2020: The Year in Music
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- Emily Burns
- I Love You, You're The Worst EP: Limited Edition Clear Vinyl + Signed Photo Card
- Bundle
- US$11.99
- In Stock
- For fans of: Gabrielle Aplin, Robinson Original release: 24 July 2020 [digital] Format: Limited Edition 12" Clear Vinyl + signed photo card
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- El Goodo
- Zombie: CD + Signed Card
- CD Album
- US$12.99
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Endearingly bug-eyed, expansive and harmony-rich folk-pop-psych-alt-country-rock (that's right) on Super Furry Animals' legendary Strangetown imprint. Expect a sensory overload.
For fans of: The Beach Boys, Scott Walker
Original release: 7 August 2020 [digital] Format: Black Vinyl LP or CD + Signed Card, plus the last copies of By Order of The Moose
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- Rebel Girls
- Goodnight Songs For Rebel Girls: Exclusive Signed "Lucky Dip" CD
- CD Album
- US$14.99
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- Various Artists
- Blue Note Re:imagined 2CD
- Double CD Album
- US$19.99
- In Stock
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- Little Simz
- Drop 6: Limited Edition Gatefold Blue Vinyl
- 12" Vinyl
- US$15.99
- In Stock
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- My Life Story
- Versions: Signed Ice Blue 12" Vinyl
- 12" Vinyl
- US$15.99
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Original release: 29 August 2020 Format: Ice Blue 12" Vinyl pressed for Record Store Day 2020 - limited to 500 copies worldwide, 50 signed
For fans of: Sleeper, Shed Seven
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- Yo La Tengo
- Sleepless Night: Limited Edition 12" EP
- 12" Vinyl
- US$15.99
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For fans of: Pavement, Guided By Voices, Mercury Rev
Original release: 9 October 2020 Format: Limited Edition 12" Vinyl with Etched Side B drawn by YLT's James McNew
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- Keeley Forsyth
- Photograph: Limited Edition 12" Vinyl
- 12" Vinyl
- US$16.99
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For fans of: Jenny Hval, Aldous Harding, PJ Harvey
Original release: 20 November 2020 Format: Limited Edition 12" Black Vinyl
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- Dog Unit
- Barking To Gospel EP: Signed Vinyl
- 12" Vinyl
- US$16.99
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Electronic music played by a rock band, or post rock you can dance to. Reverb-drenched kosmische mixed by Four Tet and mastered at Invada (Portishead, BEAK>).
For fans of: NEU!, Public Service Broadcasting
Original release: 16 September 2020 [digital] Format: Limited Edition 12" Black Vinyl, signed by the band - exclusive edition of 50
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- Tatyana
- Shadow On The Wall: Limited Edition Pink Swirl Vinyl + Signed Print
- 12" Vinyl
- US$18.99
- Sorry Sold Out
Original release: 17 July 2020 Format: Limited Edition Pink Swirl 12" Vinyl + Signed Print - exclusive edition of 50
For fans of: Grimes, Charli XCX
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- Skullcrusher
- Skullcrusher: Limited Edition Cloudy 12" EP
- 12" Vinyl
- US$18.99
- Sorry Sold Out
For fans of: Phoebe Bridgers, Tomberlin
Original release: 24 July 2020 [digital] Format: Limited Edition Cloudy 12" Vinyl
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- Christine and the Queens
- La vita nuova: Limited Edition Crystal Pink Vinyl
- 12" Vinyl
- US$19.99
- Sorry Sold Out
For fans of: Caroline Polachek, Perfume Genius
Original release: 27 February 2020 [digital] Format: Limited Edition Crystal Pink 12" Vinyl, Black 12" Vinyl, CD
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- Francis of Delirium
- All Change: Exclusive Vinyl EP
- Vinyl LP
- US$21.99
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- Francis of Delirium
- All Change: Exclusive Vinyl EP + Signed Drawing
- 12" Vinyl
- US$21.99
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An incredible mix of 90s grunge and millennial DIY from a duo we can comfortably call our favourite two-piece from Luxembourg.
For fans of: Nilufer Yanya, Julien Baker, Bully, The Beths
Original release: 26 June 2020 [digital] Format: Limited Edition Black Vinyl LP + signed drawing [by FoD's Jana Bahrich - exclusive edition of 250 First time on vinyl, exclusive to recordstore.
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- Everything Everything
- Re-Animator: Limited Edition Milky White Gatefold Vinyl + Signed Print
- Vinyl LP
- US$21.99
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One of indie music's consistently underrated (read misunderstood) bands, their first album freed from the shackles of a major label contract sounds liberated - provocative, literate and harmony-rich.
For fans of: Wild Beasts, Django Django
Original release: 11 September 2020 Format: Limited Edition Milky White Gatefold Vinyl LP + Signed Print, CD
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- Various Artists
- Earache Presents: The New Wave Of Rock'n'Roll: Limited Edition Red Vinyl
- Vinyl LP
- US$21.99
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- Ultraísta
- Sister: Vinyl LP + Exclusive CD [Live From The Rehearsal Room]
- Vinyl LP
- US$21.99
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The experimental pop project of Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich, with multi-instrumentalist Joey Waronker and vocalist Laura Bettinson. Synth-driven electropop and dreamy vocal loops, much more than the sum of its parts.
For fans of: Caribou, Thom Yorke
Original release: 13 March 2020 Format: Vinyl LP with an Exclusive Bonus CD, Live from the Rehearsal Room - exclusive edition of 100
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- Laura Fell
- Safe From Me: Signed Exclusive Seafoam Green Vinyl
- Vinyl LP
- US$22.99
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An incredible baritone blues and jazz-tinged folk debut from psychotherapist-turned-songwriter Laura Fell, sounding like the line of best fit between Tom Waits and Big Thief.
For fans of: Aldous Harding, PJ Harvey, Laura Marling
Original release: 20 November 2020 [digital] Format: Exclusive Seafoam Green Vinyl LP, pressed exclusively for recordstore, limited to 250 copies worldwide, signed by Laura.
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- bdrmm
- Bedroom
- Vinyl LP
- US$22.99
- Sorry Sold Out
One of the most instantly lovable debut albums we've heard in a long time. Classic shoegaze with echoes of kraut and post-punk from the Hull/ Leeds-based five-piece on the ever brilliant Sonic Cathedral label.
For fans of: The Cure, Deerhunter, DIIV
Original release: 3 July 2020 Format: Very limited black vinyl repress
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- Shirley Scott
- One For Me: Limited Edition Vinyl
- Vinyl LP
- US$23.99
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- Zara McFarlane
- Songs of an Unknown Tongue: Signed Vinyl
- Vinyl LP
- US$23.99
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One of the year's most poignant jazz records, a vocal-led proud and painful exploration into the folk and spiritual traditions of Zara's Jamaican ancestry, connecting black heritage to her present.
For fans of: Georgia Anne Muldrow, Sampha, Oscar Jerome
Original release: 24 July 2020 Format: Signed Exclusive Vinyl LP, Signed CD - very limited restock available now
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- Emma Tricca
- St. Peter: Limited Edition Gold Vinyl + Signed Exclusive Art Card
- Vinyl LP
- US$23.99
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- Original release: 20 April 2018 Notes: First time on colour vinyl, feat. Sonic Youth's Steve Shelley, The Dream Syndicate's Jason Victor, Howe Gelb and Judy Collins
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- Will Butler
- Generations: Vinyl LP + Exclusive Signed Poster
- Vinyl LP
- US$23.99
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The new album from Arcade Fire's Will Butler, despairingly funny, partially epic, asking what his place is in American past and present.
For fans of: Arcade Fire, The Shins
Original release: 25 September 2020 Format: Black Vinyl LP + Exclusive Signed Poster - exclusive edition of 200
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- Carcass
- Despicable: Limited Edition 10” Vinyl EP
- 10" Vinyl
- US$23.99
- In Stock
For fans of: Napalm Death, Benediction
Original release: 30 October 2020 Format: Limited Edition 10" Vinyl, CD EP
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- black midi, 404, glows, Various Artists
- Late Works - of Noise: Exclusive Signed Vinyl
- Vinyl LP
- US$23.99
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- Slowdive
- Morningrise: Limited Edition Smokey Vinyl
- Vinyl LP
- US$26.99
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- Doves
- The Universal Want: Exclusive LP
- Vinyl LP
- US$24.99
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Cryptic but widescreen rock'n'roll from the Britpop staples, whose first album in 11 years sounds as good and as relevant as any from their perennially Mercury-nominated, chart-topping past.
For fans of: The Stone Roses, Embrace, La's
Original release: 11 September 2020 Format: Exclusive Deep Red Vinyl LP
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- Aoife Nessa Frances
- Land of No Junction: Vinyl + Exclusive Signed Postcard
- Vinyl LP
- US$24.99
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Disorientating, swilling and melodic alt-folk from a childhood spent swimming in the Irish Sea, in search for an ever-shifting and undefined centre.
For fans of: Cate le Bon, Broadcast, Nico
Original release: 17 January 2020 Format: Black Vinyl LP or CD + Signed Postcard - exclusive edition of 50
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- The Cool Greenhouse
- The Cool Greenhouse: Signed Vinyl
- Vinyl LP
- US$24.99
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A lo-fi post-punk debut sidestepping on-the-nose political commentary in favour of oblique literary references and songs about Rotary Club jumble sales and Margaret Thatcher's living room.
For fans of: The Velvet Underground, Silverbacks
Original release: 29 May 2020 Format: Signed Black Vinyl LP, CD - exclusive edition of 50
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- NZCA Lines
- Pure Luxury: Exclusive Signed Vinyl
- Vinyl LP
- US$24.99
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A project born out of a love for 90s RnB synthesisers, vocal harmonies and science fiction, this is a fundamentally brilliant pop album, which the Guardian called "dancefloor first-aid for dystopian times".
For fans of: Metronomy, Christine and the Queens
Original release: 10 July 2020 Format: Signed Black Vinyl LP, Limited Edition Neon Pink Vinyl LP
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- Delmer Darion
- Morning Pageants: Signed Gatefold Vinyl
- Vinyl LP
- US$24.99
- Sorry Sold Out
A remarkable, genre-shifting debut album about the death of Satan as a tragedy for the imagination, merging heavy shoegaze, folk and industrial electronics across a ten-track account. It's already been called "a paradigm shift in underground music."
For fans of: Low, Lapalux, Radiohead
Original release: 16 October 2020 Format: Signed Gatefold Vinyl LP, Signed CD - these sold out in a flash first time we put them up, for very good reason.
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- Jason Molina
- Eight Gates: Limited Edition Shortcake Splash Vinyl
- Vinyl LP
- US$24.99
- In Stock
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- Sports Team
- Deep Down Happy: Black LP + "No Offence Mate" Signed Litho
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- US$24.99
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Remember the most memorable chart battle of the year? In the red corner, international superstar Lady Gaga. Here, Cambridge alt-rock band writing songs about Ashton Kutcher and fishing. They lost, but we've still got this album.
For fans of: Parquet Courts, Franz Ferdinand, Blur
Original release: 5 June 2020 Format: First Pressing Alt Artwork Vinyl LP, Cassette + Signed CD, Signed Blue Vinyl LP and loads more
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- Girls In Synthesis
- Now Here’s An Echo From Your Future: Signed Grey Vinyl
- Vinyl LP
- US$25.99
- Sorry Sold Out
A frantic, ear-splitting but deftly melodic DIY punk record with a two-tone edge from one of the UK's most-exciting bands. High-flyers on cult punk label Harbinger Sound, the groundswell is happening - don't get caught outside the pit.
For fans of: IDLES, USA Nails, Madness*
Original release: 28 August 2020 Format: Signed Grey Vinyl LP, Signed CD - exclusive edition of 100 [very limited restock]
*they dispute Madness
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- Happyness
- Floatr: Signed Limited Edition Clear Vinyl
- Vinyl LP
- US$25.99
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In three years, Happyness's drummer has come out as a fearless drag queen, co-fronting the band with music about Chumbawumba, vegetables and vaping. Spectacle aside, the music is as tight, thrilling and authentic as any of their wiry '90s indebted peers.
For fans of: Teenage Fanclub, Nirvana
Original release: 1 May 2020 Format: Signed Limited Edition Clear Vinyl LP, Signed CD [very limited restock]
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- Ghostpoet
- I Grow Tired But Dare Not Fall Asleep: Black Vinyl + Exclusive Signed Print
- Vinyl LP
- US$25.99
- Sorry Sold Out
An ominous and bluesy album of sprawling, gritty, soul-tinged electronics from two-time Mercury Prize nominee Obaro Ejiminwe with his dystopian snapshot of universal unease.
For fans of: Nadine Shah, Young Fathers, Kae Tempest
Original release: 1 May 2020 Format: Black Vinyl LP + Exclusive Signed Print
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- Meadow Meadow
- Meadow Meadow: Exclusive Green Vinyl + Signed Art Card
- 12" Vinyl
- US$25.99
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- Tiña
- Positive Mental Health Music: Limited Edition Transparent Pink Vinyl + Signed Card
- Vinyl LP
- US$25.99
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- Tina
The first full-length release on Dan Carey's cult Speedy Wunderground imprint, championing retro '60s psych-pop about anxiety and depression, through eleven cathartic and disarmingly danceable songs.
For fans of: Katy J Pearson, The Kinks
Original release: 6 November 2020 Format: Limited Edition Transparent Pink Vinyl LP or CD + Signed Card - exclusive edition of 100
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- Songhoy Blues
- Optimisme: First Pressing 180gm Gold Vinyl + Exclusive Hand-numbered Photograph
- Vinyl LP
- US$25.99
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Desert blues and virtuoso rock'n'roll finding the human joy from a state of political anger and civil unrest, after the band were forced out of their hometowns in Northern Mali by a jihadist group.
For fans of: Ali Farka Touré, Amadou & Miriam, Imarhan
Original release: 23 October 2020 Format: 180gm Gold Vinyl LP or CD + Exclusive Hand-Numbered Photograph from Mali, taken by the band, each one different
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- Bright Eyes
- Down in the Weeds, Where the World Once Was: Orange + Red Vinyl 2LP + Signed Photo
- Double Vinyl LP
- US$26.99
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The first release in almost a decade from indie folk heartthrobs, that's a more communal affair - surreal and expansive with a handful of truly timeless earworms.
For fans of: Elliott Smith, Neutral Milk Hotel
Original release: 21 August 2020 Format: Limited Edition Orange + Red Vinyl 2LP w/ Phenakistoscope Etching [dancing], die-cut sleeve + signed photo card
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- Angel Olsen
- Whole New Mess: Exclusive Black Vinyl + Signed Print
- Vinyl LP
- US$27.99
- Sorry Sold Out
A stark, heart-sore, skeletal folk-driven companion piece to Angel Olsen's cinematic masterpiece All Mirrors from last year. It's likely you'll know these songs, but not like this.
For fans of: Sharon Van Etten, Japanese Breakfast
Original release: 28 August 2020 Format: Black Vinyl LP + Signed Print - limited restock, exclusive edition of 100
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- Kemistry & Storm
- Kemistry & Storm DJ-Kicks [Remastered]
- Double Vinyl LP
- US$27.99
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- Augustus Muller, Boy Harsher
- Machine Learning Experiments (OST): Limited Edition White Vinyl
- Vinyl LP
- US$27.99
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- deathcrash
- people thought my windows were stars: Exclusive Clear Vinyl
- Vinyl LP
- US$27.99
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recordstore EP of the Year
41-minutes of sprawling, epic post-rock across three deftly focused tracks that take deep breaths in the luxury that time affords.
For fans of: Godspeed!, Mogwai, Fugazi, Explosions in the Sky
Original release: 23 October 2020 Format: Limited Edition Clear Vinyl LP - exclusive edition of 300 First time on colour vinyl, due January 2021.
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- LYR
- Call In The Crash Team: Signed CD + Lockdown: Limited White 7"
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- US$28.99
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A moving debut from UK poet laureate Simon Armitage, alongside multi-instrumentalist Richard Walters and producer Patrick J. Pearson - spoken word washed in ambient post-rock and hypnotic, atonal experimentalism.
For fans of: Simon Armitage, Erland Cooper
Original release: 26 June 2020 Format: Exclusive Signed CD, "Lockdown" White 7" Vinyl feat. Florence Pugh + Melt Yourself Down
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- Roger Eno & Brian Eno
- Luminous: Limited Edition Yellow Vinyl
- Vinyl LP
- US$28.99
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Six brand new tracks and a formerly Japan-only bonus track, leading on from the brothers' "Mixing Colours" LP.
For fans of: Harold Budd, CAN, Philip Glass
Original release: 14 August Format: Limited Edition Yellow Vinyl LP [restock], Black Vinyl LP
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- Keleketla!
- Keleketla!: Signed Exclusive Gatefold Double Vinyl
- Double Vinyl LP
- US$28.99
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A collaborative feast from Johannesburg to London, Lagos, L.A. and West Papua, featuring a huge cast of up-and-coming South African musicians and the final recordings from the late great Tony Allen.
For fans of: Coldcut, Idris Ackamoor, Fela Kuti
Original release: 3 July 2020 Format: Signed Vinyl 2LP - exclusive edition of 100 [NB. pressing due late December], Signed Gatefold CD
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- Hot Chip, Various Artists
- Late Night Tales – Hot Chip: 180gm Vinyl 2LP + Exclusive Signed Sleeve
- Vinyl LP
- US$28.99
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- Maija Sofia
- Bath Time (Anniversary Edition): Exclusive 180gm Green + White Marble Vinyl + Signed / Numbered Print
- Vinyl LP
- US$28.99
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- Mentrix
- My Enemy, My Love: Limited Sun Yellow Vinyl + Signed and Numbered Print
- Vinyl LP
- US$29.99
- Sorry Sold Out
Evocative Iranian electronica, packed with propulsive rhythms, traditional instruments and the folklore of Islam and Sufism.
For fans of: Fever Ray, Moloko
Original release: 3 April 2020 Format: Limited Edition Gatefold Sun Yellow Vinyl LP + Signed, numbered Art Print