Description
PRE-ORDER, releases Nov 6th: Vinyl ships immediately, CD ships in early November. Pre-order downloads before release dates include preview tracks only but will be replaced with the full album on release day
Vinyl and CD include MP3 download
Bend the Light is quite a departure from the orchestrated hyperpop of previous Head of Femur albums. The writing began immediately after the release of Hear, Hear Tunemaker, during one of several all-night writing sessions where the three songwriters would experiment with whatever indulgent, jarring noises sounded good to their declining hearing. Over the years, this produced more than two dozen songs demoed in various stages.
Eventually, they chose eleven songs that were the most abstract, experimental, and challenging of the bunch, leaning into post-punk, krautrock, and free-experimentation while continuing to weave pop hooks laced with their idiosyncratic style into the tracks. After performing the songs throughout the year, they entered ARC studios as a five-piece band. They added overdubs at Floating Point studio and completed Bend the Light, Head of Femur’s first full album in over a decade, to be released via the band’s original home at Greyday Records on 180g eco-friendly white biovinyl, cd, and digital/streaming in fall 2026.
Tracklist:
1. Blackout
2. (I’ve Got) Actual Potential
3. (A) Galaxy
4. Bonilla and Turner
5. Glass Beard
6. Front Yard Party
7. Gravitational Flights
8. Culture and Lifestyle
9. Tomato Summer
10. Mark E. Smith
11. Shallow River
CD come in 6 panel folded cardboard wallet
Vinyl first pressing on 180g white eco-friendly Biovinyl
