Breathing Room marks an historic full-circle moment for Cris Williamson: her 35th album, and the first time in fifty years - not since she went into the studio and laid down the initial solo tracks for The Changer and the Changed - that she has played and sung everything herself, from vocals and piano to acoustic guitar and keyboard strings. Arriving this fall, just months before her 80th birthday, this Folk/Americana collection pairs eleven new originals with a tender reading of the traditional ballad ""The Water Is Wide (O, Waly, Waly)."" Highlights like ""The Two Ruths,"" ""The Pearl,"" and ""Big Dreams in a Little Cowtown"" showcase a storyteller as vital and clear-eyed as ever.
Tracklist:
Just How Much (Country Of The Heart)
Big Dreams In A Little Cowtown
Shoulder To The Wheel
The Water Is Wide (O, Waly, Waly)
A Fistful Of Water
China Cup
The Pearl
Pride
Bread Upon The Water
 Voyagers
The Two Ruths
If It Weren't For The Music
UPC: 630428445628Label: Wolf Moon RecordsRelease Date: 10.30.26Format: CD
Thirty years after it's original release, Pigwalk remains one of the most important and influential albums in the history of rap-metal. Released in 1996, the album arrived before the genre exploded into the mainstream and helped establish Stuck Mojo as one of it's earliest innovators. Combining crushing groove metal riffs, hardcore aggression, and rhythmic vocal delivery, the band forged a sound that was both groundbreaking and unmistakably heavy.Produced by Devin Townsend, Pigwalk captures Stuck Mojo at a creative peak. Tracks such as ""(Here Comes) The Monster,"" ""Mental Melt Down,"" and ""Only The Strong Survive"" showcase the band's ability to balance power, groove, attitude, and memorable songwriting without sacrificing intensity. The album helped bridge the gap between traditional groove metal and the rap-metal movement that would dominate heavy music in the years that followed.Over the past three decades, Pigwalk has earned it's reputation as a cult classic and a cornerstone release for fans of aggressive, forward-thinking metal. It's influence can be heard throughout generations of bands that embraced the fusion of heavy riffs, rhythmic vocals, and crossover energy. Few albums from the era have maintained their relevance and impact as successfully as Pigwalk.This 30th Anniversary Edition from Brutal Planet Records and Limited Run Vinyl marks the first time Pigwalk has ever been pressed on vinyl in the United States. Officially licensed from Century Media Records, the release is pressed on Emerald Green Swirl vinyl and includes a full-size 12"" x 12"" insert. Limited to just 500 copies worldwide, it gives longtime fans and vinyl collectors the opportunity to own a landmark metal release in a premium format worthy of it's legacy.For fans of Rage Against the Machine, Biohazard, Machine Head, and early Limp Bizkit!
Tracklist:
Pigwalk
Mental Melt Down
(Here Comes) the Monster
Twisted
The Sermon
Despise
Animal
Only the Strong Survive
Violated
Inside My Head
Down Breeding
*** Indie Exclusive ***UPC: 732131699227Label: Brutal PlanetRelease Date: 10.30.26Format: Vinyl
Tracklist:
The Sky Converts
The Vale of Tears
World Isolation
Decommunication
A Nice Day
Division By Zero
Agony By Men
The Last Meeting
Remaining Faces
Billboard Poster
The Yellow Moon
UPC: 5407011940908Label: Walhalla RecordsRelease Date: 10.30.26Format: Vinyl
After four decades and more than 40 albums, California psychedelic-pop songwriter Anton Barbeau returns with Come Home To Me, a 14-song album that sets aside the conceptual weight of 2025's Dark Mystery Temple trilogy for the simple pleasure of pop music in motion. Recorded mainly at Barbeau's Auburn home studio, it darts from clipped new wave and jazzy piano balladry to Cocteau Twins-tinted psychedelia and deep P-Funk. Colin Moulding and Dave Gregory of XTC appear alongside Andy Metcalfe, Donald Ross Skinner and Terry Edwards. ""World Calls Love"" grew from a decades-old cassette fragment found while clearing Barbeau's childhood Sacramento house, while ""All Thru The Night"" was written during his final days there. An old tape, a last cup of tea and fourteen fresh reasons to come home.
Tracklist:
World Calls Love
Somebody to Blame
You Got Something
Your Holy Motor
The City Below
Under the Radar
Come Home to Me
Awkward ; Upward
I Touched the Butter
Some Kinda Comfort
So Many Tears
Swindon Calling
Who Wants to Party?
All Thru the Night
World Calls Love (Alternate Version)
UPC: 619091684596Label: Think Like A Key RecRelease Date: 10.30.26Format: CD
Longtime friends Bibio and Dorian Concept reunite for Answers, a collaborative instrumental album set for release on October 16th. Having known each other for over a decade, the pair build on a natural creative rapport shaped through recent joint efforts - including Bibio's rework of Dorian Concept's ""Hide"" (2024) and their track ""An Unopened Letter"", the closer on Dorian Concept's latest album Miniatures (2025).Much of Answers was developed remotely, with ideas passed back and forth between Wales and Austria, reflecting both artists' preference for solitary, process-driven creation. Bibio, an English producer known for blending folk, ambient, and lo-fi tape textures, brings his tactile, guitar-led warmth, while Vienna's Dorian Concept, a self-taught keyboardist and synth improviser, contributes his fluid, exploratory approach to electronic composition.Alongside the music, the duo collaborated closely on the album's visual world, creating video and artwork together, informed by a shared love of vintage cameras and visual play.The result is an instrumental album full of texture that feels less like a debut collaboration and more like a continuation: two distinct voices meeting in a shared language shaped over years of mutual influence and quiet experimentation.
Tracklist:
Womb Glow
Lichen Trip
Shame
Pigeon Harp
Hammock Portal
Jelly Pencil
Pearl Net
Pins ; Needles
Sugar Rain
The Unknown
Star Bird
Stratocumulus
Pomegranate
UPC: 5056818807510Label: Warp RecordsRelease Date: 10.16.26Format: CD
Surprise Chef’s album Frogs In A Pond is an examination into, and an expression of, a shared human experience. Based in Australia, the quintet found inspiration from European film composers working in the late 60s and early 70s. The music expresses musical themes with a cinematic landscape of moods and feelings that evoke emotion without the listener having watched the film for which the music was composed, pushing boundaries that dictate a unique perspective to their music.
Tracklist:
Inside Voice (01:14)
Outside Voice (04:16)
Frog Technique (04:03)
Knuckle Sandwich (01:57)
I Love What You've Done With The Place (02:47)
Get Well Soon (04:23)
Duet (01:02)
The Reno (04:09)
Tadpoles (02:07)
Leg Day (04:55)
Where The Crows Fly Backwards (03:30)
Omnipresence (03:16)
Frogs In A Pond (03:03)
UPC: 888072806795Label: Concord RecordsRelease Date: 10.23.26Format: CD
'60s teen mayhem that poured the foundation of Twin Cities Punk!All their coveted singles plus 10 additional cuts from the vaults that make their debut here! A keystone to Twin City music culture, driving the garage scene and now you can witness their mind-bending journey into psych! Includes lost takes on cuts from The Who, Sam Cooke, Beau Brummels, and more! Influential? Not just to Minny rockers, hell, three of them were among the earliest to hold the purple reigns! Includes extensive liner notes.
Tracklist:
(Turn on Your) Love Light
I Believe
It's Alright with Me
In Good Time
Pipe Dream
Sundance
Groovin' with the Stone Fox
I Can't Keep from Crying
Bright Lights, Big City
Tossin' and Turnin'
Palisades Park
Shake
Substitute
She's Got Soul
Alien Song
Anywhere Anyhow
UPC: 090771570024Label: Sundazed Music Inc.Release Date: 10.16.26Format: CD
Kill Alters, the genre-obliterating project of Bonnie Baxter and her collaborators, returns to Hausu Mountain with We Can Rot Together, the project's third album in the label's catalog. In it's most recent configuration, the project has shifted to focus on Baxter as the sole composer, producer, and lead vocalist sculpting a thrilling program of her most direct and dance floor ready bangers as she channels energy from various flavors of 90s-to-Y2K-era rave music. She has honed her practice both as a sculptor of polyrhythmic webs of technoid electronics and as a frontwoman shapeshifting on a dime through diverse vocal styles and personas. The album throbs with four-on-the-floor kick patterns and jittering saw wave synth lines, squelching acid basslines and synthetic orchestral stabs. As Baxter peppers her lyrics with quotes from 90s dance-pop hits alongside her own surreal wordplay, the feeling of eras colliding and time folding onto itself thickens, as if We Can Rot Together were an unmarked cassette you found in an alley whose provenance you can't quite pin down. Baxter envisioned the album as an auditory incarnation of the constant deluge of information and digital detritus that washes over us as we interact with the internet and the modern world at large. As her voice shifts between registers, at times rising into chirped chipmunk melodies or sinking into demure spoken-word proclamations, we feel as if we're being led through a dystopian landscape by a disembodied iOS avatar. Her music reflects the absurdity of the ""brain rot"" that encroaches on our too-plugged-in society, and she channels the signifiers of those mind-melting media forms to create a parallel escape into rot of her own devising. We might all be worn down by infinite stimuli, but it feels better when we stare into the digital abyss together.
Tracklist:
Let Me Show You
Stfu
Lets Fking Go
On the Floor
We Can Rot Together
Occam's Razor
Plant a Seed
Toy Soldiers 1993
Castles in the Sky
Pull Energy
Hottie
It's a Ransack
Sos
3Am Brain
Fuckitup
Double-Slit
I'm Gonna Dance (#Killaltersarchives)
UPC: 634457273139Label: Hausu MountainRelease Date: 10.16.26Format: CD
A living legend returns. Widely regarded as one of the last great classical geniuses, Itzhak Perlman releases his first new album in over a decade-just in time for his 80th birthday celebration. Blending his signature virtuosity with a fresh contemporary classical approach, Perlman reimagines iconic Broadway songbook favorites alongside Grammy-winning guests Jon Batiste and Josh Groban, plus a stunning new recording featuring the timeless voice of Ella Fitzgerald. This record is sure to please legacy fans of Mr. Perlman while expanding to new audiences.
Tracklist:
All the Things You Are
Not While I'm Around
the Way We Were
Summertime
People
Some Enchanted Evening
Sunrise, Sunset
Somewhere
Someone to Watch Over Me
September Song
Send in the Clowns
What I'll Do
UPC: 792755669723Label: Itzhak PerlmanRelease Date: 10.30.26Format: CD
Kill Alters, the genre-obliterating project of Bonnie Baxter and her collaborators, returns to Hausu Mountain with We Can Rot Together, the project's third album in the label's catalog. In it's most recent configuration, the project has shifted to focus on Baxter as the sole composer, producer, and lead vocalist sculpting a thrilling program of her most direct and dance floor ready bangers as she channels energy from various flavors of 90s-to-Y2K-era rave music. She has honed her practice both as a sculptor of polyrhythmic webs of technoid electronics and as a frontwoman shapeshifting on a dime through diverse vocal styles and personas. The album throbs with four-on-the-floor kick patterns and jittering saw wave synth lines, squelching acid basslines and synthetic orchestral stabs. As Baxter peppers her lyrics with quotes from 90s dance-pop hits alongside her own surreal wordplay, the feeling of eras colliding and time folding onto itself thickens, as if We Can Rot Together were an unmarked cassette you found in an alley whose provenance you can't quite pin down. Baxter envisioned the album as an auditory incarnation of the constant deluge of information and digital detritus that washes over us as we interact with the internet and the modern world at large. As her voice shifts between registers, at times rising into chirped chipmunk melodies or sinking into demure spoken-word proclamations, we feel as if we're being led through a dystopian landscape by a disembodied iOS avatar. Her music reflects the absurdity of the ""brain rot"" that encroaches on our too-plugged-in society, and she channels the signifiers of those mind-melting media forms to create a parallel escape into rot of her own devising. We might all be worn down by infinite stimuli, but it feels better when we stare into the digital abyss together.
Tracklist:
Let Me Show You
Stfu
Lets Fking Go
On the Floor
We Can Rot Together
Occam's Razor
Plant a Seed
Toy Soldiers 1993
Castles in the Sky
Pull Energy
Hottie
It's a Ransack
Sos
3Am Brain
Fuckitup
Double-Slit
I'm Gonna Dance (#Killaltersarchives)
UPC: 634457273146Label: Hausu MountainRelease Date: 10.16.26Format: Cassette
A living legend returns. Widely regarded as one of the last great classical geniuses, Itzhak Perlman releases his first new album in over a decade-just in time for his 80th birthday celebration. Blending his signature virtuosity with a fresh contemporary classical approach, Perlman reimagines iconic Broadway songbook favorites alongside Grammy-winning guests Jon Batiste and Josh Groban, plus a stunning new recording featuring the timeless voice of Ella Fitzgerald. This record is sure to please legacy fans of Mr. Perlman while expanding to new audiences. Red Marble Color Vinyl in Single Jacket
Tracklist:
All the Things You Are
Not While I'm Around
the Way We Were
Summertime
People
Some Enchanted Evening
Sunrise, Sunset
Somewhere
Someone to Watch Over Me
September Song
Send in the Clowns
What I'll Do
UPC: 792755669860Label: Itzhak PerlmanRelease Date: 10.30.26Format: Vinyl
Originally released in 2000, Please Come Home... Mr. Bulbous stands as one of the most creative, unpredictable, and emotionally resonant albums in the King's X discography. A product of pure artistic freedom, this record was written collaboratively in the studio by all three band members, resulting in one of the most cohesive and inspired bodies of work the band ever created. Free from the expectations of commercial radio or label interference, Mr. Bulbous is King's X unfiltered-bold, strange, and strikingly beautiful.The album's title-like much of it's charm-defies easy explanation. In the spirit of Gretchen Goes to Nebraska, the band chose a name that felt curious, quirky, and maybe even meaningless or maybe it meant everything. What unfolded musically was an ambitious and emotive journey, with tracks like ""Fish Bowl Man,"" ""Julia,"" and ""She's Gone Away"" serving as standout moments of depth and experimentation. Ty Tabor's guitar solo on ""She's Gone Away"" is often hailed as one of the greatest of his career-recorded in a single take, raw and perfect. Jerry Gaskill's contributions as a lyricist and vocalist are more prominent here than ever before, adding layers of poetic nuance to the album's texture. Doug Pinnick's signature soulful presence anchors the record with undeniable heart and groove.What once may have seemed like a left turn for the band has aged into a fan-favorite classic. Even those who didn't immediately connect with Mr. Bulbous upon it's release now celebrate it's lasting impact and layered brilliance. As Jerry Gaskill reflected years later, Tape Head, Mr. Bulbous, and Manic Moonlight represent a special time for the band-records created shoulder to shoulder, in complete unity.Now, for the first time ever, Please Come Home... Mr. Bulbous receives the deluxe vinyl treatment it so richly deserves. Remastered in 2025 by Rob Colwell (King's X, Nevermore, Galactic Cowboys) with incredible sonic clarity, the album is presented on stunning dusk-orange vinyl-limited to just 150 copies worldwide. The reissue includes a 12x12 full-color insert featuring lyrics and rare band photos, all housed in a premium jacket as part of Brutal Planet Records' exclusive Limited Run Vinyl series.Celebrate the 25th anniversary of one of King's X's most daring and rewarding albums-a record that challenged expectations and emerged as a timeless work of musical integrity. Please Come Home... Mr. Bulbous isn't just a title; it's a mysterious invitation into a world that only King's X could create. For fans of The Beatles, Extreme, Faith No More, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, Black Sabbath, In Living Color, Rush! UPC: 732131699364Label: Brutal PlanetRelease Date: 10.30.26Format: Vinyl
Tracklist:
Big Fight
Ultima Minaccia
Droga E Paura
Senza Via D'uscita
Dark Suspence
Pronti Per L'agguato
Tensione Notturna
Running to Airport
A Un Passo Dal Pericolo
Deep Night
Caccia Al Cinese
Fiato Sospeso
Autostrada Della Morte
Affanno
UPC: 8056099008405Label: Cometa EdizioniRelease Date: 10.30.26Format: Vinyl
VINYL: Kaitlin Butt’s new album ‘Hello, Honky Tonk’ features 14 new songs pressed on Indie Exclusive Curtain Call Green Vinyl or Jamboree Pink Vinyl in a gatefold package. CD: 15 songs in jewel case with printed booklet. *** Indie Exclusive ***UPC: 881061085348Label: Republic RecordsRelease Date: 10.30.26Format: Vinyl
Tracklist:
Babsi Ist Tot
Revenge Revival
Wait
No Noise
Spang
Stay Lay
Landscape
Under Attack
Stoned Henge
Pride
Ribdancer
All My Trust
Layman
Die Rote Kapelle
Eyes Wide Open
Body 'n Angels
Fates
Skinny Meadows
Individuals
UPC: 5407011940779Label: Antler RecordsRelease Date: 10.30.26Format: Vinyl
VINYL: Kaitlin Butt’s new album ‘Hello, Honky Tonk’ features 14 new songs pressed on Indie Exclusive Curtain Call Green Vinyl or Jamboree Pink Vinyl in a gatefold package. CD: 15 songs in jewel case with printed booklet. UPC: 881061085379Label: Republic RecordsRelease Date: 10.30.26Format: Vinyl
Tracklist:
Big Fight
Ultima Minaccia
Droga E Paura
Senza Via D'uscita
Dark Suspence
Pronti Per L'agguato
Tensione Notturna
Running to Airport
A Un Passo Dal Pericolo
Deep Night
Caccia Al Cinese
Fiato Sospeso
Autostrada Della Morte
Affanno
UPC: 8056099008252Label: Cometa EdizioniRelease Date: 10.30.26Format: Vinyl
Super limited US pressing! ""Billiam's sound is a signature blend of 'Autism-core'-a term he uses to describe the deeply personal, anxiety-fueled punk-paired with irresistibly catchy hooks.His music explores important issues like mental health and identity, while also embracing more playful subjects such as video games, defunct theme park Sega World, and even a tribute to enigmatic artist Shawn Kerri (known for her work with CARtoons Magazine and iconic images for the Germs and Circle Jerks). - Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie
Tracklist:
Brazen Tendencies
Human Body Units
Gossip Sesh
Bastard Block
Birdman Rally
Unemployable
Hidden Track
Skinning Dolphins Alive
Wounded Animal
Asbestos and Me
Bass Drum Something Music
Fang the Sniper
Another Brick in the Floor
Scoop and Weigh
UPC: 884400608628Label: Chain Smoking Rec.Release Date: 10.30.26Format: Vinyl
Ultra Clear Vinyl. Underoath reinvents the balance between chaos and harmony with each successive release. Their compositions, conjured from creative tension, become iconoclastic anthems. They're Only Chasing Safety is the fourth studio album by American melodic hardcore band Underoath, released June 15, 2004 through Solid State Records. In the heavy and punk music scene, the album is considered a watershed moment; the blend of heavy metal and hardcore influences with a strong pop/punk sensibility spawned a new branch of heavy music that became synonymous with the screamo scene of the mid-2000s. The record went gold in 2011.
Tracklist:
Young and Aspiring
A Boy Brushed Red Living in Black and White
The Impact of Reason
Reinventing Your Exit
The Blue Note - Instrumental
It's Dangerous Business Walking Out Your Front Door
Down, Set, Go
I Don't Feel Very Receptive Today
I'm Content with Losing
Some Will Seek Forgiveness, Others Escape
*** Indie Exclusive ***UPC: 840526516100Label: Many Hats DistRelease Date: 10.30.26Format: Vinyl
VINYL: Kaitlin Butt’s new album ‘Hello, Honky Tonk’ features 14 new songs pressed on Indie Exclusive Curtain Call Green Vinyl or Jamboree Pink Vinyl in a gatefold package. CD: 15 songs in jewel case with printed booklet. UPC: 881061085362Label: Republic RecordsRelease Date: 10.30.26Format: CD
Jade Colored Vinyl. Underoath reinvents the balance between chaos and harmony with each successive release. Their compositions, conjured from creative tension, become iconoclastic anthems. This year the band celebrates 20 years of their album Define The Great Line. Coming on the heels of 2004's They're Only Chasing Safety, Define The Great Line saw Underoath pivoting towards a more aggressive sound. The record's unconventional, and at times jarring, intensity served as a stark contrast to the pop-leaning trends taking over heavy music at the time. Featuring fan favorites like ""Writing On The Walls,"" ""In Regards To Myself,"" and ""You're Ever So Inviting,"" Define the Great Line defied expectations when it debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200.
Tracklist:
In Regards to Myself
A Moment Suspended in Time
There Could Be Nothing After This
You're Ever So Inviting
Salmarnir
Returning Empty Handed
Casting Such a Thin Shadow
Moving for the Sake of Motion
Writing on the Walls
Everyone Looks So Good from Here
To Whom It May Concern
*** Indie Exclusive ***UPC: 840526516117Label: Many Hats DistRelease Date: 10.30.26Format: Vinyl
Misanthropic horror-themed acoustic punk. The music will steal your heart... then eat your brain. ""Wretched. Filthy. Ugly. Combines the jittery, hyperactive feel of acoustic folk rock and the trashiness of horror movies. The band behind it, Harley Poe, fabricates a unique sound all it's own. Singer/songwriter Joseph Whiteford has composed a collection of 10 electrifying songs. The lyrics are naive and callow one minute, then become bitterly frustrated and rebellious the next. Whiteford's intense views of despair and derangement come off as catchy and even humorous at times. His lively personality keeps the music engaging and compelling without overindulging in mood swings, the confessional lines of melancholy accompanied by Kevin Philips' busy acoustic bass riffing. "" -Jorge Solis/fangoria. Com
Tracklist:
Gordon
Terrible
Kokomo
It's Only the End of the World
Suckers
That Time of the Month
Everybody Knows My Name
(Untitled)
Maria
Stick It in the Man
UPC: 199874557625Label: Chain Smoking Rec.Release Date: 10.30.26Format: Vinyl
The much anticipated repress of the cult-classic horror-folk album, Harley Poe's Satan, Sex, and No Regrets.It's not enough to say Harley Poe write songs about monsters. Harley Poe sings about being monsters. In the band's world, the vampires, werewolves, serial killers, and cannibals take center stage and become the protagonists onto whom we project our joys, our fears, and our failings.
Tracklist:
Still Here
Everybody Knows My Name
Ima Killer
Father McKee
Transvestites Can Be Cannibals Too
The Hearse Song
Taxidermy Girl
That Time of the Month
I Am the Living Dead
Vampire's Night Out
Ouija
UPC: 199874950792Label: Chain Smoking Rec.Release Date: 10.30.26Format: Vinyl
This album delivers the quintessential, gritty blues and hard rock sound that remains the unmistakable trademark of Humble Pie. Serving as a magnificent contemporary document, this record is an essential piece for true music enthusiasts and collectors.
Tracklist:
Four Day Creep
I´M Ready
Live with Me
The Sad Bag of Shakey Jake
Stone Cold Fever
Hallelujah
One Eyed Trouser Snake Rumba
Big Black Dog
UPC: 4262428985666Label: GdsRelease Date: 10.2.26Format: Vinyl
Celebrate the 10th-anniversary of Flofilz's 2016 breakthrough album Cenario with this limited edition that features newly designed artwork and an extended 16-page photo booklet by Robert Winter. Cenario dropped at the height of the European beat scene and remains one of the defining albums of the genre. It's a seminal work in Flofilz's catalog and hasn't lost a bit of it's magic. This album manifested Flofilz's position as one of the most influential producers for jazz-driven hip-hop and soul of his generation. Cenário is dedicated to the city of Lisbon and was the second release of Flofilz's album series, which he started in 2012 with photographer Robert Winter. They also visited Paris (Metronom, 2014), London (Transit, 2019) and Tokyo (Hagaki, 2025). It includes his most commercially successful track, which has been streamed more than 40 million times.
Tracklist:
Intro Azul featuring Olivia Wendlandt
Sesta
Twosome
Cabaceira
Escuro (Interlude)
Dulce
Tilezeit
Passagem
Jooly
Taxi Bossa
Brilhante (Interlude)
Jazzchains
Ruamarelo
Bairro Alto
Nuvem featuring Olivia Wendlandt
Last Pastel
UPC: 0673793321326Label: Melting Pot MusicRelease Date: 10.30.26Format: Vinyl
The final studio album from industrial metal giants, Ministry! • Al Jourgensen settles all scores and puts all his cards on the table with one of the heaviest, angriest albums of his long career! • Features a special guest appearance by former Ministry & Revolting Cocks partner, Paul Barker!
Tracklist:
Crickets
Voices of Hate
Clown Car
We Hate
Delete
Grifter
Singularity
Burned Out
We're Still Here
UPC: 889466751110Label: CleopatraRelease Date: 10.30.26Format: Vinyl
Isik Kural's Motorcycles and Cherry Wind is a sonic travelogue of stories waiting and wanting to be told, of seekers passing through a loop of time as they become witnesses to the glories of the ancient ruins. The album holds sounds of timeless quality-like inherited folklore, draped with secondhand nostalgia-taking the shape of whoever is eager enough to claim it as their own. Rich and full of character like the dusty mystery of an archeological site, Kural whispers to the living and the long gone alike in the poetic embrace of Motorcycles and Cherry Wind.Of Turkish origin, composer and songwriter Isik Kural cut his teeth strumming nylon guitar strings in his adolescence, accompanied by playful lyrics composed solely of stumbled upon phrases and conversations. What began as a casual curiosity laid the foundations of his adult manifestations, inspiring him to pursue academic studies at the University of Miami for a life built around music. Inquisitive by nature, he grew into a frequent passenger, following rhythms and old wives' tales from Helsinki, to Glasgow (where he now resides), to historic landscapes. These escapades, particularly his wanderings through antique, golden hued old worlds, shape the emotional undercurrent of Motorcycles and Cherry Wind.Motorcycles and Cherry Wind's title, and it's animating spirit, trace back to a trip to Marrakech in 2022. As Kural observed the hustle and bustle of the town center, he was less keen on factual documentation than on the fleeting feelings entangled in sound. Upon first listen, warm memories of cities long visited come flooding back into the mind-not with a single image, but with the entire sensory experience-the mineral smell of packed earth, the texture on the walls of the village, the way the light softly radiates from the cherry red fruit huddled under the heat at a roadside stall on a balmy October afternoon. Time spent traveling often leaves memories that can't necessarily be mapped in the moment; however, with distance, they tend to reveal new patterns. On Motorcycles and Cherry Wind, Kural has collected these interior tracings like cherished trinkets-a field recording from a 'dolmus' in Istanbul, the afterglow of swimming in ancient Lycia, birdsongs from Bridge of Allan-building an inexhaustible archive to which he returns as a seasoned collector. He sorts through them unhurriedly, listening with renewed attention, uncovering perspectives that may have previously escaped him, before weaving their precious threads into texturally neat, atmospheric arrangements. Piano keys, guitar riffs, woodwind, and even traditionally scored sheet music all find their way into the layers, giving the album a spiritual, almost transcendental resonance. Every song on Motorcycles and Cherry Wind is an ode to the ancestral music makers-their borrowed melodies passing through enough hands to arrive at new meanings and new purpose each time. Nine musicians pass through the record, and their names alone sketch a map: Gabriel Bastos (violin and viola, Brazil), Noelia Diaz (cello, Argentina), Giulia C (flute, Italy), Sasko Temelkoski (bass clarinet, North Macedonia), Teresa Castanon (clarinet, Spain), Hannah Gobbett (clarinet, England), Niki Yaghmaee (violin, Germany), Ezgi Daloglu (flute, Istanbul), and Loris S. Sarid (clarinet, Glasgow). The scattered ensemble's geographies and cultural references come together in Glasgow, collapsing into a single formation on Motorcycles and Cherry Wind, Kural at the epicenter leading the compositions through quiet but unmistakable depths. Kural keeps alive glimpses of these obscure traditions in his modern studio abstractions, drawing the listener into a single living artifact-yesterday's world sealed in today's hand. The origin doesn't matter as much as the warmth that lingers.Isik Kural's Motorcycles and Cherry Wind arrives October 30, 2026 in vinyl and digital editions via RVNG Intl.
Tracklist:
Olives
Iki Kadiköy
Motorcycles and Cherry Wind
Many Only Manolyas
Altinoluk
A Single Bee On a Meadow
Vanilla Custard
Winter Sun
And a Petaled Side of a Road
Under the Canopy
Eliyana
Eliyana ve Sonra Ay
UPC: 747742388392Label: Rvng Int'lRelease Date: 10.30.26Format: Vinyl
The final studio album from industrial metal giants, Ministry! • Al Jourgensen settles all scores and puts all his cards on the table with one of the heaviest, angriest albums of his long career! • Features a special guest appearance by former Ministry & Revolting Cocks partner, Paul Barker!
Tracklist:
Crickets
Voices of Hate
Clown Car
We Hate
Delete
Grifter
Singularity
Burned Out
We're Still Here
UPC: 889466749216Label: CleopatraRelease Date: 10.30.26Format: Vinyl
The final studio album from industrial metal giants, Ministry! • Al Jourgensen settles all scores and puts all his cards on the table with one of the heaviest, angriest albums of his long career! • Features a special guest appearance by former Ministry & Revolting Cocks partner, Paul Barker!
Tracklist:
Crickets
Voices of Hate
Clown Car
We Hate
Delete
Grifter
Singularity
Burned Out
We're Still Here
UPC: 889466733413Label: CleopatraRelease Date: 10.30.26Format: Vinyl