ENVY - Recitation 2XLP 180Gr. clear/light grey/black swirl !

First 500 copies on clear/light grey/black swirl vinyl.

VINYL FORMAT. There is a precise point early on in Recitation where it dawns on us that there truly is no other band quite like Envy. Ninety seconds into album opener "Guidance," amid a subtle symphony of synth washes, backwards guitar harmonics and chiming bells, a solitary female voice recites what sounds like a poetry in a language that few Envy fans outside of Japan can understand. And yet, its beauty is undeniable, and its emotional resonance is transcendent, sounding like a Japanese love letter to Brian Eno. This is why labels like "post-hardcore" tend to feel clumsy and slippery when slung at Envy; such tags assume a starting point that's miles away from where Envy began and worlds away from where they are now. It's no surprise that Envy have increasingly found inspiration in instrumental rock and experimental ambient music - genres that historically circumvent cultural trappings. With each album since their inception in the early '90s, the group has chipped away at the linguistic and cultural barriers inherent in international rock music. Their breakthrough came with 2003's A Dead Sinking Story, the groundbreaking third album that replaced familiar hardcore breakdowns with the sound of actual emotional breakdowns, and - along with Isis and Explosions in the Sky - helped blur the lines between more than a few genres. That began a transition that leads straight to Recitation, by far the most dynamic, technically diverse and emotionally complex album of Envy's two-decade career. Where recent co-releases with fellow underground rock icons Thursday and Jesu hinted at a band in transition, Recitation is a fully realized vision from a band at their most inspired.

Tracklisting / Additional Info:

1		Guidance
2		Last Hours Of Eternity
3		Rain Clouds Running In A Holy Night
4		Pieces Of The Moon I Weaved
5		Light And Solitude
6		Dreams Coming To An End
7		Incomplete
8		Worn Heels And The Hands We Hold
9		A Hint And The Incapacity
10		A Breath Clad In Happiness
11		0 And 1
12		Your Hand

OCEANSIZE - Self Preserved While The Bodies Float Up 1xLP 180Gr Marble

Just 300 of the white and solely 200 of the marbled vinyl are available worldwide. Self Preserved While the Bodies Float Up is Oceansize’s masterpiece. It embodies everything the band has been trying to achieve in over a decade of recording, and only now with the combination of maturity, experience and the acceptance that you just can’t please everybody, has the band fully realised its potential. Self Preserved is a consistent and engaging listen, and while the band’s previous efforts were certainly rewarding, the attention to detail shown here makes Self Preserved much more so. Now that Oceansize are doing it for themselves – and not to satiate a shallow demographic that they feel they should appeal to – the results are more pleasing than ever.

  Oceansize - SuperImposer by Superball Music

Tracklisting / Additional Info:

Backing Vocals - Steve Durose
Bass - Mike Vennart , Steven Hodson
Drums - Mark Heron
Guitar - Gambler , Mike Vennart , Steve Durose , Steven Hodson
Keyboards - Gambler , Steven Hodson
Mastered By - Sean Magee
Mixed By - Chris Sheldon
Percussion - Mark Heron
Vocals - Mike Vennart

A1		Part Cardiac	4:10
A2		Superimposer	4:14
A3		Build Us A Rocket Then...	3:58
A4		Oscar Acceptance Speech	8:53
A5		Ransoms	4:06
B1		A Penny's Weight	3:37
B2		Silent/Transparent	8:29
B3		It's My Tail And I'll Chase It If I Want To	3:35
B4		Pine	4:55
B5		SuperImposter	5:15