LATE MARCH 2024 UPDATE! The LPs are here and now shipping!

UPDATE: Because this LP has been delayed by a couple of months we have now decided to do 250 of them on brown vinyl and the other 250 on black! If you have already pre-ordered this, please write to specify which colour you would like. If you would like both versions, this is where you can get them for a bargain price*.

*NB: If you have already pre-ordered the LP and wish to have both colours, please write to arrange paying the balance.

Mostly known for his work as founder, vocalist and main songwriter for The Legendary Pink Dots, Edward Ka- Spel has long forged an equally prolific career as a solo artist given to sometimes exploring similar sonic realms as his group but clearly working at such a pace the need to channel ideas and songs in this capacity must be enforced. And just as well too, because Edward Ka-Spel is one of those rare and exceptional artists whose high workrate doesn’t betray a keen sense of quality control. Long known as somebody unafraid to venture wherever he pleases, his work has for a few decades now long traversed the more outward-bound or so-called ‘fringe’ areas of electronic music, psychedelia, hypnotic rock, kosmische sounds and the avant-garde. Heartily sewn into all of this is Edward’s fantastic grasp of spinning a twilight tale or spiralling deep into the mind’s recesses to craft a song from comparatively nimble melodies and words of Kafka-esque proportions. It’s a strikingly rich blend that’s always deserved far more attention than the cult audience it thankfully at least has.

'Tales from the Trenches' is the second release by Edward for Lumberton Trading Company. Following on from the abstract-flavoured ‘Permission to Leave the Temple’ 10” released at the start of 2023, this LP collects eight tracks of a personal nature mostly pinned into place by some refined electro rhythms, molten cosmic textures, plaintive strings, introspective keys and a late night hue that sways effortlessly between the beautiful, haunted and even, a couple of times, a steam-pumped and sweat-ravaged dancefloor. Limited to 500 only, 'Tales from the Trenches' delivers exactly as the title indicates. Everything may at first feel ominous or sombre in tone, but there’s also a glimmer of hope laid bare in all its sun-drenched glory poking between the cracks.

Tracklist

Side One

1. 1919 (5.20)
2. Archetype (3.51)
3. Charcoal Estates / Votes For Pinocchio / No Gateway (8.31)
4. X Marks The Spot (5.10)

Side Two

1. No Show Tonight (5.18)
2. They Seek Her There (6.06)
3. Platform 5 (6.11)
4. No Show Tomorrow (4.34)

On Lumberton Trading Company and, following more delays, finally out in late March 2024.