from everything Cass McCombs has created over two decades of experimentation to cut through with a direct and clarifying light. Throughout, his attitude is hopeful, which may sound odd for someone who often sings about the more extreme aspects of modern life. Interior Live Oak, however, is the resolve of someone who has lived those extremes.

Named after a tree species native to Northern California, the album sees McCombs incorporate the more economical song structures of his prime material with the help of some of his earliest musical cohorts, including Jason Quever (Papercuts) and Chris Cohen . McCombs recorded much of the new material in the Bay Area, not far from where they had cut their musical teeth (as documented on last year’s archival release, Seed Cake On Leap Year). Additional recording in New York City brought with it contributions from other perennial collaborators such as Matt Sweeney and Mike Bones

CASS MCCOMBS 2025 US TOUR DATES

Wed. Sept. 10 - San Diego, CA @The Casbah ^ Thu. Sept. 11 - Los Angeles, CA @ Shrine Expo Hall & ^ Fri. Sept. 12 - Riverside, CA @Farmhouse ^

* with Father John Misty & with MJ Lenderman, Nap Eyes ^ Full Band Performance

SELLING POINTS

• McCombs’ career spans two decades with releases on 4AD, Domino, ANTI- & Smithsonian Folkways. He’s recently collaborated with or been featured on recordings alongside Angel Olsen, Blake Mills, Tinarwen, Steve Gunn, Wyonona Judd, Karen Black, the Chapin Sisters, among many others.

• Over 40k+ physical catalog sales, with almost half in vinyl sales.

• LP comes with download card.

/ dominorecordco.com

Cyrus Lubin cyrus@dominorecordco.com

Jill Wheeler jillw@redeyeworldwide.com

TRES LECHES

THE SMOOTH SOUNDS OF TRES LECHES, LHCC MART

Release Date: August 8th, 2025

What started out a joke for a truly demented promotional campaign became so much more…originally envisioned as the soundtrack to an imaginary supermarket in the album promo for Hiatus Kaiyote’s “Love Heart Cheat Code”, these sultry and sensual renditions of Hiatus Kaiyote classics soon took a life of their own. And thus was born Tres Leches, a trio of heart wrenching troubadours who aren’t afraid to turn the lights down low and set the mood to “sexy”. Lovingly recorded and mixed in various hotel rooms on off days of a NorthAmerican tour, these raunchy re-imaginings of Hiatus Kaiyote’s back catalogue are certain to stir the passions, ignite the senses and soothe the savage beast within. So for all the lovers out there, let tonight be the night you surrender yourself toTres Leches.Tres Leches consists of Hiatus Kaiyote members Paul Bender & Simon Mavin and touring member SilentJay.The trio reimagine Hiatus Kaiyote classics like "Nakamarra", "Red Room", "Make Friends" and more.

With the one year anniversary of Hiatus Kaiyote's latest album, Love Heart Cheat Code upon us and the band heading back out on their latest NorthAmerican tour, the timing is perfect to enjoy these smooth sounds.

Socials

Instagram: @hiatuskaiyote (226k followers)

TikTok: @hiatuskaiyote (24k followers)

Facebook: @hiatuskaiyote (205k followers)

X: @hiatuskaiyote (51k followers)

CAT NO: BF144MZ

UPC: 5054429203912

“Tres Leches Swirl” Cream / White Marble Vinyl

HIATUS KAIYOTE SUMMER TOUR DATES:

Tue,Aug 12 - Mickey’s Black Box - Lititz, PA

Thur,Aug 14 - Roadrunner - Boston, MA

Fri,August 15 - Brooklyn Paramount - Brooklyn, NY

Sun,Aug 17 - Franklin Music Hall - Philadelphia, PA

Mon,Aug 18 -The Fillmore - San Francisco, CA

Wed,Aug 20 - RivieraTheatre - Chicago, IL

Thur,Aug 21 - Brooklyn Bowl Nashville - Nashville,TN

Sat,Aug 23 -The Eastern -Atlanta, GA

Sun,Aug 24 - Fillmore New Orleans - New Orleans, Louisiana

Tue,Aug 26 - Emo’sAustin -Austin,TX

Wed,Aug 27 - House of Blues - Dallas,TX

Fri,Aug 29 - OgdenTheatre - Denver, CO

Sun,Aug 31 -The Black Radio Experience 2025 - Napa, CA

Mon, Sep 1 - Humphreys Concerts By the Bay - San Diego, CA

Wed, Sep 3 - Hollywood Bowl - LosAngeles, CA

Thu, Sep 4 - Brooklyn Bowl - Las Vegas, NV

Genre: Jazz

Key Markets: LosAngeles, NewYork, Chicago,Atlanta

Recommended if you like…,Thundercat, Robert Glasper, Khruangbin, Erykah Badu, Little Dragon, Flying Lotus

Affiliated Release:

Release Title: Love Heart Cheat Code

Date of Release: June 25th, 2024 Label: Brainfeeder Formats: LP, CD

THE SABRES OF PARADISE •

SABRESONIC (REMASTERED) •

RELEASE DATE • 08.15.25

WARPLP16R

SPEC •

Black 2LP vinyl in printed inner sleeves in wide spine outer sleeve

UPC • 5056818803420

WARPCD16R

SPEC • CD in 4 panel wallet

UPC • 5056818803611

A1. Still Fighting

A2. Smokebelch I

B1. Clock Factory

C1. Ano Electro (Andante)

C2. R.S.D.

D1. Inter-Lergen-Ten-ko

D2. Ano Electro (Allegro)

D3. Smokebelch II (Beatless Mix)

OVERVIEW

1993 debut album by the trio of Andrew Weatherall, Jagz Kooner and Gary Burns. Unavailable on vinyl and CD since original release. Remastered from the original tapes by Matt Colton, contains “Smokebelch II (Beatless Mix)” for the first time on the 2LP edition.

Coming off the back of his work on the era-defining Screamadelica album by Primal Scream, not to mention groundbreaking remix work for the likes of New Order, My Bloody Valentine and the Happy Mondays, Weatherall was as revered by fans of indie guitar music as he was namechecked by hardcore ravers. The increasing demands on his services led to a studio partnership with Kooner and Burns, forming the production trio The Sabres Of Paradise (named after a 1960 book about a Muslim chieftain’s efforts to repel a Russian invasion).

The opening track on Sabresonic (named after the popular weekly club night Weatherall was then running) started life as a remix of the Primal Scream track “Don’t Fight It Feel It” but got so radically mutated that it turned into something entirely new. As well as reflecting on contemporary trends in dance music (“Inter-Legen-Ten-ko” is a swipe at the IDM genre name), the album also brought in older influences - “R.S.D” is an acronym for “Red Stripe Dub”, the deep influence of King Tubby et al evident at various points throughout the album, whilst the epic icy vistas of the 14 minute+ “Clock Factory” are informed by the electronic experiments of industrial groups such as Coil. The album also flagged future trends in electronic music, with the timeless “Smokebelch II (Beatless Mix)”, a beautiful re-work of an old Chicago house tune by Lamont Booker, becoming a staple of chillout compilation CDs for the rest of the decade.

SELLING POINTS

• 1993 debut album by the trio of Andrew Weatherall, Jagz Kooner and Gary Burns.

• Unavailable on vinyl & CD since original release

• Remastered from the original tapes by Matt Colton

• Contains ‘Smokebelch II (Beatless Mix)’ for the first time on the 2LP edition

• First live shows in over 30 years

THE SABRES OF PARADISE •

HAUNTED DANCEHALL (REMASTERED) •

OVERVIEW

RELEASE DATE • 08.15.2025

WARPLP26R

SPEC •

Black 2LP vinyl in printed inner sleeves in wide spine outer sleeve. Spot gloss print on front cover.

UPC • 5056818803444

A1. Bubble And Slide A2. Bubble And Slide II A3. Duke Of Earlsfield

B1. Flight Path Estate

B2. Planet D B3. Wilmot B4. Tow Truck

WARPCD26R

SPEC • CD in 4 panel wallet. Spot gloss print on front cover.

UPC • 5056818803628

C1. Theme

C2. Theme 4

C3. Return To Planet D

C4. Ballad Of Nicky McGuire

D1. Jacob Street 7am

D2. Chapel Street Market 9am

D3. Haunted Dancehall

1994 second album by the trio of Andrew Weatherall, Jagz Kooner and Gary Burns, unavailable on vinyl and CD since original release. A concept album with accompanying text for each track by James Woodbourne, it also includes additional production by Portishead and Mr Scruff. Remastered from the original tapes by Matt Colton, contains “Theme” for the first time on the 2LP edition.

By the time this record came out towards the end of ‘94, The Sabres Of Paradise had evolved from a production trio into a fully fledged band, embarking on live tours and augmented for the stage by additional members such as Rich Thair, from Warp labelmates Red Snapper, and Phil Mossman, later to join LCD Soundsystem. Tapped by Noel Gallagher to support Oasis at enormodomes, the group opted instead to play clubs, student unions, and infamously, a car park in Central London. Their tour adverts contained small print specifying a policy of “no jugglers, no fire eaters, no flutes and no hippies with lawyers”.

The studio sound had shifted radically as well, utilising samples (notably on the 1930s voodoo jazz inflected “Wilmot”), live instrumentation (the heavy twang guitar riff of “Tow Truck”) and a deep love of film scores audible throughout, from the block party funk of “Theme” to the noir-ish soundscapes of the title track. The sense of the album being a soundtrack itself is underpinned by the accompanying text for each track, rumoured to have been penned by Weatherall himself under a pseudonym, each text fragment joining up to form a suitably grimy, low-lit short story. The Guardian later summed up Haunted Dancehall as “techno’s first concept album”.

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SELLING POINTS

• 1994 second album by trio of Andrew Weatherall, Jagz Kooner and Gary Burns.

• Unavailable on vinyl since original release.

• Accompanying text for each track by James Woodbourne, it also includes additional production by Portishead and Mr Scruff.

• Contains ‘Smokebelch II (Beatless Mix)’ for the first time on the 2LP edition

• First live shows in over 30 years

THREE NYHC LEGENDS. ONE NIGHT. FIRST TIME ON VINYL.

LIVE IN N.Y.C. ‘91

THE HISTORIC ’91 SHOW, FINALLY OFFICIAL AND ON VINYL, REMASTERED BY ZEUSS.

FIRST PRESS ON LIMITED EDITION GALAXY COLORED VINYL!

Title: Live In N.Y.C. ‘91

Catalog: WG032

UPC: 039911130216

Street Date: 08/15/2025

January 19, 1991, The Superbowl of Hardcore at the Ritz in New York City

The filming of an iconic home video highlighting the New York Hardcore scene is taking place. It featured NYHC heavyweights, Agnostic Front, Sick of It All and Gorilla Biscuits.The video was a snapshot of a scene in transition and a rite of passage for the most diehard fans of the genre.

Orignally released and produced by the semimal In Effect record label, Live in NYC ‘91 highlights the comeback show of Agnostic Front, whose lead singer Roger Miret, had just been released form being incarcerated. It also shined a spotlight on up and comers, Sick of It All, who were poised to be the leading NYHC torchbearers for the 90s. The show also served as a swan song of sorts for Gorilla Biscuits, who were wrapping up a solid run as one of NYHC’s top acts of the late 80s.

Now for the first time in almost 35 years, the Live in NYC ‘91 video is getting a rerelease courtesy of Wargod Collective

Remastered by Zeuss (Rob Zombie, Hatebreed, Queensrÿche) Live in NYC ‘91 is not just a time capsule of 3 of NYHC’s most iconic and important bands but a vital historical document of a time and a place that can never be returned to. New York Hardcore at its most rough, rugged and raw. Its a history lesson you wont wanna miss.

LP AVAILABLE AUGUST 15, 2025

LIMITED EDITION FIRST PRESSING

500 ON BLUE BONE SPLASH VINYL

Produced by Billy Mannino (Oso Oso, Prince Daddy & The Hyena, Macseal), Kerosene Heights’ upcoming LP Blame It On The Weather cements the band’s place as one of the greatest of this current wave of punk/ emo revival. BrooklynVegan writes “...it’s been a minute since I’ve heard a band do mathy Midwest emo as clear, punchy, and hook-driven as Kerosene Heights are doing it.” Blame It On The Weather (their first LP with SideOneDummy Records) releases August 15, and they’ll be on the road supporting this rollout every month the rest of the year including tours with TRSH, Free Throw, Dikembe, Michael Cera Palin and more, and appearances at Warped Tour and FEST in Gainesville.

FFO: Joyce Manor, Glocca Morra, Fiddlehead, Prince Daddy & The Hyena, Michael Cera Palin, etc.

VINYL

UPC: 603967186819

Cat. #: SD18681

UPC: 603967186826

Cat. #: SD18682 EXCELERATION

contact: mike.gillespie@excmusic.com

Music for Writers is a wordless collection of pieces meant to accompany thought and inspire another way. It is music made in both stillness and motion, music that listens as much as it speaks. Each track offers a space open, textured, often slowmoving where ideas, images, and feelings drift in and out. It's a record I've been thinking about and wanting to make for a long time - my first solo instrumental album.

The album was recorded across places Brooklyn, Berlin, Latvia using a minimal setup: guitar, synthesizers, field recordings, and the rooms themselves. The compositions are both structured and improvised, emerging from a process of close attention. Rather than telling a story, they respond to the light in a room, the weather outside, a moment of silence in a long day. Music for Writers is rooted in a deep need to pause, to reflect. It came from walking without direction, from listening to birds and distant engines, looking at sculpture, watching movement through a window, from writing freely in notebooks and letting sound follow thought. The music is a quiet watching of the world, both beautiful and uncertain. It is shaped by landscape, by anxiety, by peace, the unknown, by the tension between presence and movement.

These pieces are small environments, places to enter and leave as needed. Some are brief and clear, others stretch out and unfold. They echo a belief that music can create the conditions for attention or non-attention, and that it can open a space.

Mixed by Ernie Indradat, Music for Writers reflects an important aspect of my practice one that is less about song and more about atmosphere and the in-between. I hope it offers something subtle but steady: a ground for thought, a companion for work, daydreaming, grief, happiness, sadness, or simply a place to rest.

Steve Gunn, May 2025

STEVE GUNN

“Music for Writers”

Street Date: August 15, 2025

LP-TLR-165

Format: 160g Black Vinyl LP UPC: 634457215931

LP-TLR-165IE

Format: 160g “Pedvale Sunrise” Orange Vinyl LP UPC: 634457221253

1. Sky (debesis) (4:22) 2. Safety (6:39) 3. Park Entrance (4:05) 4. Mossy Stump (5:12) 5. Cat (3:36) 6. Slow Singers On The Hill (5:32) 7. Sunday (6:05) 8. Snow/Water (1:55) 9. Dog (4:39) 10. Pedvale Sunrise (4:41)

SALES POINTS

- First-ever solo instrumental album from Steve Gunn.

- Steve Gunn has spent fifteen plus years developing a rabid, physical-media focused fan base. With this being his first non-collaborative full-length release since 2021 demand should be there and excited for this title.

- 160g black vinyl LP housed within a full color jacket, photo insert and eight photo postcards all bearing photography taken by Gunn during his Latvian residency. Also available in as a “Pedvale Sunrise” orange 160g vinyl indie variant (with same print elements).

-PRAISE FOR STEVE GUNN’S SOLO WORK-

“…sound(s) so natural, it can be easy to overlook their formal complexity.” Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork

“…the care [Gunn] puts into every nook and cranny of a song is evident. It’s lush but without lacquer, detailed without being dense.” Jeremy D. Larson, Pitchfork

“…restless yet patient explorer…” Brian Howe, Pitchfork

“…I like records that sound like music. The production isn’t in the way of it, there’s a certain purity to it… [His music] reminded me of [old] records I had, but it also didn’t seem nostalgic. It seemed contemporary.” Kim Gordon on what drew her to Gunn’s music, Stereogum

“…[Gunn’s] tunes revel in melodies that feel lived in and deliberate…” Hal Horowitz, American Songwriter

- RIYL: Steve Gunn records of any flavor (solo, collaborative), instrumental guitar, Eno’s ambient LPs, William Tyler, Mary Lattimore, being deep in your thoughts, holding a fresh mug of coffee on a chilly morning and sitting on the porch

Three Lobed Recordings PO Box 2345 Jamestown, NC 27282 www.threelobed.com

HIBOU HIBOU

10TH ANNIVERSARY DARK LILAC VINYL

catalog #: LP-BARK-157C

upc: 655173915714

packaging: standard jacket + insert box lot: 20

PRAISE FOR HIBOU

“The bright, beaming ‘Hide Away’ is the first song we're hearing from (Hibou), and the tune sounds a little like if the Tough Alliance's all-golden motifs merged with L.A. duo Kisses' own approach to summery pop music.” – Pitchfork

"… exploding into a wonderfully florid prog-rock finish that feels like an entire woodland scene bursting into a celebratory dance routine, possibly with aliens present. It's a surprising turn that marks the song as more than just an excellent genre exercise and Hibou as more than torchbearers in a storied tradition.” – Stereogum

"'Dissolve' is plain smooth, setting an easy-going chilled out vibe that screams waves. It builds up for more than three minutes, lulling the listener into a relaxed state. And in doing so, manages to drop a bombshell at the 3:20 mark.” –Indie Shuffle

“Hibou‘s summery jams [and] recent performance at KEXP are head-turning — not in an exorcism way, but in excitement!” – KEXP

Hibou’s self-titled LP continues to hold a very warm place in the hearts and ears of many fans, ten years after its original release — with several songs logging millions of streaming plays and over 100,000 monthly listeners on Spotify alone, Peter Michel’s debut full-length is a hazy bedroom-pop indie classic

Written, recorded and played by Michel at home in Seattle before he decamped to Paris, Hibou’s 11 songs feature a lush, driving mix of ‘80s inspired pop, fueled by twisting reverbed-out guitar melodies, elegant arrangements, and a love of soda and summertime nostalgia.

Long out of print on vinyl, Barsuk is happy to be celebrating the album’s 10th anniversary with a new colored vinyl pressing including an insert with new artwork

Hibou has announced a rare tour of the U.S. this summer behind a new album, and fan interest in this new pressing of the beloved debut album promises to be high.

TOUR DATES

AUG 25 PORTLAND OR

AUG 27 SAN FRANCISCO CA

AUG 29 LOS ANGELES CA

AUG 30 SAN DIEGO CA

AUG 31 PHOENIX AZ

SEP 01 ALBUQUERQUE NM

SEP 03 DALLAS TX

SEP 04 AUSTIN TX

SEP 05 HOUSTON TX

SEP 06 NEW ORLEANS LA

SEP 07 ATLANTA GA

SEP 08 CHARLOTTE NC

SEP 09 WASHINGTON DC

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SEP 10 PHILADELPHIA PA

SEP 11 ALLENTOWN PA

SEP 12 NEW YORK NY

SEP 13 PORTLAND ME

SEP 14 PORTSMOUTH NH

SEP 15 BUFFALO NY

SEP 16 DETROIT MI

SEP 17 CHICAGO IL

SEP 18 MINNEAPOLIS MN

SEP 20 DENVER CO

SEP 21 SALT LAKE CITY UT

SEP 22 BOISE ID

SEP 26 SEATTLE WA

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Something Familiar LP (bark170lp) UPC 65517317019

GARRY BURNSIDE

An impressive mix of Hill Country Blues and BluesRock, the debut commercial release by Garry Burnside, It’s My Time Now, is a tribute to Garry’s mentors, his famous Bluesman father R L Burnside and his equally famous employer Junior Burnside, as well as his own declaration of independence after decades as a sideman for Junior Kimbrough, the North Mississippi Allstars and others Featuring nine fine Garry Burnside original compositions, one co-write with Junior Kimbrough (Ramblin’) and one classic R L Burnside cover (Bad Luck City), the album quickly establishes a unique, identifiable, individual style which features interesting rhythms and changes, frequent use of a unison vocal/guitar style common to Jazz, and lots and lots of great, great Blues and BluesRock guitar The highlights are many, including the title track, Country Boy and Ramblin’ (a couple of scorchers), and all three instrumental tracks (High, AGF and the incredible Bad Luck City)

STREET DATE:

1.High

15, 2025

2.Young Country Boy

3. It’s My Time Now

4.Hanging In There

5.Bad Luck City

6.Ramblin’

7.Holdin’ My Woman

8.I Been Looking

9.She’s Gone

10.AGF Out

11.Garry’s Night Out* CD only

Sel #: SB52

CONFIG:Digiwallet UPC: 607396052110 Genre: Blues

VINYL

Sel #: SB52

CONFIG: Black Vinyl, Jacket

UPC: 607396052134

Genre: Blues

KENT BURNSIDE

HILL COUNTRY BLOOD

Hill Country Blood is Kent Burnside’s electrifying commercial debut, carrying forward the legacy of his grandfather, R.L. Burnside, while carving out his own distinct voice in the blues world. Kent infuses his sound with a fiery dose of Blues-Rock energy and boldly reshapes the genre by blending the deep, hypnotic rhythms of Hill Country Blues with the raw energy of Blues-Rock, the soulful spirit of the Delta, and the urban grit of Chicago The album features eight original tracks alongside powerful covers of John Lee Hooker’s Crawling King Snake and Junior Kimbrough’s You Better Run. With Kent on guitar and vocals, Garry Burnside on bass, Jake Best on drums, and Damian Pearson (aka Yella P of Memphisissippi) adding soulful harmonica, Hill Country Blood is a high-energy, deeply authentic blues experience that honors the past while charging into the future.

STREET DATE:

AUGUST 15, 2025

1.Daddy Told Me

2.Hill Country Blood

3.Crawling King Snake

4.I Heard

5.I Go Crazy

6.One More Chance

7.Rob and Steal

8.I Can Feel It

9.You Better Run

10.I Miss You

Sel #: SB56 CD

CD CONFIG:Digiwallet

UPC: 607396056118

Genre: Blues CD VINYL

Genre: Blues

Sel #: SB56 LP

CONFIG: Black Vinyl, Jacket

UPC: 607396056132

KIRK FLETCHER Keep On Pushing

KEEP ON PUSHING is the latest from internationally hailed blues guitarist/vocalist Kirk Fletcher. Working with co-producer JD Simo and a dream team of Nashville players, Fletcher says, “My new record is called KEEP ON PUSHING, which I feel is a positive message in these uncertain times. And for me a personal message to myself suffering a stroke just a couple years ago. I’m grateful to share this album with you.”

“Armed with astonishing chops, great tone and an encyclopedic knowledge of blues styles, Kirk Fletcher is a veritable force of nature who has played with the Fabulous Thunderbirds, toured with Joe Bonamassa and traveled the world, playing what he calls “the music closest to my heart.” — Guitar Player Magazine

STREET DATE: 8/15/25

1. It’s Love Baby

2. Just A Dream

3. I’m Gonna Dig Myself A Hole

4. Every Dog Has Its Day

5. Lost Love

6. Croke

7. Keep On Pushing

8. Think Twice Before You Speak

9 Here In the Dark

10. Blues For Robert Nighthawk

KIRK FLETCHER Keep On Pushing Label: VIZZTONE

Territory: Worldwide

Compact Disc - Eco Wallet Cat. # VT-KF01

UPC: 634457220935

Street Date: 8/15/2525

V/A: SPELLJAMS

PHYSICAL RELEASE: AUGUST 15, 2025

BARDS. IN. SPAAAACE: Spelljams Confirmed!

SIDE A

“Seeds Of Destruction” - Magic Sword

“Arena Of Blood” – Osees

“Space Is A Place” – Reggie Watts

SIDE C 11. “Spacefighters” – MonoNeon

12. “Crystalline Climbers” – Cardioid & pink paint

13. “Me and The Moon” – Devon Gilfillian

14. “Endless Sea” – Red Fang

15. “Ghost Of The Nautiloid” – Nolan Potter’s Nightmare Band

SIDE D

16. “Forgotten Land” – Deru & Arooj Aftab

17. “Topolah’s Song” – Wizard of Waz

18. “chaotic.evil.astral.elf” – Califone

19. “The Door To Endlessness” – Shabazz Palaces

• Deluxe double LP housed in a triple gatefold foil stamped LP jacket with printed inner sleeves and 12x24 poster.

• BRAND NEW Exclusive “PURPLE & BLUE GALAXY

Edition Limited to 500 copies.

For nearly five decades, Dungeons & Dragons has inspired generations of creative people to make movies, novels and, yes, music. Now that relationship is even more distinct with the release today of an album of music created by cutting-edge bands and musical acts all inspired by Spelljammer: Adventures in Space. The far-out storytelling in the world’s greatest roleplaying game’s latest offering is fertile ground for composing some of the most original songs you’ll hear this year from bands like Magic Sword, Shabazz Palaces and OSEES

Spelljams features a double LP’s worth of tracks from artists all produced by Chris Funk, guitarist from The Decemberists who plays D&D with many folks in the music scene in Portland, OR. Chris Perkins, story architect at D&D and lead designer of Spelljammer, worked with Funk to recruit artists to bring the Flash Gordon-esque soundtrack to life.

Quote from Perkins: “You know what they like on the Rock of Bral? Rock music! The brilliant Chris Funk has assembled a motley crew of bards to create Spelljams—music inspired by our newest Spelljammer adventure, Light of Xaryxis. I encourage Dungeon Masters use Spelljams as background music during their D&D game sessions or listen to it while dreaming up future hijinks. Everyone else: enjoy the music of Wildspace!”

Quote from Funk: “Helping facilitate bringing this world to life through music and the amazing artists' visions that were selected was an honor of a lifetime. I am of the opinion when people think of Dungeons & Dragons that there a preconceived underscore of what these worlds might sound like. With this bold return to Spelljammer we were excited to push the boundaries “deep into Wildspace,” working with artists from diverse musical backgrounds that could challenge what music in the multiverse of the world’s greatest roleplaying game might sound like. Each artist was given a character or plot prompt from the storyline, then challenged to write an original composition based on Light of Xaryxis. We hope you enjoy the result!”

Artist: SANKT OTTEN

Formats: UPC · Box Lot

CD 634457116986 · 30

LP (white) 0634457116979 · 10

LP (black) 0634457116962 · 10

75 white vinyl reserved for Redeye

Tracklist: Tracklist:

01. Geweint Wird Nur Zum Schluss 9:23

02. Toter Winkel (Klick, Klick, Klick) 4:43

03. Es Wird Wieder Schlechtere Tage Geben 5:07

04. Die Gute Fee War Schon Da 3:13

05. Filterka ee und Finsternis 7:05

06. Goodbye, Düsseldorf 3:41

07. Schon Wieder Apokalypse 10:21

In spring 2022, Sankt Otten released their album “Symmetrie und Wahnsinn”, and now the next record is ready to enlighten our maltreated minds. “Tote Winkel” (Blind spots) is once again part of an album series with a geometric context, both creatively and musically.

Stephan Otten and Oliver Klemm made productive use of 2021, which has been decelerated to the maximum by Corona. For the ﬁrst time, an external studio was booked (Mühle der Freundschaft, Bad Iburg) and the pool of analog synthesizers and other sound generators there was dusted o . Sankt Otten came up with the master plan to ﬁrst free the spirit of 50 years of German electronic music trapped in the antiquated keyboards and oscillator housings, then to dismantle it, turn it inside out and reinterpret it. Echoes of music from Düsseldorf are joined by sounds familiar from the Weserbergland, or mystical, sublime arcs of sound and, of course, the sequences typical of the Berlin School - whether side by side or interwoven. In a departure from the usual way of working, the majority of the tracks were created in the studio and in part from improvisations, which makes “Tote Winkel “ the most organic material we have heard from Sankt Otten to date.

Visual Learner

Greg

Label: Salinas Records

Format: Vinyl LP

Catalog Number: SAL-127

Release Date: August 15th, 2025

Box Lot: 48 LPs

Contact Information: salinasrecords@gmail.com

Visual Learner doesn’t believe that “pop-punk” is a dirty word but the Minneapolis four piece make a conscious effort to put an emphasis on the punk parts of their sound, with lots of noisiness thrown in for good measure. Like any Minneapolis band with scrappy melodic songs, there are regularly comparisons to bands like Hüsker Dü But the members of Visual Learner have decades of contemporary DIY experience between them in bands from New England, The South and The Midwest It wasn’t until the last five years that the members (Zac Mayeux - vocals, guitar Avery Taylor - guitar, backing vocals Morgan Purcell - bass, backing vocals (lead on “Cure All”) Tim Chandler – drums) all relocated to Minneapolis having previously put in time in Notches, Scrounger, Kira Jari, Billy Raygun, Rag Rage and Coordinated Suicides among many others.

Greg was recorded by Matt Castore at Soft Cult Studios in Minneapolis, mixed by Jeff Burke (Marked Men, Radioactivity), mastered by Will Killingsworth (Orchid, Ampere) at Dead Air Studios. The record powers through ten songs in under 30 minutes dealing with loss and grief, ego, shit jobs all with a sense of self-awareness Standouts like “Columns” “In a Snare” “Factual Heckler” and “Cure-All” showcase the bands dark but melodic brand of pop-punk.

Artist: Various Artists

Title: Sandworms: The Songs of Howe Gelb and Giant Sand

Release date: 15.08.25

Label: Fire Records

Track List

Side One

A1 Jesca Hoop & John Parish - But I Did Not

A2 Lily Konigsberg - Shiver

A3 Water From Your Eyes - Warm Storm

A4 Whitney K - Happenstance

A5 Deradoorian - Center Of The Universe

Side Two

B1 Gently Tender - Forever And A Day

B2 The Golden Dregs - Yer Ropes

B3 Holiday Ghosts - New River

B4 Ella Raphael - A Hard Man To Get To Know

B5 Monde UFO - Who Am I?

Various Artists - Sandworms: The Songs of Howe Gelb and Giant Sand

Delving into the Great American Songbook of Howe Gelb, Sandworms is a new collection that rephrases and rephases the legacy of Giant Sand across generations. This release offers bold reinterpretations from Water From Your Eyes, Deradoorian, Jesca Hoop & John Parish, Lily Konigsberg, Holiday Ghosts, Ella Raphael, Monde UFO, The Golden Dregs, and Gently Tender.

The ever-present Giant Sand and their one-man cerebral traveller, Howe Gelb, are anchored by a reputation for idiosyncratic storytelling. A “natural storyteller,” Gelb’s multifarious musical delivery adds an enduring sense of wonder as he extols the virtues of happenstance. This collection celebrates the esoteric and singular journey Giant Sand have taken, through altcountry, jazz, lo-fi experiments, and beyond, while their legacy is reimagined here by a new generation of artists paying tribute to their lasting influence.

Brooklyn duo Water From Your Eyes, known for their stoner humour, fatalistic undercurrents, and art-pop flair, bring a delicate balance of punk riffing and dream-pop escapism to Warm Storm, first heard on Giant Sand’s Ramp (1991). Whitney K takes on Happenstance (from 1994’s Glum), unravelling its existential puzzles with a whispering baritone that recalls the hushed intensity of Leonard Cohen.

Drifting further into orbit, Angel Deradoorian reinterprets Center Of The Universe, the title track from the band’s 1992 album, transforming its desert-fried rock into a spaced-out Sun Ra-paced drama. Elsewhere, Yer Ropes, a jaw-dropping highlight from Glum, is taken on by The Golden Dregs, blurring sentimentality and relationship mismanagement into something truly strange and moving.

A special collection for both long-time fans and the newly curious, Sandworms: The Songs of Howe Gelb and Giant Sand is released via Fire Records and includes liner notes from Dave Henderson (Mojo).

Steve Kilbey & The Winged Heels –

The Road To Tibooburra

Easy Action

EARS211CD 5060446074497

OUT AUGUST 15, 2025

The original recordings for an Australian play about an ageing rockstar who takes a strange crew off to an outback Town called Tibooburra on the New South Wales / South Australia borders searching for a comeback. He discovers that one of the girls in the crew on the trip is in fact his daughter. After taking some kind of native drug, he dies along the way before resurrecting and ﬁnding redemption.

The play was performed a handful of times and then abandoned. Rights have recently been acquired by the songwriter (Kilbey - The Church) and now for the very ﬁrst time the songs are being made available on a limited pressing CD of 500 copies.

DEBASHISH BHATTACHARYA Legacy

Debashish Bhattacharya's "Legacy" celebrates his family’s rich Indian musical heritage, spanning over a millennium. A deeply emotional album, it honors the pioneering artists of early Indian recordings and reflects Debashish’s personal journey of gratitude and connection to the enduring traditions of Indian classical music

Marketing Points:

• Debashish Bhattacharya’s Legacy celebrates his family’s 7th-century musical heritage, blending tradition with innovation

• Highly anticipated new album by the Grammy nominated guitar master

• Debashish's first album centered on his family's musical journey, showcasing their individual talents

• Legacy blends Indian classical music with modern sounds, creating serene and joyful musical meditations

• World renowned guitarist who has previously released seven classic albums with Riverboat Records

• A continuation of Debashish’s reinvention of the guitar as a classical Indian instrument, showcasing his mastery and creative vision

• Following on from the success of Slide Guitar Ragas From Dusk Till Dawn (TUGCD1083) and Hawaii To Calcutta: A Tribute To Tau Moe (TUGCD1100)

• Legacy is a powerful album for lovers of both Indian classical music and world music

Cat No: TUGCD1144

Label: Riverboat Records

Release Date: 29 November 2024

File Under: World Barcode 605633014426

‘Today’s premier raga-guitar virtuoso’

‘You will likely never hear better acoustic guitar playing than this’ Acoustic Guitar, USA Guitar Player, USA

‘One of India s master musicians’’ The Guardian, UK

NEW RELEASES

Street Date: 8.22.25 | Order Date: 8.01.25

WATER FROM YOUR EYES

It’s A Beautiful Place

It’s A Beautiful Place opens with zero-gravity instrumental

‘One Small Step’ – a fitting prelude for what is one giant leap for New York duo Water From Your Eyes. The album is a gleaming megalopolis, a satellite view of eras and musical forms, a reframing of the y2k songbook that is at once awestruck and mindful of its place in the vastness. “It ended up being about time, dinosaurs and space,” says Nate Amos. “We wanted to present a wide range of styles in a way that acknowledges everything’s just a tiny blip.”

The duo recorded the bulk of It’s A Beautiful Place last summer, just as they have every other WFYE release: in Amos’s bedroom. But this time, much of the writing and recording were shaped around the dynamics of a fullblooded live group: “When you’re playing with a band you tend to write with one in mind - this was the first time I wrote anything for WFYE imagining us playing anywhere bigger than a basement,” he observes.

Throughout the album is a clear sense of a band who have honed their curveballs into home runs. Looming and melancholy, wide-eyed and petrified, it’s Blade Runner meets WALL-E, it’s Kubrick and Asimov with a hint of Jay and Silent Bob. These are songs that look outward, conscious of our smallness and questioning our place in the universe while admiring the surrounding beauty.

“A song can feel like everything, communicating vast emotional landscapes,” says Amos, “but your favorite album is less important than any person. That person is less interesting than any mountain. That mountain is boring compared to any planet. That planet is only a part of a solar system. If music and all other human practices are meaningless on a cosmic scale why does it still feel so important?”

• MASSIVE SLATE OF NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES PLANNED IN 2025 - 26

• MULTIPLE MUSIC VIDEOS AND HQ PHOTO SHOOTS SET FOR RELEASE

• ‘EVERYONE’S CRUSHED’ (2023) RECEIVED PITCHFORK‘S BEST NEW MUSIC

• BEST ALBUMS OF 2023: PITCHFORK, ROLLING STONE, THE NEW YORK TIMES, PASTE, STEREOGUM, VOGUE, MORE

• THIS IS LORELEI (NATE AMOS SOLO) SELLING OUT VENUES, GARNERING

GREAT PRESS SINCE LAST WFYE ALBUM

“One of the most exciting bands out there right now.”

Rolling Stone

“There’s a lot of beauty to be found in the scatterbrained mayhem.”

Stereogum

“Excellent” The New York Times

“Thrilling” The Guardian “WFYE are one of the most interesting acts in music these days.”

Under the Radar

TRACKLIST

AMI TAF RA

THE PROPHETAND THE MADMAN

Release date: 22August 2025

AmiTaf Ra is an LA-based artist of NorthAfrican heritage who has a long held passion for musical and cultural fusion. ‘The Prophet and the Madman’— is a musical interpretation of the timeless writings of Lebanese-American writer, poet and visual artist Khalil Gibran. Heralded for her seamless fusion of Arabic musical traditions like Moroccan gnawa with jazz and gospel, the album is beautifully cinematic and epic in scope.

Composed, produced and arranged byAmiTaf Ra and legendary saxophonist, composer and frequent collaborator Kamasi Washington, the album features contributions from a stellar cast of musicians including: Ryan Porter, Miles Mosley, Brandon Coleman, TonyAustin, Cameron Graves, Ronald Bruner Jr., Allakoi Peete, Kahlil Cummings and more.

Anexus for experimental sound, Brainfeeder (the label owned by LAicon Flying Lotus) is an apt home forAmiTaf Ra’s artistry, rooted in boundary-pushing cultural fusion and a rich legacy of iconicArabic vocalists likeAbdel Halim Hafez, Umm Kulthum, Warda,Asmahan, and Fairuz. Kamasi’s musical contribution infuses a rich lineage of spiritual jazz, afrocentric philosophy, and orchestral grandiosity.

CAT NO: BF154

UPC: 5054429202670

Box Lot: 15

CAT NO: BFCD154

UPC: 5054429202694

Box Lot: 35

￫ Black vinyl gatefold 2LP.

￫ Includes 12x12” lyric poster insert.

￫ CD in gatefold wallet.

￫ Includes booklet.

￫ Photography by Sol Washington &Audrey Wilkins.

￫ Art direction byThomas Houseago & Korynn Washington.

￫ Layout byAdam Stover.

A1 (1). Speak to Us (Intro)

A2 (2). How I Became a Madman (feat. Kamasi Washington)

A3 (3).The Prophet

B1 (4). God

B2 (5). Love (feat. Ryan Porter)

B3 (6). My Friend (feat. Brandon Coleman)

C1 (7). Children

C2 (8). Gnawa (feat. Kamasi Washington)

C3 (9). Gibran

D1 (10). Khalil

D2 (11). Speak to Us (Outro)

Genre: Jazz,Alternative

Key Markets: LosAngeles, NewYork, Chicago, San Francisco, D.C.

Recommended if you like: Kamasi Washington, Nubya Garcia, Nala Sinephra,AroojAftab, Samara Joy, Shabaka,Alice Coltrane

KID KOALA CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME

Release Date:

Friday 22ndAugust 2025

● Kid Koala’s groundbreaking debut album is reissued for the first time in over a decade to celebrate 25 years of scratching!

● Koala recorded Carpal Tunnel Syndrome entirely on turntables, hand-cutting vinyl records onto an eight-track recorder. The result is an eccentric, joyful rompthroughhisuniquelywarpedandbrilliantmind.

● The album has since been awarded the Polaris Heritage Prize in 2018, and was nominated for a Juno Award in2001.

● Pressed on brown in black yolk vinyl to represent an eclipse, the artwork has been reversed for this limited pressingandprintedonKraftbrowncard.

● Two new Koala tunes will be included within the packageonanexclusivebonusflexidisc.

● Kid Koala will be touring North America throughout the summer playing as opener for and then as one third of theiconichiphoptrio Deltron 3030

Press & Promo:

“Kid Koala is capable of making some of the best songs (and albums) in hip-hop” - Pitchfork

● Press praise on release: Pitchfork (7.6/10), AllMusic (5/5), Spin (A), Alternative Press (4/5), The Village Voice (B+) & more

● Kid Koala is a long term collaborator with Gorillaz and has toured with the likes of Radiohead, Bjork, Beastie Boys, Arcade Fire, A Tribe Called Quest, Mike Patton, Jack Johnson, DJ Shadow, and The Preservation Hall Jazz Band.

● Kid Koala has contributed to scores for director Edgar Wright's Shaun of the Dead and Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, as well as director Rian Johnson's Looper and has composed music for The National Film Board of Canada, Cartoon Network, and Adult Swim.

● He has written & published the award-winning graphic novels Nufonia Must Fall and Space Cadet. The latter has been adapted into a film and is premiering in 2025.

CAT NO: ZEN34XXV

UPC: 5054429204872

Box Lot: 20

￫ 140g brown in black yolk vinyl in black paper polylined inners.

￫ Album sleeve printed on Kraft brown card.

￫ Black flexidisc featuring two exclusive new songs with white foiling in Kraft Brown card envelope.

A1 strut hear

A2 nerdball

A3 fender bender

A4 drunk trumpet

A5 roboshuffle

A6 barhopper 1

A7 music for morning people

A8 naptime

B1 a night at the nufonia

B2 temple of gloom

B3 scurvy

B4 like irregular chickens

B5 barhopper 2

B6 roll credits

Genre: Electronic / Hip Hop

Key Markets: Montreal,Toronto, Chicago, San Francisco, Seattle, Denver, Portland

Recommended if you like… DJ Shadow, Nightmares on Wax,AmonTobin, Mr. Scruff,TheAvalanches, Jurassic 5

naretail@ninjatune.net ninjatune.net

Indie Clear LP: XL-1551-LPE File Under:RnB

Vinyl non-returnable

LP: XL-1551-LP

File Under:RnB

Vinyl non-returnable

CD: XL-1551-CD

File Under: RnB

Vinyl non-returnable

“Arthur Russell meets Daft Punk but deep RnB, the only new music I absolutely swear is next level”

Oneohtrix Point Never (New Yorker)

“Baltimore’s Marcus Brown manages to stir a totally original stew of sounds”

The Guardian

“A DIY pop star who turns every limitation into an asset.”

Pitchfork

“He’s giving us a view into a brilliant mind, his selftaught talents and the strangely captivating thoughts that roam through his brain. It’s a place worth spending some time.”

Resident Advisor

“Nourished By Time can touch feelings that cannot be put into words”

Yaeji

STREET DATE: August 22nd, 2025

This is The Passionate Ones. It’s not an album. It’s a sermon. A twelve-track exorcism howled from the underbelly of latestage capitalism, written, produced, and conjured entirely by Marcus Brown. This ain’t soul revival. This is soul revenge.

Crafted between London, New York City, and Baltimore—each city leaving fingerprints on the sound—The Passionate Ones channels Marcus’s global process with local truth. Born and raised in Baltimore, Brown’s work is profoundly shaped by the city’s rich and eclectic musical heritage, where jazz, punk, indie, hip hop, and R&B collide in raw, genre-fluid harmony. You can hear it in the tension and release, the way the tracks slip between worlds and histories.

The Passionate Ones is a scream at the billboard promise of success: It was never the car that was the lie—it was the idea that you’d ever get to drive it. And Marcus Brown knows it. He’s not whispering revolution. He’s crying through a busted speaker with blood on the woofer.

Each track hits like a confession soaked in gasoline. One of the standout moments comes on the eighth track “Jojo,” featuring a vocal appearance by UK producer and vocalist Tony Bontana. His presence is haunting, grounding the song in a quiet power that amplifies the album’s spiritual undercurrent without softening its fire.

This isn’t just heartbreak. This is class solidarity sung through a cracked molar. Brown’s voice burns as it soothes. Like that good medicine. And through the smoke, we see ourselves: overworked, underpaid, and refusing to go numb. This record isn’t background noise. It’s a boot to the teeth of resignation. It’s love without capitalism. Faith without churches. Labor without applause. It’s a blueprint for building your own altar in the ruins of the American Dream.

Haruomi Hosono – Tropical Dandy –

Artist Haruomi Hosono

Title Tropical Dandy

Cat # STH2515 (Standard)

STH2515-4 (Ocean Blue)

Label Stones Throw Records

Genre Alternative

UPC 659457251512 (Standard)

659457251543 (Ocean Blue)

Formats LP

Release August 22nd, 2025

Pre-order June 27th, 2025

Tracklist

Side A

1. Chattanooga Choo Choo

2. Hurricane Dorothy

3. Kinukaido

4. Nettaiya

5. Peking Duck

Side B

1. Hyoryuki

2. Honey Moon

3. Sanji no Komori Uta

4. Sanji no Komori Uta (Instrumental)

5. Hyoryuki (Instrumental)

STH2515 | STH2515-4

Marking 50 years since its original release, Stones Throw Records’ reissue of Haruomi Hosono's 1975 album Tropical Dandy is the first edition of this record to be released outside of Japan.

Tropical Dandy is the cult classic album that marked Hosono’s shift toward genre-blending, fusing exotica, jazz, and pop to lay the groundwork for Japanese City Pop.

“I’ve orbited around [Hosono] for light years during his pan-Pacific musical adventures. Cinematic romance with sonic texture.”

– Van Dyke Parks

Key Selling Points

• The first-ever international reissue of 1975 album Tropical Dandy

• Pressed in the US on 180-gram vinyl in black and ocean blue, with OBI and a new translation of Haruomi Hosono's original 1975 liner notes.

• Haruomi Hosono is on the cover of most recent issue of The Wire magazine and will be featured in Pitchfork around the album release.

• Headline show at London’s Royal Festival Hall in July, key activations in London and Paris around release.

• Hosono is the founding member of folkrock act Happy End and the pioneering electronic trio Yellow Magic Orchestra. He has also released several solo albums in his five-decade career, spanning many styles and effortlessly fusing exotica, funk, country, electronic, ambient, and everything in between.

• This marks the second collaboration between Stones Throw and Hosono, following the release of Hosono House Revisited, a compilation of songs from Hosono’s solo debut, reworked by artists including Mac DeMarco, Sam Gendel, and John Carroll Kirby.

Bardo – Transformation Time

Stones Throw Records | STH2509LP 22 August 2025 | Vinyl | Indie & Alternative

After years fronting the beloved L.A. band Chicano Batman, Bardo steps into a bold new chapter with Transformation Time, his debut solo album on Stones Throw. Blending Latin rhythms, funk grooves, indie rock energy, and punk attitude, Bardo crafts a rich, genre-defying sound that reflects both his artistry and his roots. Raised in La Mirada by a Mexican father and Colombian mother, his music draws from a vibrant mix of influences from '70s and '80s R&B and classic rock to cumbia, vallenato, and salsa. The result is a deeply personal and sonically expansive record that charts his own evolution as an artist.

Bardo is the former frontman of Chicano Batman, genre-blurring L.A. band known for delivering politically charged and groove-heavy music with a vintage flair. Acclaimed by NPR and Rolling Stone and seen on major stages like Coachella, Lollapalooza, and national TV

Early support from NPR, KCRW, Remezcla, and more.

33rpm black vinyl with retro marketing sticker and printed lyric insert

Side A: 1. Transformation Time 2. Ámame 3. Love Me Like I Love You 4. Renacer (feat. Combo Chimbita) 5. Funky People 6. Anger Problem Side B: 1. Sad Boy 2. Your Day Will Come (feat. N8NOFACE) 3. Ride 4. Over You 5. Life and Death 6. Doris

John Carroll Kirby – The Luckiest Man In America OST

Stones Throw Records | STH2510LP 25 July 2025 | Vinyl | Soundtrack

Stones Throw Records presents the official soundtrack to the feature film The Luckiest Man in America, composed and performed by John Carroll Kirby Kirby delivers a meditative, atmospheric score that mirrors the film’s surreal tale of fortune, unraveling, and human fragility.

Drawing from ambient jazz, new age, and experimental film music, the soundtrack blends vintage synths, upright piano, and subtle orchestration into something unmistakably Kirby warm, spacious, and emotionally resonant. Recorded in his home studio, each piece gently drifts between dream and reality, functioning as both a narrative device and a standalone listening experience. Whether paired with the film or heard on its own, The Luckiest Man in America is an immersive, introspective journey.

John Carroll Kirby’s background is steeped in jazz, but his signature sound blends genres and styles. He has collaborated with artists ranging from superstars Solange, Frank Ocean, Harry Styles, and Steve Lacy (earning him a GRAMMY nod for the smash hit "Bad Habit") to beloved indie musicians like Connan Mockasin and Liv.e.

Kirby will be on tour across the US supporting Khruangbin and playing headline shows May through Ju ne 2025.

Support from Pitchfork, FADER, LA Times, The Guardian, BBC Radio 1, BBC 6 Music, MOJO, Clash, and VICE , among many others.

33rpm black vinyl with retro soundtrack cover

Side A

1. The Luckiest Man

2. Sewing a Button

3. Board of Desire

4. Lot Tour

5. Meeting Peter

6. Michael Winning

7. Michael Losing

Side B

1. Detective Chuck

2. Chuck Sad

3. Michael Giving Up

4. Bill’s Bargain

5. Patricia’s Theme

6. Patricia’s Theme Reprise

7. The Whammy

Jamael Dean – Oriki Duuru

Stones Throw Records | STH2507

2025 | Vinyl | Jazz

On May 4th, 2024, Jamael Dean sat at the bench of a grand piano at 2220 Arts + Archives in Los Angeles He didn’t know what he’d play until his fingers struck the ivory For the next hour the prodigious jazz talent improvised a solo piano set, seamlessly weaving together original compositions, improvisations, and his reconstructions of jazz standards Oriki Duuru, which means “piano poems” in Yoruba, is an unabridged recording of what unfolded that night

Jamael’s concert at 2220 was curated by jazz archivist Harmony Holiday, who also wrote the liner notes for this record Holiday places Jamael amongst “the greatest jazz pianists of all time,” both an heir to a musical tradition and defiant innovator unbound by expectations. This characterization is fitting for Oriki Duuru, which traces a line between Jamael’s own work and the music of his predecessors, creating cohesion between an archive going back eighty years and the present

APHEX TWIN •

SELECTED AMBIENT WORKS VOLUME II (EXPANDED EDITION) •

FORMATS

WARPLP21R

SPEC •

Black 4LP vinyl in polylined inner sleeves, in foil blocked wide spine outer sleeve, fold out poster and sticker insert

BOXLOT •

UPC • 5056614797794

WARPCD21RD

SPEC • 3CD in 8 panel wallet with 8 page booklet

BOXLOT •

UPC • 5056818802638

OVERVIEW

Selected Ambient Works Volume II (Expanded Edition) releases on Oct 4, 2024, celebrating the original album’s 30th anniversary. Written when Aphex Twin (Richard D. James) was in his early 20s, the album gained critical acclaim both upon release and retrospectively (10/10 Pitchfork review, #2 Best Ambient Album of All Time, 4 star Rolling Stone review +more). Aphex Twin and SAW II’s influence continues to grow and take new meaning across generations.

TRACKLISTING SELLING POINTS

• 30th anniversary edition of Aphex Twin’s critically acclaimed Selected Ambient Works II

• Original album boasts perfect 10/10 Pitchfork review, #2 Best Ambient Album of All Time, 4 star Rolling Stone review, Spin’s Best Albums of the 90’s +more

• Expanded edition includes all songs on all formats for the first time, including previously vinyl-exclusive track #19 alongside two additional tracks (officially released and on physical formats for the first time)

• Artwork by Paul Nicholson, original album designer +Aphex logo designer

Adrian Sherwood — The Collapse Of Everything

Release Date: 22ndAugust 2025

1LPBlack Vinyl Cat No: ONULP165

UPC: 5056818802775

Boxlot: 20

1LPClear Vinyl Cat No: ONULP165C

UPC: 5056818803222

Boxlot: 20

Adrian Sherwood delivers a brand new full-length work for 2025, The Collapse Of Everything. A meticulously constructed album from the master mixologist, pushing his ever adventurous sound into new frontiers.

Although underpinned by a natural dub sensibility, the music presented on The Collapse of Everything fluidly crosses genre borders and seamlessly fuses a wide range of influences from a lifetime of listening and producing.

CD Cat No: ONUCD165

UPC: 5056818802768

Boxlot: 36

Featuring Brian Eno, Doug Wimbish, Keith Le Blanc, Cyrus Richards, and more. Mastered and cut by Frank Merritt at The Carvery. Artwork by Peter Harris. TRACKLIST

1The Collapse Of Everything

2Dub Inspector 3The Well Is Poisoned (Dub) 4Body Roll

5Battles Without HonourAnd Humanity 6Spaghetti Best Western

7The Great Rewilding

8Spirits (Further Education)

9Hiroshima Dub Match

10The Grand Designer

THE LAST REAL TEXAS BLUES ALBUM

Antone’s is 50 this year. That’s 50 years of Blues at Antone’s. That’s 31 years of Clifford Antone laying the groundwork, and 19 years trying to carry on his mission. That is ‘playing the blues’, but it’s deeper; it’s celebrating folks who deserve greater recognition. Putting them in the spotlight and giving them their flowers. It’s finding the right young artists to pair with them and establishing torch carriers. This album encapsulates that mission. It is The Last Real Texas Blues Album.

This album features an amazing assortment of artists covering, jamming and reinterpreting a deep catalog of classic blues songs. Recorded at Arlyn Studios in Austin, TX with a host of incredible Texas Blues musicians, this album defines and celebrates the history of Texas blues.

STREET DATE: AUGUST 22, 2025

TRACK LISTING

1. Bobby Rush & Jimmie Vaughan - Going Down

2. Benny Turner feat. Derek O’Brien - Reconsider Baby

3. Jivin’ Gene feat. Charlie Sexton - Flip, Flop and Fly

4. Kam Franklin - You’ll Lose a Good Thing

5. Lil’ Ed Williams - If You Change Your Mind

B

1. Kim Wilson & the Fabulous Thunderbirds - Talkin’ ‘Bout My Friends

2. McKinley James - Those Lonely, Lonely Nights

3. Lurrie Bell feat. Joe Sublett - The Sky Is Crying

4. Ruthie Foster - Lead Me On

C

1. Doyle Bramhall II - Bad Boy

2. Big Bill Morganfield - Just Like a Bird Without a Feather

3. John Primer - Honest I Do

4. Eve Monsees feat. Lurrie Bell and Very Special Guest

Billy Gibbons - Lookin’ Good

5. Lynn August feat. Marcia Ball - The Things That I Used To Do

D

1. C.J. Chenier - Willie The Wimp

3. Sue Foley - You Got Me Where You Want Me

3. Kam Franklin - If (I Could Be With You)

4. Lavelle White feat. Derek O’Brien & Marcia BallMessage From Miss Lavelle

VINYL

Sel. #: ANT3518LP

CONFIG: 2xLP, Black Vinyl, Gatefold, Printed Sleeve, Marketing Sticker

UPC: 607396351817

Box Lot: 20 Count

Genre: Blues

***No Variants

Sel. #: ANT2519CD

CONFIG: CD, Digipak, Marketing Sticker

UPC: 607396251926

Box Lot: 30 Count

Genre: Blues

STREETDATE:AUGUST22,2025

VINYLBOXSET

Sel. #: ANT3515LP

CONFIG:

•The Last Real Texas Blues Album (2LP) - Blue and Purple Vinyl

•Los Lobos - “Three Hundred Pounds of Joy” 7” - TriColor Vinyl

•Tell Me One More Time: The Best of Antone’s Records (1LP) - Blue Vinyl

•We Went Live In ‘75: Onstage at Austin’s Home of the Blues (1LP)- Red Vinyl

•Perfect-bound liner notes book with an all-new Antone’s history written by Joe Nick Patoski

•200-page hardcover reissue of Susan Antone’s Picture the Blues book, featuring hundreds of rare photographs. UPC: 607396351510

Box Lot: 3 Count

Genre: Blues

Limited to 1000 Copies Worldwide No Variants

The definitive boxed set, fifty years in the making! Featuring rare, out-of-print, and newly unearthed live and studio recordings from the Antone’s archives and a brand-new double LP The Last Real Texas Blues Album, and an exclusive new Los Lobos 45rpm single.

Starring Albert Collins, Gary Clark Jr, Otis Rush, Jimmie Vaughan, Doyle Bramhall II, Ruthie Foster, Kim Wilson & the Fabulous Thunderbirds, Barbara Lynn, Lou Ann Barton, Sunnyland Slim & Dozens More!

TRACKLISTINGS

Disc 1 & 2 - The Last Real Texas Blues Album

Bobby Rush & Jimmie Vaughan - Going Down

Benny Turner feat. Derek O’Brien - Reconsider Baby

Jivin’ Gene feat. Charlie Sexton - Flip, Flop and Fly

Kam Franklin - You’ll Lose a Good Thing

Lil’ Ed Williams - If You Change Your Mind

Kim Wilson & the Fabulous Thunderbirds - Talkin’ ‘Bout My Friends

McKinley James - Those Lonely, Lonely Nights

Lurrie Bell feat. Joe Sublett - The Sky Is Crying

Ruthie Foster - Lead Me On

Disc 3 - Tell Me One More Time: The Best of Antone’s Records A

Lou Ann Barton - Sugar Coated Love

Snooky Pryor - I’m So Glad

Angela Strehli - It Hurts Me, Too

Lazy Lester - No Special Rider

Lavelle White - You’re Gonna Make Me Cry

Doug Sahm - I Won’t Cry

Marcia Ball, Lou Ann Barton, Angela Strehli - A Fool in Love

Doyle Bramhall - Too Sorry

Sue Foley - Gone Blind

Barbara Lynn - Hear From My Daddy

Kim Wilson - Don’t Touch Me

Pinetop Perkins - Going Down Slow

Doyle Bramhall II - Bad Boy

Big Bill Morganfield - Just Like a Bird Without a Feather

John Primer - Honest I Do

Eve Monsees feat. Lurrie Bell and Very Special Guest Billy

Gibbons - Lookin’ Good

Lynn August feat. Marcia Ball - The Things That I Used To Do

C.J. Chenier - Willie The Wimp

Sue Foley - You Got Me Where You Want Me

Kam Franklin - If (I Could Be With You)

Lavelle White feat. Derek O’Brien & Marcia Ball - Message From Miss Lavelle

Disc 4 - We Went Live In ‘75: Onstage at Austin’s Home of the Blues

Pinetop Perkins - Chicken Shack / Sugar Bear Intro (Live)

Jimmy Rogers - Walking By Myself (Live)

Sunnyland Slim - Built Up From The Ground (Live)

Otis Rush - Double Trouble (Live)

Eddie Taylor - Bigtown Playboy (Live)

Buddy Guy - Look On Yonders Wall (Live)

Angela Strehli - What It Takes To Get A Good Woman (Live)

Albert Collins - Cold, Cold Feeling (Live)

Gary Clark Jr. - Catfish Blues (Live)

James Cotton - Midnight Creeper (Live)

AUGUST 22ND, 2025

BY THE CHORDS OF A GENTLE COWBOY’S ACHING SIX-STRING AND MEMORIES OF AN ANXIOUS JOY AND YOUNG, WAYFARING LOVE”

PRESSED ON “SO MUCH BETTER NOW BLUE” VINYL

LIMITED EDITION OF 2,000 SADDLE CREEK AND INDIE EXCLUSIVE LP ON “SUNSET CREAM CAKE” VINYL

With I Hope We Can Still Be Friends, Dean Johnson’s debut for Saddle Creek, Dean makes a pact with the listener: He will sing you his truth in the most heartfelt and charming way possible, if you promise to keep an open mind.

I Hope We Can Still Be Friends is essentially an anthology that bridges Johnson’s earliest days as a songwriter with his present-day outlook and abilities. There are songs that have been in his setlists for years, and others that will be new to fans. Each of its 11 tracks contains jocular social commentary or lovingly rendered a airs of the heart. The album’s songs about love and relationships o er another way to interpret its title: as a parting thought to an ex.

Like all of Johnson’s cable-knit writing, the title is a clever banner for the album’s dual nature, the thing that binds its tragedy and comedy masks. Johnson explains that he didn’t set out to make a concept album. It’s a coincidence that about half of the album’s songs are a bit sardonic, and the other half are more lighthearted. The singer playfully refers to the former as his “mean” songs, which is why the album’s back cover is adorned with a warning that says “Beware of Dean.”

Like John Prine or Kris Kristo erson’s country-adjacent sound, devastating humor and economical profundity refracted through a barroom’s haze, the album is lled with easygoing twang, sad characters, universal truths and the absurdity of everyday life. “Carol” recounts the numb consumption and dissipating cultural attention that is besieging America. There’s a search for optimism amid meditations on dying in a plane crash in “Before You Hit the Ground.” Romance that is best forgotten steers “So Much Better” — only Johnson could weave electroconvulsive therapy into a gentle, chuckle-inducing missive on unbearable heartbreak.

I Hope We Can Still Be Friends oats in a liminal plane between timely and timeless, its minimalist instrumentation elevating Johnson’s a ecting voice to new heights.

Dean Johnson has toured and will tour with Rilo Kiley, Gregory Alan Isakov, Jenny Lewis, and Esther Rose.

GLITTERFOX decoder

SIDE A

1. Passenger 2. Richie's Party 3. Gamma Ray 4. Take Me Back 5. Looking Away 6. Polaroids

SIDE B

7. Wildﬁres 8. Change Me 9. Not Fade Away

10. Waiting For 11. Jesse Lee

Glitterfox’s debut full-length decoder is a supernova of sound and spirit — a soundtrack for becoming, undoing, and becoming again. Produced by Chris Funk of The Decemberists, the album traces deeply personal terrain, exploring queer love, personal transformation, neurodivergence, and the emotional aftershocks of a romantic split between longtime creative partners Solange Igoa (vocals) and Andrea Walker (guitar).

Joined by chosen family — bassist Eric Stalker and drummer Blaine Heinonen — Glitterfox is a band rooted in connection. That thread pulses through every track: the obsessive, looping ache of “Gamma Ray”; the tender unraveling of “Polaroids” and “Lookin Away,” which chronicle Walker’s late-in-life autism diagnosis; the quiet grief of “Not Fade Away,” and the beauty of queer kinship and radical visibility in “Jesse Lee” and “Richie’s Party.”

This is a record steeped in gratitude, grief, and growth — showcasing the band’s ability to turn vulnerability into voltage. It’s confessional but never self-pitying, danceable but never escapist — music for the messy middle of life, lit with clarity, courage, and chaos.

decoder knows the cost of masking, the ache of nostalgia, the sting of unspoken pain — and the joy of surviving it all. It’s an album about love in all its forms: romantic, platonic, familial, and self. About the beauty of finally learning who you are — and the bravery it takes to live that truth out loud.

“This record is about turning the volume up on your truth... decoder is what it sounds like when you stop hiding.” — Andrea Walker

This isn’t just a debut. It’s Glitterfox decoding who they are — and inviting the rest of us to do the same.

• FIRST PRESSING “DEVILISH RED” COLOR VINYL.

THE WOMACK SISTERS

The debut single from Soul Music nobility, The Womack Sisters, is a one-two punch of soulful excellence. "If You Want Me" displays uncompromising rawness with pop-sensible control in equal measure. Propelled by the percussive attack of the piano and the hard-hitting call and response vocals the track has a satisfyingly feel-good swing, allowing the groove to accentuate the hook. Sure to be a universally filed disc for DJs looking to bring some life to the dancefloor. On "I Just Don't Want You" sisters Kujcha and Zeimani's plaintive background vocals and BG's powerful lead come together like a harmonic bouquet in full bloom. A deeply soulful ballad at its core it tells a tale of someone coming to terms with the pain of being in love with Mr. Wrong when you know you deserve Mr. Right.

ARTIST............................................................THE WOMACK SISTERS TITLE.........IF YOU WANT ME b/w I JUST DON’T WANT YOU (TO SAY GOODBYE) LABEL.............................................................................DAPTONE

ROCKER’S REVENGE FEAT. DONNIE CALVIN WALKING ON SUNSHINE (YARD ACT REMIX) / (JUNIOR VASQUEZ REMIX)

22ND AUGUST 2025

Originally a breakout hit in the summer of 1982, “Walking on Sunshine” captured the spirit of a generation and took the USA +UK by storm - it was no 1 on the USA Dance Chart + no 4 in the UK main top 40.

Penned by the legendary Eddy Grant, this electrifying remake by Rockers Revenge, fronted by the soulful vocals of Donnie Calvin, was born out of visits to the hallowed halls of Paradise Garage in New York — shaped in Brooklyn’s Music Factory Record Store, fine-tuned at Intergalactic Studios in Manhattan, and then completed at the iconic Blank Tape Studio by Bob Blank, Jellybean Benitez, and pioneering producer Arthur Baker.

Now, the track returns just in time for summer — reimagined by UK indie art rockers Yard Act, Leeds’ genre-defying favorites. Introduced to the track by Remi Kabaka of Gorillaz during production on their second album, Yard Act not only remixes the classic but James Smith from the band also contributes fresh vocals to this bold new version. Notably, Arthur Baker also contributed a remix to Yard Act’s Trench Coat Museum - a full-circle moment of mutual inspiration.

On the B-side is a previously unreleased gem: a 1988 house remix by the legendary Junior Vasquez, unearthed from the archives and sounding as forwardthinking today as it did then.

With Rockers Revenge still actively recording and a long-awaited documentary in post-production — set to premiere at film festivals and release by the end of 2025 — the legacy of this seminal group continues to shine bright.

TRACK LISTING:

A ROCKER’S REVENGE X YARD ACT REMIX (6.24)

B JUNIOR VASQUEZ PROPHETS OF FUNK REMIX ‘88 (9.27)

HIGHLIGHTS:

Unreleased Remix from 1988 $2k Instagram & Facebook ad spend. Arthur Baker socials: 126K Instagram 2.5k Facebook 50M Views Tiktok Yard Act socials 75k Instagram Facebook 18k X 27k

YouTube 27k Tiktok 10k

RETAIL INFO:

Cat no: NEWT643 Barcode: 885012053288

Arthur Baker’s Memoir –‘Looking for the Perfect Beat’ Book out May 2025 Rocker’s Revenge Documentary – ‘On a Mission’ out in 2025 https://www.instagram. com/arthurhbaker/reel/ C9NN_csMujW/

Interviews & Reviews on music & style websites / blogs

RETAIL INFO:

Boxlot: 20

newstatemusic.com

JAMES YORKSTON SONGS FOR NINA AND JOHANNA

TRACKLISTING

1. I Can Change

2. Oh Light Oh Light

3. A Moment Longer

4. Love / Luck

5. Where's The Time?

6. Rabbit

7. Love That Tree

8. Oh Sparrow, Up Yours

9. I Spooked the Neighbours

10. With Me, With You CATALOG NUMBER: WIG512 RELEASE DATE: August 22, 2025

UNDER: Alternative “Y”

OVERVIEW

Songs for Nina and Johanna is the beautiful new album from James Yorkston, his sixteenth on Domino and his third to be recorded in Stockholm in conjunction with members of The Second Hand Orchestra . Nina Persson (The Cardigans), who teamed up with James on his previous critically-acclaimed album, The Great White Sea Eagle, this time divides singing duties with Johanna Söderberg (First Aid Kit), the two of them singing separately with James on five and four tracks respectively.

SELLING POINTS

• James Yorkston is a prolific writer who has worked with a wealth of talent over his two decade career, including Four Tet, Alexis Taylor, KT Tunstall, Rustin Man, Simon Raymonde, Norma and Mike Waterson, Martin Carthy, Max Cooper, David Wrench and others.

• James Yorkston and The Secondhand Orchestra’s The Wide, Wide River (2021) was named a Guardian Top 10 Folk Album of 2021.

• Yorkston has collaborated as a trio under the name Yorkston/Thorne/Khan, most recently with Navarasa: Nine Emotions (2020). Each individual contributes vocals to material both original and reimagined as Suhail Yusuf Khan on sarangi, Jon Thorne on double bass, and Yorkston, principally on guitar, improvise within their mutual space and love of folk, Indian classical music, jazz and dub reggae.

• AAA radio campaign to impact upon release.

• LP comes with a download card.

Artist: MANSUR

Formats: UPC · Box Lot

LP (gold vinyl) 0634457184664 · 10

limited to 500 copies worldwide · 150 gold vinyl reserved for Redeye

Tracklist:

01. Nap

02. Szaturnusz

03. Neptun

04. Higany

05. Föld

06. Vénusz

07. Jupiter

08. Uránusz

09. Hold

„Pentatonic Ruins“ is MANSUR’s 5th release on Denovali - it follows the 2022 „Oscuras Flores“ album. „Pentatonic Ruins“ is more of a song adaptation album than a new material album. It highlights the vocals of Martina Horvath and presents a collection of Mansur songs in a more hypnotic and trance like manner. This album can be seen as songs for transcendental rituals.

Also available:

den369 Mansur · Oscuras Flores 0634457090880 (CD) · 0634457090897 (VINYL)

den360 Mansur · Minotaurus 634457048768 (CD) · 634457048782 (VINYL)

den345 Mansur · Karma 4059251418986 (CD) · 4059251418962 (VINYL)

den336 Mansur · Temple 4059251397236 (CD)

ENDLINGS +

ARTIST: Endlings

TITLE: PARALLEL 03

LABEL: Whited Sepulchre Records

CATALOG: WSR061

FORMAT - LP

RELEASE DATE: 08.22.25

BOX LOT: 25 (LP)

VNM

GENRE: Experimental, Classical, New Music

KEY MARKETS: Vancouver, New York, Los Angeles, Berlin, London

The seeds that germinated between Endlings - a long-running musical collaboration between John Dieterich and Pulitzer Prize winner Raven Chacon - and the Vancouver New Music Circle extends back the Summer and Fall of 2020 and has resulted not only in an album of new work but a fully interactive online instrument presented as a website. More than a website, the project is described as a “shared folder, many folders, an anonymous process, a translation device, a score, a text, a sound, more sounds, words ,many scores ,a multiplier, an exercise in collaboration, a bridge, a mixer, an index, a list, room with rooms in it, a journey or a trip, an album to be ” The creation of the album and the website, "took place on the internet,on many screens, between email threads, in Albuquerque,and on the unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəyəm, Sḵwxwú7mesh, səlílwətaʔɬ qicəy, qʷɑ:nƛən and Semiahma First Nations ”

This album is a tangible and resonating trace of the creative work and interactions that have been developing and growing among all the artists involved in Vancouver New Music's PARALLEL 03 over a few months of collective work, dialogues, creations, discoveries and exchange in the Summer and Fall of 2020. In its labyrinthine nature the magic PARALLEL 03 website further complements and reveals the richness and powerful interconnections of this ongoing process The album features the work of Parmela Attariwala, Adrian Avendaño, John Brennan, Elisa Ferrari, Marina Hasselberg, Alanna Ho, Steve Chow and Joel Schuman

As an album, PARALLEL 03 is nurtured by many things: abstraction, analogy, beauty, brainstorming, intuition, tension, divergent thinking, questions, improvisation, noise, anxiety, diversity, magical thinking, playfulness, ambiguity, serendipity, storytelling, experiment and the power of imagination

dispersion, infiltration, osmosis, adoption, abstraction, contagion music here finally aspires to the dimension of scent

Musical communication only exists on a purely emotional level

Emotionality is immanent, expression is definitely linked to the instant, instant is unpredictably transcendent

PARALLEL03

The labyrinthine and multi-dimensional nature of this project and this space has been inspired by imagination and perplexities, meandering, translations, sonic and silent utterances while discovering the ephemeral poetry hidden everywhere, fragments used to define an ongoing and endless process in which we wander on the verge of discovering ( or revealing) ourselves Fragments of form: perhaps the only possible form.

Here we won't find a single, indisputable centre, here a different kind of Harmonia, questions and awe, make everything equally important and equally unimportant. Here we blur invention and imagination, while they both give themselves to our perceptions in their multi-form and magical nature, while they act with full agency and are not acted upon Invention and imagination here are not related to expression, as their very nature is purely symbolic: like cloudiness is not just about clouds. While looking at and immersing ourselves in these clouds we open to vast horizons while resonating with creative energy and poetics of engagement

Finally, a poetic vision emerges here within qualities and behaviours essential to any practice of freedom; to any healthy relationship among people and communities and within the biosphere we live in, the magic beauty of the fundamental interconnectedness of all things.