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Bloc Party

Anatomy Of A Brief Romance

COnTAGIOUS LTD

Dinked Edition LP

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CON23LPX3

Release date
11 Sep '26
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• Crystal clear and red yolk vinyl. *
• Signed A5 art card. *
• Limited pressing of 500. *
*Exclusive to Dinked Edition.

Coloured LP

£22.99

140g recycled red vinyl.

Cat Number

CON23LP2

Release date
11 Sep '26
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140g recycled red vinyl.

LP

£22.99

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CON23LP

Release date
11 Sep '26
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140g recycled black vinyl.

CD

£12.99

4 panel digisleeve.
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CON23CD

Release date
11 Sep '26
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4 panel digisleeve.
12 page booklet.

Bloc Party’s place in hearts & minds was never up for debate, but the past four years have reaffirmed that position and simultaneously ignited the a new passion with fans young & old. From touring the world with their friends Paramore to headlining a sold out Crystal Palace Park, performing songs from their seminal debut Silent Alarm through to the constant reinvention of their more recent work, before returning to Reading & Leeds last year to enormous crowds.

Now, propelled by this renewed energy and buoyed by their biggest year of touring in two decades, Bloc Party are ready to release their next album; a narrative work examining a year-long relationship in intimate and often brutal detail, realised in the studio with the legendary Trevor Horn.

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: A heartfelt, melodically rich new outing from Bloc Party that deals with lead singer Okereke's past relationship. We definitely get a good slice of Bloc Party's trademark euphoria and driving beats, but this time it's a little more thoughtful and a lot more nuanced. Lovely.

TRACK LISTING

22.01.22
Coming On Strong
Love Bombs
Pigwig
Lagoon Blue
Muscleworks
Clark Kent
Worst Birthday Ever
Not Your Problem
Now We Can't Be Friends
Rotherhithe
Stories
Moving On
Eulogy

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Curbside Lambsear

Put Rings On All My Fingers To Weigh Down My Hands

Scenic Route Records

London based duo Curbside Lambsear drop their debut EP "Put Rings On All My Fingers To Weigh Down My Hands" via tastemaking label: Scenic Route (responsible for breaking Nourished By Time, Mark William Lewis and Acopia, amongst others...).

Mödlinger and McLean met performing in The Umlauts and McLean is also a member of caroline. Curbside Lambsear is their outlet to explore rough textures and soft intentions, a space that combines the meticulous and the improvised.

Curbside Lambsear say, 'This EP came from experimentation and is composed of all the sounds we felt drawn towards while making music together, all the noise and melodies we came to be in agreement about, all that emerged while testing and probing what felt right. Some of it was found, some of it was built, some of it happened by accident while cycling down a narrow lane. Like the hands in the EP title, extremely adorned, weighing down on the keys of a keyboard, these songs are precious to us and needed to be spurred on by the mutual curiosity of what could be done if we started trying. We had a lot of fun making these songs and we hope you enjoy them.'

Rich in distorted bowed strings, heavily saturated drum beats, plenty discord, occasional harmony, and the kind of rain dappled aesthetic that aligns it with fellow Londoners like Bar Italia and the many faces of Dean Blunt.

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: Hypnotic, looping art-rock and woozy percussive experimentation flecked with droning orchestral gloom and organic instrumental drifts. Endlessly immersive and constantly shifting walls of sound that breathe and bloom.

TRACK LISTING

1. No Ordinary Word
2. Jjochstubn
3. Man The Door
4. Avril
5. Uneasy

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Erin LeCount

PAREIDOLIA

Atlantic

Coloured 12" EP

£22.99

Transparent glitter vinyl

Cat Number

5026854358727

Release date
Expected 11 Sep '26
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Transparent glitter vinyl

Release date: Expected 11 Sep '26

Erin LeCount returns with the release of EP 'PAREIDOLIA', now on limited edition transparent glitter vinyl and with the addition of hotly-anticipated track 'THE CINEMA'.

Erin LeCount is a 23-year-old self-taught artist and producer. A visionary sonic architect and the sole writer and producer of her music, her sound ranges from luscious baroque-pop arrangements to alluring gothic-pop. At the foreground of her music are diaristic lyrics and captivating synths which offer an enchanting interplay of vulnerability and power. The themes within her music explore everything from identity to relationships and the meaning of life. Erin’s influences include Fiona Apple, Kate Bush, Lorde, Imogen Heap, Charli xcx, and Sampha.

TRACK LISTING

1. THE CINEMA
2. I BELIEVE
3. DON’T YOU SEE ME TRYING?
4. 808 HYMN
5. AMERICAN DREAM
6. MACHINE GHOST
7. ALICE

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Opera De Nuit

Dark Entries

2xLP

£34.99

Gatefold sleeve.

Cat Number

DE 360

Release date
11 Sep '26
Format Info

Gatefold sleeve.

The faultless Dark Entries continues to do superb archaeological work here by resurrecting Opera de Nuit, the French coldwave cult act formed in Valreas in 1982, who dropped only three releases, but they all trade for three-digit sums. Across two EPs and a 1988 LP, the band defined the genre with ice-cold synths, jangly guitars and sad sack vocals, all of which can be heard at their best on the desperate 'Annabella,' the moodiness of 'Boris Transylvania Camp' and the larger and more anthemic 'Karen Lloyd.' This first-ever vinyl reissue collects their complete remastered discography across 13 tracks that add up to unmissable stuff for coldwave heads, whether new or old.

TRACK LISTING

Side 1
Boris Transylvania Camp
L'Appel Du Froid
Larmes De Tang

Side 2
Annabella
Invitation
Jeu Damne
Ami! Amant!

Side 3
Amour Noir
Rebelle-Rebelle
Possession

Side 4
Karen Lloyd
Hors Du Temps
Le Sourire De L'Ombre
Lumiere Rouge

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Soft Cell

Out Come The Freaks

Soft Cell Music

Coloured 12"

£19.99

Grey vinyl

Cat Number

DANO3

Release date
11 Sep '26
Format Info

Grey vinyl

Electronic music legends Soft Cell release ‘Out Come The Freaks’, the very first single from singer Marc Almond and multi-instrumentalist and producer Dave Ball’s final album ‘Danceteria’.

‘Out Come The Freaks’ is a cover of Was (Not Was)’s mutant disco classic and sends Soft Cell into prime disco territory, conjuring the hedonist spirit of early 80s Manhattan and a Danceteria floor filler spun by DJ Mark Kamins. There couldn’t be a more fitting alternative disco banger to pull back the curtain with and beckon you into the world of ‘Danceteria’. The final album is a homage to the legendary nightclub where young Marc and Dave would party until the small hours after the recording sessions for their seminal 1981 debut ‘Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret’. The final flourish of glitter to Soft Cell’s ‘Out Come The Freaks’ comes courtesy of guest vocals from Nona Hendryx, the iconic singer, one third of Labelle of ‘Lady Marmalade’ fame, and producer of Lisa Lisa and Bush Tetras.

This is the very first material to be released from ‘Danceteria’, Soft Cell’s forthcoming sixth and final album. It is also the first time new music has been released since the sad, untimely passing of Dave Ball in October 2025. Almond led the tributes, describing Ball as a “brilliant musical genius” and the world’s media hailing Dave as an electronic music pioneer. Dave finished ‘Danceteria’ very close to his passing and it is in full tribute to him that the album release goes ahead as planned

TRACK LISTING

1. Out Come The Freaks - Extended Mix
2. Out Come The Freaks - Album Version
3. Out Come The Freaks - Dave Ball & Gary Barnacle Version
4. Out Come The Freaks - Extended Dub Mix

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Sylvan Esso

Ow ∞

Psychic Hotline

Coloured LP

£24.99
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Cat Number

PSY069LP-C1

Release date
11 Sep '26
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Indies exclusive Angel of Death purple vinyl

LP

£23.99

Black vinyl

Cat Number

PSY069LP

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Expected 11 Sep '26
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Black vinyl

Release date: Expected 11 Sep '26

Deluxe CD

£11.99

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PSY069CD-DLX

Release date
11 Sep '26
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First pressing super jewel case

Cassette

£11.99

Cat Number

PSY069CS

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On their new album, Sylvan Esso metabolizes a life of making music with people into making art that you just love, a tactile and enveloping freefall. Written across four years in the woods in Chapel Hill, the longest the band has ever spent writing a record, 'Ow ∞' (pronounced “Ow Infinity”) arrives with an intense immediacy. Most of the tracks here are Meath’s first vocal takes, and the clarity and humanness of her singular voice anchors the album in something real. It was born from a time of experimentation and collaboration, resulting in a sinewy, punchy, explosive work where the songs want to claw their way out. A technicolor totem of personal destruction, the feeling of being pummeled to silly putty and built back into something that feels almost human, almost familiar but freakish and new – a cartoonish, slapstick grin printed across a ruin.

A large chunk of the record was born from improvisation, hours spent at their North Carolina studio finding grooves with guest collaborators including Glenn Kotche (Wilco), Matt Douglas (the Mountain Goats), Jenn Wasner (Wye Oak, Flock of Dimes), Joe Westerlund (Megafaun), Jake Luppen (Hippo Campus, Samia), Daniel Aged (Frank Ocean, Dijon) and drummer TJ Maiani (Weyes Blood, Neneh Cherry).

'Ow ∞' marks the first time Sylvan Esso has gotten comfortable with the fact that they are doing this – where they’ve figured out all the avenues in which they can take control, and put things out the way they want to, with the people they choose, in their own studio and through their own label. For an album that wrestles so much with the out-of-control nature of being alive, it meets the duo at a time where, finally, they actually have complete control over what Sylvan Esso can be.

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: A beautifully evocative, flickering distillation of folk and synthpop, jazzy percussion and airy vocals steering it more into lounge territory before breaking down into a finely manicured bit of minimalism. Echoes of Múm, Tunng and even bits of Big Thief or Lucy Dacus. Lovely.

TRACK LISTING

1. Entertainment & Coca-Cola
2. Flood Season
3. Hot Slob
4. Concrete Glen
5. Back Again
6. Ribbon
7. Sledge
8. Right to Left
9. Good at Pain
10. Jessica
11. On & On
12. Plastic Sword

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Dexter Wansel

Life On Mars - 2026 Reissue

Music On Vinyl

LP

£26.99

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Cat Number

MOVLP3487

Release date
11 Sep '26
Format Info

180g audiophile black vinyl.

Life On Mars is the 1976 debut album by the American R&B/jazz fusion singer, arranger, musician, composer and conductor Dexter Wansel. The album is considered to be a "space-funk" classic, inspired by David Bowie's "Life on Mars?". Wansel composed his own sci-fi sounds with swirling, ring-like oscillators, cosmic sub tones, and metallic, otherworldly leads using his signature ARP 2600 synthesizer. Wansel's pioneering synth sound was shared on numerous records with artists like MFSB, Billy Paul, Evelyn "Champagne" King, Teddy Pendergrass, and The Jones Girls. The album inspired other artists and Wansel's "Theme From The Planets" drum beat intro is hailed as being one of the first foundation beats of hip-hop. His sampled music has been used by Kanye West, Lil Wayne, Drake, Rick Ross, J. Cole, Wiz Khalifa, and Ice Cube amongst others.

TRACK LISTING

SIDE A
1. A Prophet Named K.G.
2. Life on Mars
3. Together Once Again
4. Stargazer

SIDE B
1. One Million Miles from the Ground
2. You Can Be What You Wanna Be
3. Theme from the Planets
4. Rings of Saturn

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