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VALLEY OF THE SUN	The Blacklight Sessions	CD	HEAVY PSYCH SOUNDS	HPS 406CD
$17.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/23/2026 Valley of the Sun's sixth studio LP, The Blacklight Sessions, is a deep dive into the sonic roots of the band who continues to defy genre norms. With tracks ranging from blues jam to psychedelic desert trip to driving stoner riffage, the band continues to demonstrate that their music knows no bounds, nor should. Valley of the Sun is a three-piece consisting of Ryan Ferrier (guitar, lead vocals), the band's founder and sole remaining original member (2010-present); Chris Sweeney (bass), who joined in 2018; and Johnny Kathman (drums), who joined during the band's transition back to a power trio for the Quintessence era in 2023. Also available on black vinyl (HPS 406LP), pink vinyl (HPS 406LTD-LP), and green/pink splatter vinyl (HPS 406ULTRA-LP).

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
VALLEY OF THE SUN	The Blacklight Sessions (Green/Pink Splatter Vinyl)	LP	HEAVY PSYCH SOUNDS	HPS 406ULTRA-LP
$44.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/23/2026 LP version. Green/pink splatter color vinyl. Valley of the Sun's sixth studio LP, The Blacklight Sessions, is a deep dive into the sonic roots of the band who continues to defy genre norms. With tracks ranging from blues jam to psychedelic desert trip to driving stoner riffage, the band continues to demonstrate that their music knows no bounds, nor should. Valley of the Sun is a three-piece consisting of Ryan Ferrier (guitar, lead vocals), the band's founder and sole remaining original member (2010-present); Chris Sweeney (bass), who joined in 2018; and Johnny Kathman (drums), who joined during the band's transition back to a power trio for the Quintessence era in 2023.

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
VALLEY OF THE SUN	The Blacklight Sessions (Pink Vinyl)	LP	HEAVY PSYCH SOUNDS	HPS 406LTD-LP
$34.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/23/2026 LP version. Pink color vinyl. Valley of the Sun's sixth studio LP, The Blacklight Sessions, is a deep dive into the sonic roots of the band who continues to defy genre norms. With tracks ranging from blues jam to psychedelic desert trip to driving stoner riffage, the band continues to demonstrate that their music knows no bounds, nor should. Valley of the Sun is a three-piece consisting of Ryan Ferrier (guitar, lead vocals), the band's founder and sole remaining original member (2010-present); Chris Sweeney (bass), who joined in 2018; and Johnny Kathman (drums), who joined during the band's transition back to a power trio for the Quintessence era in 2023.

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
FONTAINE, BRIGITTE	Comme a La Radio	2LP	WEWANTSOUNDS	WWSLP 118LP
$42.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/23/2026 Double LP version. Wewantsounds reissues Brigitte Fontaine's landmark 1970 Saravah album Comme à la Radio, recorded with Areski Belkacem, Wadada Leo Smith, and the Art Ensemble of Chicago. This new edition pairs the original album with rare bonus material. The release is accompanied by a lavish 24-page bilingual booklet featuring an introduction by journalist Andy Beta, essays by Wadada Leo Smith, Brigitte Fontaine biographer Benoît Mouchart, and Benjamin Barouh, plus a recent interview with Brigitte Fontaine and the late Areski Belkacem. The booklet also includes complete lyrics and a selection of rare archival photographs by Jean-Pierre Leloir and Philippe Gras. Comme à la Radio was originally released in 1970 on Pierre Barouh's cult Saravah label, fusing Fontaine's radical lyricism with Areski Belkacem's minimalist compositions and the fearless improvisations of the Art Ensemble of Chicago and Wadada Leo Smith. Its title track has since become a cult classic in jazz and groove circles. The album has been newly remastered from the original tapes and is reissued featuring 11 bonus tracks. The original album is presented in restored clarity, while the bonus tracks gather rare non-album singles, English-language takes, alternate versions and previously unreleased instrumental recordings showcasing the Art Ensemble's artistry, including the elusive English version of Comme à la Radio, and a striking early version of "L'été L'été." Comme à la Radio stands as a visionary landmark of French music and a defining statement in Brigitte Fontaine's career. This expanded edition confirms its enduring influence more than fifty years after its original release. The reissue is announced alongside its companion Comme à la Radio On Air, a deluxe 2-LP set presenting previously unreleased ORTF live recordings and additional studio rarities.

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
FONTAINE, BRIGITTE	Comme a La Radio	CD	WEWANTSOUNDS	WWSCD 118CD
$16.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/23/2026 Wewantsounds reissues Brigitte Fontaine's landmark 1970 Saravah album Comme à la Radio, recorded with Areski Belkacem, Wadada Leo Smith, and the Art Ensemble of Chicago. This new edition pairs the original album with rare bonus material. The release is accompanied by a lavish 24-page bilingual booklet featuring an introduction by journalist Andy Beta, essays by Wadada Leo Smith, Brigitte Fontaine biographer Benoît Mouchart, and Benjamin Barouh, plus a recent interview with Brigitte Fontaine and the late Areski Belkacem. The booklet also includes complete lyrics and a selection of rare archival photographs by Jean-Pierre Leloir and Philippe Gras. Comme à la Radio was originally released in 1970 on Pierre Barouh's cult Saravah label, fusing Fontaine's radical lyricism with Areski Belkacem's minimalist compositions and the fearless improvisations of the Art Ensemble of Chicago and Wadada Leo Smith. Its title track has since become a cult classic in jazz and groove circles. The album has been newly remastered from the original tapes and is reissued featuring 11 bonus tracks. The original album is presented in restored clarity, while the bonus tracks gather rare non-album singles, English-language takes, alternate versions and previously unreleased instrumental recordings showcasing the Art Ensemble's artistry, including the elusive English version of Comme à la Radio, and a striking early version of "L'été L'été." Comme à la Radio stands as a visionary landmark of French music and a defining statement in Brigitte Fontaine's career. This expanded edition confirms its enduring influence more than fifty years after its original release. The reissue is announced alongside its companion Comme à la Radio On Air, a deluxe 2-LP set presenting previously unreleased ORTF live recordings and additional studio rarities.

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
VALLEY OF THE SUN	The Blacklight Sessions	LP	HEAVY PSYCH SOUNDS	HPS 406LP
$29.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/23/2026 LP version. Valley of the Sun's sixth studio LP, The Blacklight Sessions, is a deep dive into the sonic roots of the band who continues to defy genre norms. With tracks ranging from blues jam to psychedelic desert trip to driving stoner riffage, the band continues to demonstrate that their music knows no bounds, nor should. Valley of the Sun is a three-piece consisting of Ryan Ferrier (guitar, lead vocals), the band's founder and sole remaining original member (2010-present); Chris Sweeney (bass), who joined in 2018; and Johnny Kathman (drums), who joined during the band's transition back to a power trio for the Quintessence era in 2023.

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TDK	Carnevision	LP	BEAT GENERATION	BEAT 125LP
$28.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/16/2026 Reissue of the second album by the almighty TDK, an absolute classic and one of the very best and most important Spanish hardcore punk records ever, originally released in 1986. An even more focused and destructive effort than their legendary debut, Esto es Una Empresa Capitalista (1984), with the band in top, killer shape, rips through 13 nasty, explosive and unforgettable songs. A memorable, ugly and fierce milestone of Spanish punk and hardcore created by an infamous band, absolutely essential! Includes two inserts.

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TDK	Esto Es Una Empresa Capitalista	LP	BEAT GENERATION	BEAT 124LP
$28.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/16/2026 Reissue with bonus tracks of the legendary debut album by Madrid's hardcore punk legends TDK, born from the ashes of the almighty Espasmódicos. Originally released in 1984, this is a pivotal and pioneering record for enthusiasts of Spanish punk. An explosive, powerful outburst of pure, unfiltered, nasty punk delivered with fierce energy and precision. Includes two bonus tracks, one from their split 7" with Panadería Bollería Nuestra Señora del Karmen from 1984 and one from La Movida Madrileña compilation from the same year and two inserts.

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MR. BISON	The Garden of Forgotten Dreams	LP	HEAVY PSYCH SOUNDS	HPS 405LP
$29.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/9/2026 LP version. The Garden Of Forgotten Dreams was produced and recorded by the guitarist Mat Barsacchi, mixed by Richard Beherens (Elder/Kadavar/Samsara Blues Experiment) at Big Snuff Studio in Berlin, and mastered by Carl Saff in Chicago and Adam Ayan (Foo Fighters/Pearl Jam/Rolling Stone) in Portland. "The Garden, a magical place where lost dreams don't fade, but grow like silent flowers. Each petal holds an unfulfilled wish, each scent a memory left behind. In this garden, those who enter rediscover parts of themselves they thought lost and understand that nothing should be forgotten if it has touched their heart. The garden is the image that recurs most frequently throughout the album. We chose it as a metaphor for 'refuge,' a place where we can choose to nurture our natural inclinations, let them grow and blossom, but where we can also keep our shadows and our lights hidden. Where our secrets, our most authentic truths, our aspirations and our dreams, can therefore remain guarded until we are ready to reveal them to those who can contain and appreciate them."

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
YUMMY FUR, THE	Everybody Talks About The Weather (Transparent Light Blue and Transparent Yellow Vinyl)	LP	UPSET THE RHYTHM	UTR 178BS-LP
$25.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/9/2026 LP version. 180 gram "blue sunshine" vinyl (transparent light blue and transparent yellow vinyl). "The Yummy Fur's first album of new material in over 25 years is seductive and ambiguous; a fast-paced flip through scenes from art, myth, life and fantasy; a witty whole made from glittering scraps. The band's original incarnation -- fronted by singer, songwriter and guitarist John McKeown from 1992 to 1999 -- morphed from making quick-hit cartoon-art songs to Eno and Cale-influenced creepers, populated by characters from McKeown's life in Glasgow and the films, books and poetry that he lived a parallel life through. Everybody Talks About The Weather delights in using every past iteration of the band as potent collage material: a melee of sounds and ideas existing at once, revealing themselves then dipping back into hiding. Recorded by the original core trio of McKeown, Brian MacDougall (guitar) and Paul Thomson (drums), Everybody Talks About The Weather comes 17 years after the band reformed for sporadic live shows, and seven years after the release of their sorta-greatest hits compilation Piggy Wings (Rock Action). Ten tracks long with nothing to spare, it is as condensed and vital as their best songs, with a new clarity of sound that allows their ambiguities to come into the light . . . Everybody Talks About The Weather is an unpredictable album from an unpredictable group, but ending on a moment of almost uncomplicated light is maybe its biggest surprise." --Claire Biddles (2026)

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
MR. BISON	The Garden of Forgotten Dreams	CD	HEAVY PSYCH SOUNDS	HPS 405CD
$17.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/9/2026 The Garden Of Forgotten Dreams was produced and recorded by the guitarist Mat Barsacchi, mixed by Richard Beherens (Elder/Kadavar/Samsara Blues Experiment) at Big Snuff Studio in Berlin, and mastered by Carl Saff in Chicago and Adam Ayan (Foo Fighters/Pearl Jam/Rolling Stone) in Portland. "The Garden, a magical place where lost dreams don't fade, but grow like silent flowers. Each petal holds an unfulfilled wish, each scent a memory left behind. In this garden, those who enter rediscover parts of themselves they thought lost and understand that nothing should be forgotten if it has touched their heart. The garden is the image that recurs most frequently throughout the album. We chose it as a metaphor for 'refuge,' a place where we can choose to nurture our natural inclinations, let them grow and blossom, but where we can also keep our shadows and our lights hidden. Where our secrets, our most authentic truths, our aspirations and our dreams, can therefore remain guarded until we are ready to reveal them to those who can contain and appreciate them." Also available on black vinyl (HPS 405LP), violet vinyl (HPS LTD-LP), and magenta/blue splatter vinyl (HPS ULTRA-LP).

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
MR. BISON	The Garden of Forgotten Dreams (Magenta/Blue Splatter Vinyl)	LP	HEAVY PSYCH SOUNDS	HPS 405ULTRA-LP
$44.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/9/2026 LP version. Magenta/blue splatter color vinyl. The Garden Of Forgotten Dreams was produced and recorded by the guitarist Mat Barsacchi, mixed by Richard Beherens (Elder/Kadavar/Samsara Blues Experiment) at Big Snuff Studio in Berlin, and mastered by Carl Saff in Chicago and Adam Ayan (Foo Fighters/Pearl Jam/Rolling Stone) in Portland. "The Garden, a magical place where lost dreams don't fade, but grow like silent flowers. Each petal holds an unfulfilled wish, each scent a memory left behind. In this garden, those who enter rediscover parts of themselves they thought lost and understand that nothing should be forgotten if it has touched their heart. The garden is the image that recurs most frequently throughout the album. We chose it as a metaphor for 'refuge,' a place where we can choose to nurture our natural inclinations, let them grow and blossom, but where we can also keep our shadows and our lights hidden. Where our secrets, our most authentic truths, our aspirations and our dreams, can therefore remain guarded until we are ready to reveal them to those who can contain and appreciate them."

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
YUMMY FUR, THE	Everybody Talks About The Weather	LP	UPSET THE RHYTHM	UTR 178LP
$23.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/9/2026 LP version. "The Yummy Fur's first album of new material in over 25 years is seductive and ambiguous; a fast-paced flip through scenes from art, myth, life and fantasy; a witty whole made from glittering scraps. The band's original incarnation -- fronted by singer, songwriter and guitarist John McKeown from 1992 to 1999 -- morphed from making quick-hit cartoon-art songs to Eno and Cale-influenced creepers, populated by characters from McKeown's life in Glasgow and the films, books and poetry that he lived a parallel life through. Everybody Talks About The Weather delights in using every past iteration of the band as potent collage material: a melee of sounds and ideas existing at once, revealing themselves then dipping back into hiding. Recorded by the original core trio of McKeown, Brian MacDougall (guitar) and Paul Thomson (drums), Everybody Talks About The Weather comes 17 years after the band reformed for sporadic live shows, and seven years after the release of their sorta-greatest hits compilation Piggy Wings (Rock Action). Ten tracks long with nothing to spare, it is as condensed and vital as their best songs, with a new clarity of sound that allows their ambiguities to come into the light . . . Everybody Talks About The Weather is an unpredictable album from an unpredictable group, but ending on a moment of almost uncomplicated light is maybe its biggest surprise." --Claire Biddles (2026)

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
MR. BISON	The Garden of Forgotten Dreams (Violet Vinyl)	LP	HEAVY PSYCH SOUNDS	HPS 405LTD-LP
$34.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/9/2026 LP version. Violet color vinyl. The Garden Of Forgotten Dreams was produced and recorded by the guitarist Mat Barsacchi, mixed by Richard Beherens (Elder/Kadavar/Samsara Blues Experiment) at Big Snuff Studio in Berlin, and mastered by Carl Saff in Chicago and Adam Ayan (Foo Fighters/Pearl Jam/Rolling Stone) in Portland. "The Garden, a magical place where lost dreams don't fade, but grow like silent flowers. Each petal holds an unfulfilled wish, each scent a memory left behind. In this garden, those who enter rediscover parts of themselves they thought lost and understand that nothing should be forgotten if it has touched their heart. The garden is the image that recurs most frequently throughout the album. We chose it as a metaphor for 'refuge,' a place where we can choose to nurture our natural inclinations, let them grow and blossom, but where we can also keep our shadows and our lights hidden. Where our secrets, our most authentic truths, our aspirations and our dreams, can therefore remain guarded until we are ready to reveal them to those who can contain and appreciate them."

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
YUMMY FUR, THE	Everybody Talks About The Weather	CD	UPSET THE RHYTHM	UTR 178CD
$13.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/9/2026 "The Yummy Fur's first album of new material in over 25 years is seductive and ambiguous; a fast-paced flip through scenes from art, myth, life and fantasy; a witty whole made from glittering scraps. The band's original incarnation -- fronted by singer, songwriter and guitarist John McKeown from 1992 to 1999 -- morphed from making quick-hit cartoon-art songs to Eno and Cale-influenced creepers, populated by characters from McKeown's life in Glasgow and the films, books and poetry that he lived a parallel life through. Everybody Talks About The Weather delights in using every past iteration of the band as potent collage material: a melee of sounds and ideas existing at once, revealing themselves then dipping back into hiding. Recorded by the original core trio of McKeown, Brian MacDougall (guitar) and Paul Thomson (drums), Everybody Talks About The Weather comes 17 years after the band reformed for sporadic live shows, and seven years after the release of their sorta-greatest hits compilation Piggy Wings (Rock Action). Ten tracks long with nothing to spare, it is as condensed and vital as their best songs, with a new clarity of sound that allows their ambiguities to come into the light . . . Everybody Talks About The Weather is an unpredictable album from an unpredictable group, but ending on a moment of almost uncomplicated light is maybe its biggest surprise." --Claire Biddles (2026)

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
HIJSS	Hijss	LP	HEAVY PSYCH SOUNDS	HPS 404LP
$29.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/2/2026 LP version. Two years after their debut, Hijss are back with a self-titled second album. Synth-punk crashes headfirst into industrial krautrock and no wave. Throbbing basslines, blown-out fuzz guitars, and relentless drums, drive the whole thing forward without mercy -- topped off with synth arpeggios to make sure you won't stand still. The record was produced, engineered, and mastered by Maurizio Baggio, mixed by Paolo Canaglia.

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MAGMA	1001 Centigrades	LP	GM RECORDS	GME 937LP
$35.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/2/2026 2026 repress forthcoming; LP version. Magma, is a French cross-genre, jazz-rock rooted, progressive rock and fusion band founded in 1969 by drummer Christian Vander. Magma have existed in two phases, the first was formed in the summer of 1969 and debuted on LP in 1970, continuing through to 1983. 1001 Centigrades was released April of 1971.

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HIJSS	Hijss	CD	HEAVY PSYCH SOUNDS	HPS 404CD
$17.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/2/2026 Two years after their debut, Hijss are back with a self-titled second album. Synth-punk crashes headfirst into industrial krautrock and no wave. Throbbing basslines, blown-out fuzz guitars, and relentless drums, drive the whole thing forward without mercy -- topped off with synth arpeggios to make sure you won't stand still. The record was produced, engineered, and mastered by Maurizio Baggio, mixed by Paolo Canaglia.

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
HIJSS	Hijss (Yellow Vinyl)	LP	HEAVY PSYCH SOUNDS	HPS 404LTD-LP
$34.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/2/2026 LP version. Yellow vinyl, Two years after their debut, Hijss are back with a self-titled second album. Synth-punk crashes headfirst into industrial krautrock and no wave. Throbbing basslines, blown-out fuzz guitars, and relentless drums, drive the whole thing forward without mercy -- topped off with synth arpeggios to make sure you won't stand still. The record was produced, engineered, and mastered by Maurizio Baggio, mixed by Paolo Canaglia.

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
HIJSS	Hijss (White/Double Mint/Magenta Vinyl)	LP	HEAVY PSYCH SOUNDS	HPS 404ULTRA-LP
$44.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/2/2026 LP version. White/double mint/magenta vinyl. Two years after their debut, Hijss are back with a self-titled second album. Synth-punk crashes headfirst into industrial krautrock and no wave. Throbbing basslines, blown-out fuzz guitars, and relentless drums, drive the whole thing forward without mercy -- topped off with synth arpeggios to make sure you won't stand still. The record was produced, engineered, and mastered by Maurizio Baggio, mixed by Paolo Canaglia.

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OSEES	Off Course (Blue Vinyl)	LP	DEATHGOD CORP	DG 011X-LP
$29.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/25/2026 LP version. Blue color vinyl. "We went back to an older method of writing for this one. We jammed and jammed and jammed. I took the tapes home and ironed out some mutant tunes. We went back into the studio and burned them to tape live and then I took it home to Stu-Stu-Studio and did the vocals and bought in Tom Dolas and Brigid Dawson to put the finish on. Spice is always nice. Mixed it all up in the cauldron and thus we have a strange brew indeed. Floating in the smoke we have: A couple long jams, a couple short jams and a finale that'll dump a bucket of ear worms on you (reminiscent of 'the axis'). Dip your toe in organ rock and roll. So without further ado we present to you Off Course. An album wondering where the fuck are we and how did we get here. A signal dispatched out into the darkness. We are here. We are alive. And we are together."

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BEATLES, THE	Pop Go The Beatles June 1st 1963	7"	1960'S RECORDS	REP 065EP
$15.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/25/2026 BBC Paris Studio was the location for the recording of the tracks for the second and third Pop Go The Beatles radio show on June 1st 1963. All except for "Twist And Shout", which was cut on June 17th at BBC's Maida Vale Studios. It was at the Paris Studios session that magazine publisher Sean O'Mahony met Brian Epstein and suggested that the Beatles should have their own monthly magazine. Mono recording.

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FAUST	Ungebunden	LP	BUREAU B	BB 509LP
$26.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/25/2026 LP version. Over the years, Faust has become many things, distinct as fingers, yet united as the hand that forms the fist. This series of new LPs on Bureau B sees each living member of the legendary 1971-1974 line up present their own interpretation of the Faustian myth, working alone or with collaborators to create new material that reflects their contemporary vision of what Faust can be. For over half a century, Hans Joachim Irmler has pursued the outer limits of sound. As a child, he would neglect his flute to pluck at the strings of his grandmother's zither, cutting his fingers in search of greater resonance and volume. Drawn from an early age to the physical power of sound, he eventually found his instrument in the organ, whose vast sonic range offered seemingly endless possibilities; he still performs on the first organ he built himself. Expanding his sonic palette with synthesizers, tape manipulation and self-modified electronics, Irmler has relentlessly treated music less as composition than as a force of nature, capable of overwhelming, disorienting, destabilizing and transforming both performer and listener alike. Ungebunden continues this trajectory. Recorded alone in the Faust studio in Scheer over the course of just three weeks, the album does not revisit Faust as a repertoire or a historical artefact, but as a continuous vessel for pure creativity. Working largely through improvisation, Irmler begins with little more than a direction or impulse, allowing the material to reveal its own logic as it unfolds. Massive synthesizer figures advance through roaring distortion while pulsing waveforms, whistles and electronic chatter orbit around them. At once oppressive and playful, structured and chaotic, this album embodies the tension at the heart of Irmler's process. Through Ungebunden, Hans Joachim Irmler poses Faust as a question, its sound a force capable of unsettling assumptions, disrupting perception and opening unforeseen possibilities.

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WOLFGANG PRESS, THE	Asylum Variations	LP	DOWNWARDS	DNLP 913LP
$35.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/25/2026 LP version. The Wolfgang Press present their ninth studio album, Asylum Variations. The album, the follow up to 2024's acclaimed album, A 2nd Shape -- the band's first in nearly thirty years -- continues the return of one of post-punk's most singular and restlessly inventive groups. With Asylum Variations, The Wolfgang Press continue their tradition of never making the same album twice. Although the sonic DNA of A 2nd Shape is intact, the band ramp up the tension and dread while also creating a coherent and accessible set of songs. Recorded at Metway Studio in Brighton, UK, they utilized the method of recording directly onto ADAT and taking the results into the studio to use as the basis for the record. The resulting album is yet another step forward for a band who's only constant is the fact that every album will sound different to the last. Opener "Speakers Don't Speak" is driven by a Can-like beat, Roxy VCS3-style processed guitars, and gurgling analogue synths, over which singer/bassist Michael Allen's seemingly stream-of-consciousness lyrics evoke unease without specifying its source. Elsewhere on the album, wheezing synths and haunted harmonies underpin "Blood On The Leaves," with Allen's bass melodically meandering before collapsing into a dubby breakdown, while "Sail By" again references the dub influence that marked the band out from their early '80s post-punk peers. With Allen in his best crooner mode, "Bind Us" is ushered in on Andrew Gray's undulating guitar, while his brother Stephen picks out the prettiest of keyboard melodies. Penultimate track "Embrace The Light" is a sparse and downtempo ballad, which allows Allen to show off his yearning vocal to full effect and finale "Man Made Heaven" crawls slowly to the album's end, a nimble bassline darting around dirge-like guitars and a synthetic choir. Allen is joined by his daughters for a coda of "it's a lie, it's a lie," finishing the album in a crescendo of industrial noise that manages to be both bleak yet strangely uplifting. Maintaining such a dichotomy is not an easy thing to do, and it's part of what made The Wolfgang Press so unique first time around. If Asylum Variations is anything to go by, the 21st century iteration of the band is more than capable of channeling this duality, their fractured music making them perfect for the fragmented times we find ourselves in.

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FAUST	Fliegen lernen	CD	BUREAU B	BB 455CD
$16.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/25/2026 Over the years, Faust has become many things, distinct as fingers, yet united as the hand that forms the fist. This series of new LPs on Bureau B sees each living member of the legendary 1971-1974 line up present their own interpretation of the Faustian myth, working alone or with collaborators to create new material that reflects their contemporary vision of what Faust can be. For Wüsthoff, music began long before Faust. As a child he watched his father lose himself in music, playing accordion renditions of operettas, film themes and folk songs with complete absorption. At eleven he discovered jazz through a radio program tracing its history, then taught himself guitar and piano as a teenager, developing an instinctive relationship with sound driven by curiosity rather than convention. Produced by Onnen Bock alongside Bureau B's Gunther Buskies, Fliegen Lernen continues that philosophy. Drawn from decades of archived recordings, new studio experiments and collaborations with musicians in Hamburg, it is a living extension of Faust's open-ended creative spirit. Ideas emerge through chance as much as intention, with sounds, words and stories setting one another in motion until they gradually find their own form. Its title, simultaneously suggesting "flies are learning" and "learning to fly," perfectly captures the playful shifts in perspective that have long defined Wüsthoff's work. Throughout Fliegen Lernen, Wüsthoff revisits and reimagines ideas that have animated his career for more than half a century. Much of the material grew from electronic sequences discovered in his archive, some echoing the patterns behind the homemade "Spieluhr" frequency-divider and sequencer he built during his Faust years. By turns humorous, reflective, cinematic and groove-driven, Fliegen Lernen demonstrates that Wüsthoff's creative imagination remains as restless as ever. Rather than recreating the past, it embodies the same openness that made Faust so singular in the first place: a belief that any sound, object or passing observation can become the spark for something unexpected. More than fifty years after those formative experiments, Wüsthoff continues to approach music as an act of curiosity, collaboration and continual discovery.

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