Ripley Johnson serves up a proper barnstormer from his new Rose City Band album, fully leaning into the album’s country music and bluegrass influences with blazing fretwork.
Listen to "Real Long Gone" now
In case you missed it, we recently put a new colour version of the Summerlong LP up on the store - a glorious “summer sunset” orange. That's available to pre-order now. The full album will be out digitally on May 15th, with the LP and CD in stores June 19th.
Prekop evokes the glistening neon of futuristic city-scapes and the relentless forward-motion of public transport with the second single from forthcoming new album Comma.
Listen to "Circle Line" now
Focusing his electronic experiments with a newfound rhythmic pulse, Comma compiles some of Prekop’s most warm and inviting synthesiser music yet. Big tip for fans of Suzanne Ciani, Laurie Spiegel and Vangelis' sci-fi soundscapes.
To coincide with the single, we've released a new set of limited-edition postcards of Prekop's photography, which you can pre-order alongside Comma.
Ahead of the release of their debut collaborative album next month, Portland electroacoustic duo Golden Retriever and guitarist Johnson have shared new single “Sage Thrasher”.
Listen to "Sage Thrasher" now
The 13-minute epic marks a turning point in the album, as bass clarinetist Jonathan Sielaff's increasingly distorted winds guide Johnson and synthesist Matt Carlson towards an overwhelming deluge of sonic tension and release.
Rain shadow is available to pre-order now on limited-edition crystal clear vinyl. The album will be out digitally on May 15th, with the LP in stores June 19th.
The duo show off two different sides of their new collaborative album on new singles “Gathering” and “Pallet”.
Listen to both tracks now
Where “Gathering” sees the duo whip up a powerful storm of guitars and drums, “Pallet” explores more subdued sonic territory, with a breathtaking and introspective take on the old folk song "Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor", trickling out with molasses-like waves of subtle melody and brushwork.
The Quickening is available to preorder now on limited-edition colour vinyl. The album will be out digitally on May 15th, with the LP and CD in stores June 19th.
Ahead of the release of new album Shall We Go On Sinning So That Grace May Increase?, Drew Daniel of Matmos has shared the hypnotic new video for his Soft Pink Truth single "We".
Watch the video now
Featuring visuals by Daniel's collaborator in Matmos and partner in life M.C. Schmidt as well as Sue-C, the video supplements "We"s sublime textures and minimal rhythms with kaleidoscopic visuals, taking you deeper inside the trip.
Shall We Go On Sinning... is out on digitally May 1st, with the LP and CD out June 19th. Pre-order the limited-edition gold LP version of the record now.
This summer, Prekop adds another potent album of synthesiser explorations to his catalogue.
Listen to first single "Summer Places"
Comma finds the composer working extensively with beat programming for the first time, focusing his enveloping electronic music around a newfound rhythmic pulse.
Comma is available to preorder now on limited-edition white vinyl, featuring beautiful artwork by Sam himself.
We’re ecstatic to announce the latest addition to the Thrill Jockey family: British composer John Bence.
Listen to John Bence's Kill
Occupying an expansive, heady, sonic territory shared with artists like Mica Levi and Oliver Coates, though sounding quite unlike anything we’ve heard before, Bence mines British electronic and avant-garde traditions to craft striking works fuelled by overwhelming emotion.
Following early releases for Nicholar Jaar’s Other People imprint and Yves Tumor’s label Grooming, we’ll be reissuing Bence’s visceral magnum opus Kill on July 10th with a new album due this fall.
Watch the full video for Kill now
Kill is available to preorder now on limited-edition clear vinyl, featuring an etching on the side B.
Ripley Johnson (Wooden Shjips / Moon Duo) yearns for warmer months and longer days on the latest offering from his Rose City Band.
Listen to "Only Lonely" now
Lighter-than-air guitars, glistening lap steel, and a rollicking pace capture the summer spirit of the album, while bittersweet lyrics tug on the heartstrings, a knowing nod to Johnson’s country-pop touchstones.
Rose City Band's Summerlong is available to pre-order now - we're already nearly sold out on the mailorder exclusive, so best to get on it now if you're keen to grab it.
The acclaimed producer and sound artist offers up one of the more subdued moments from his new Soft Pink Truth album, Shall We Go On Sinning So That Grace May Increase?, ahead of its release on May 15th.
Listen to "On" now
Capturing the album's emphasis on beauty in the face of adversity and oppression, the single intermingles gently sliding melodic loops with sweeping, angelic choral turns. A much needed-moment of calm to ease your Coronavirus anxieties.
Shall We Go On Sinning So That Grace May Increase? is available to pre-order now on limited-edition gold vinyl and CD. The digital release is due out May 15th, with the LP and CD in stores from June 19th.
Ahead of the release of their new collaborative album Rain Shadow on May 15th, Portland duo Golden Retriever and Oakland guitarist Chuck Johnson have shared the record's elemental first single "Empty Quarter".
Listen to Empty Quarter now
Evoking the beauty and solace of wide open spaces, "Empty Quarter" was one of the first pieces written for the project, setting the sonic framework for the album. As the track unfurls, the trio utilize steady, imperceptible motion akin to a desert’s wind eroding stones into new configurations, hewing glistening harmonics from rich beds of pedal steel, bass clarinet and electronics.
Rain Shadow is available to pre-order now on limited-edition crystal clear vinyl.
