t was a real honour to be asked to do this one & to get to meet the great man himself. Fronted as ever by David Thomas, Pere Ubu unveil their brand new studio album, 20 YEARS IN A MONTANA MISSILE SILO, which opens the doors of the avant-garage to reveal the hardworking mechanics hammering away at the fundamentals of blue-collar rock.

20 YEARS IN A MONTANA MISSILE SILO follows their 2015 release Carnival of Souls, which was widely praised by the media and used by cult series ‘American Horror Story’ in Season 4.

David Thomas: “The new album is The James Gang teaming up with Tangerine Dream. The Chinese Whispers methodology we worked on the last two albums has been replaced by the Dark Room. Put musicians in a lightless room and by feeling one small section of an unknown object have them figure what it must be.”

The album was recorded and mixed at Suma, Painesville Ohio. Engineer Paul Hamann, and his father before him, have been part of almost every Pere Ubu album since 1976.

Pere Ubu will be on tour with the new album later this year in the USA, with a full European tour and further USA dates in 2018.

Released September 29, 2017.

JAMES - JUSTHIPPER: THE COMPLETE SIRE & BLANCO Y NEGRO RECORDINGS 1986-1988

JUSTHIPPER is the first compilation encompassing all of James’ recordings for the Warners group across the mid-to-late 80s. Both albums ‘Stutter’ & Strip Mine’ have been remastered and are joined by all of the band’s non-album singles A’s and B’s and different mixes. The package ends with a rare, promotional-only interview with the band.

PENTANGLE – THE ALBUMS: 1968-1972

Released September 29, 2017. For the first time ever, these PENTANGLE  albums are available as a deluxe 7CD box set to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the band’s formation. Gloriously remastered, each album has been expanded with a wealth of bonus material, including choice selections from contemporaneous solo LPs by Bert Jansch and John Renbourn, out-takes and live tracks. Across the package, there are an impressive 22 recordings which are previously unreleased.

MEMBRANES 'Everyone's Gone Triple Bad Acid, Yeah!' The Complete Recordings 1980 - 1993

Membranes 'Everyone's Gone Triple Bad Acid, Yeah!' The Complete Recordings 1980 - 1993 box set. The artwork is a nod to the original art for the 5 albums released during this period with a 26 page booklet includes sleeve-notes written by John Robb (now an established author and journalist), alongside a wealth of visual material.

Released August 25th we're very excited to annouce this monster of a box set!

From Buzzcocks to Britpop, Manchester North Of England is the ultimate tribute to the independent output of that most important and iconic of musical cities, with 143 tracks across seven CDs in a deluxe box set. With exhaustive sleeve-notes by the city’s leading music journalist of the era, Mick Middles, and a foreword by Mark Radcliffe, Manchester North Of England includes many of the key bands from the late 70s to the early 90s – Joy Division, The Fall, New Order, James, Happy Mondays, Stone Roses, Morrissey, John Cooper Clarke, 808 State, A Certain Ratio, Durutti Column, The Charlatans and last but not least, Oasis.

Inspired by Bop Cassette / City Life 1988 compilation (name, cover image), the box set is being presented in conjunction with MDMA (Manchester District Music Archive).  Many of the tracks appear on CD for the first time, from the Punk explosion through Factory Records, post-punk, the jangly C86 period, Madchester, Indie-Dance and the early 90s transition into what would become Britpop whilst also doffing its cap to reggae, soul, singer-songwriters, hip-hop, avant garde, techno/industrial and dance music.

“What this treasure trove displays is the extraordinary amount of creative outpouring that oozed from these sullen streets. Manchester music manages to combine euphoria and melancholy. It is both uplifting and mournful at the same time.” Mark Radcliffe.

Next in line for a deluxe expanded release is Theatre of Hate’s classic debut album ‘Westworld’. Working alongside the legendary Kirk Brandon we have lovingly re-created the original artwork by C-More Tone and expanded things somewhat. The 3 x CD set comes in a clamshell box and also boasts within the booklet a raft of illustrations and fresh sleeve-notes penned by Mojo’s Pat Gilbert drawn from interviews with band members. Accompanying the original album (which has been remastered) are bonus tracks from the companion singles, previously unreleased tracks from the band’s John Peel sessions, a unique Top Of The Pops version of their hit, alternative mixes and a bonus live disc featuring a previously unissued recording of a live concert in Vienna 1982 from the Westworld tour. Watch this space, there’s more to come from the legendary post punk pioneers.

Some more elements from the Dodgy ‘What Are We Fighting For’ album campaign. Single sleeves from ‘You Give Drugs A Bad Name’, ‘Now Means Nothing’  ‘Are You The One’ and “California Gold’ respectively. 

Here’s the UK sleeve  for the forthcoming debut album from Sego ‘Once Was Lost Now Just Hanging Around’. It’s a truly brilliant album, one of those that gives you a new favourite track every time you listen to it. In the world of LCD / Beck / Hot Chip / Phoenix.. but don;t take our word for it, Preview on spotify now - https://open.spotify.com/album/6WJnKSEpGpFSDUIyb6uW7M