Outlander The Valium Machine Transparent Vinyl Edition

Having haunted stages across the UK for thebest part of a decade, the critical success oftheir 2024 sophomore full-length `Acts of Harm'gave caustic shoegaze outft Outlander pause torefect on their astounding 2019 debut, `The ValiumMachine', soon to be reissued by PelagicRecords on vinyl for the frst time.Written and recorded in 2018 over a handful of studio sessions in Stoke-on-Trent, `The Valium Machine'was a formative experience for Outlander in more ways than one. Prior to working on the album,the band would happily describe themselves as your standard, straight-down-the-middle post rockband but an openness to new infuences from the `90s slowcore and shoegaze scenes, the delicate,textural introduction of vocals and the pivotal decision to track the album in sprawling, full-band takeslead Outlander to fundamentally redefne their sound and scale; adding a pointed sense of dynamicand discordant dirge that lead to the four-piece sharing stages with trailblazing genre heavyweightsBossk and Grivo as well as breathtaking performances at festivals like Dunk! (BE) and ArcTanGent (UK).With beautiful artwork produced in partnership with street photographer Richard Lambert documentingthe colourful, everyday life of their beloved Birmingham, the initial run of `The Valium Machine'was limited to a criminally small 50 CDs through tiny local imprint FOMA. Now, fve years later, Outlanderowe their panoramic pace and formidable, funereal sound to those few days spent in Stoke-on-Trent and the band, along with Pelagic Records, believe this nascent recording deserves to beheard by many, many more.FOR FANS OF:Duster, Codeine, Swervedriver, Catherine Wheel, Kowloon Walled City