NEW ALBUM - LUKE HAINES & PETER BUCK (25 JULY 2025)

LUKE HAINES & PETER BUCK “GOING DOWN TO THE RIVER...TO BLOW MY MIND”

Limited Vinyl & CD available to pre order now via Cherry Red

The third in the 'psychiatric trilogy' of albums by Luke Haines (The Auteurs, The Servants, Black Box Recorder) and Peter Buck (R.E.M).

Recorded in Portland Oregon, USA foot-down-to-the- floor- throttle-out style.

Expect to sail through churning psychedelic excursions that ask for clarity on questions like...

Have you ever been cold called by someone claiming to represent the Pink Floyd research group?

Have you been stranded on the moon with Papa John Philips? (and then realised you were out of drugs).

Can you count your nervous breakdowns on the paws of more than two dozen cats?

Does it feel like all you ever do is answer questions? Yes? No?

Then take a trip down to the river...to blow your mind. This album is also available on vinyl and digital formats

'Going Down To The River...To Blow My Mind' features Peter Buck – Electric guitars, 12 string guitars, acoustic guitars, Luke Haines – Lead vocals, Fuzz guitar, synth and recorder, Scott McCaughey – Bass, Moog Bass, Mellotron, Backing Vocals, Linda Pitmon – Drums, Percussion, Backing vocals. With Morgan Fisher on piano. They will be playing live shows in the UK to support the album throughout August 2025.

TRACK LISTING

1  The Pink Floyd Research Group

2  Going Down To The River To Blow My Mind

3  Hot Artists

4  56 Nervous Breakdowns

5  Sufi Devotional

6  Children Of The Air

7  Nuclear War

8  Me and The Octopus

9  In Rock

10  Judy Chicago

11  Papa John

12  Radical Bookshop

13  Special Guest Appearance

Julie Robson
RECORD STORE DAY (APRIL 2025) - LUKE HAINES & JIM FRY

“Test Driving The New Prius: A Radio Play By Jim Fry & Luke Haines”
Limited RED VINYL Available to buy in-stores from 8am on Saturday, 12/04/2025

"A man can only see clearly when he has been blind drunk for 30 years." – Lord Reith

This is the story of a man at the end of his game

Let's call him Endgame Man

Endgame Man is aged somewhere in his 50s

Success has dabbled with him and has long been dabbling elsewhere

The last chance saloon closed on Sunday night and it's now a nothing Tuesday afternoon

The action begins on a bench in a scrubby enclosure in front of an estate in North London

Endgame Man's' daily trip to the Costcutter makes Captain Willard's journey down the Nung River look like a gentle punt down The Cam

'Test Driving The New Prius' is a 35 minute radio play (with sound effects) written and performed by Jim Fry (Earl Brutus, Pre New) and Luke Haines

(The Auteurs, Baader Meinhof) Just as that other modernist masterpiece Ulysses depicted a day in the life of Leopold Bloom, Test Driving The New Prius follows the life in a daze of Endgame Man

In this tale of derring-do our hero acts out a perilous adventure in the 400 yards between his home, his local pub and the off-licence

With nervous system reduced to a series of involuntary twitches and reality reduced to a background hum of decades of half absorbed mindless daytime TV wittering

Can Endgame Man get home and make it through to Wednesday with only his spirit familiars – an endless trail of 75cl bottles of Glen's vodka to guide him? With cameos from* Jayne MacDonald, Brian Eno, Martin Degville and the cast of Blankety Blank (1980)

*Sort of

Written and executed by Jim Fry and Luke Haines Originally Broadcast as a Radio Play in 2022 Now a limited-edition 12-inch vinyl LP Exclusively released for Record Store Day by Glass Modern Records

TRACK LIST:

SIDE ONE
An Introduction Act One:
Scene 1. Radio Play
Scene 2. Solitary Afternoon Binge Drinking
Scene 3. Costcutter Camelot
Scene 4. Endgame 1
Scene 5. Brian Peter George St John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno: DDS DMD MClinDent MSc (Brian Eno Private Dental Practice. No NHS.)

SIDE TWO
Interlude & Potato Act Two:
Scene 1. Test Driving the New Prius
Scene 2. Wank
Scene 3. Martin Degville Conference Call
Scene 4. Endgame 2
Scene 5. Sleeping Under the Floor
Scene 6. High Kick for Bargain Hunt

Julie Robson
NEW VILLAGERS MUSIC OUT TODAY!

Brand new Villagers track 'A Matter of Taste' is OUT NOW!
This track, along with 'Mountain out of a Molehill', is now available as a Double A-sided, hand-stamped and numbered 7" vinyl. Strictly limited to 500 copies, the vinyl can be purchased from both Villagers Store and Domino Mart 

Listen to both tracks HERE

Watch the VIDEO for “A Matter Of Taste”

Julie Robson
VILLAGERS - NEW TRACK - MOUNTAIN OUT OF A MOLEHILL - OUT NOW

The new Villagers track 'Mountain out of a Molehill' is out now, along with the VIDEO produced by Conor and Brendan Corcoran.  LISTEN HERE

There will also be a physical vinyl release as a double A-side 7" featuring 'Mountain out of a Molehill' and upcoming single 'A Matter of Taste', strictly limited to 500 copies only. The vinyl will come with a hand-stamped, numbered sleeve. Available to PRE-ORDER NOW for release on December 6th

Julie Robson
VILLAGERS - PASSING A MESSAGE - BOOK - OUT NOW, PUBLISHED BY FABER

OUT NOW! 'Passing a Message: the lyrics and artwork of Conor J. O'Brien for the music of Villagers' published by Faber Music 📚

Collected for the first time in one volume 'Passing a Message' contains the lyrics to over 80 songs with artwork and photographs, along with previously unseen notebook lyric drafts and drawings curated by Conor J. O’Brien for his musical project, Villagers. Presented as a full-colour hardback book with a unique glow-in-the-dark cover. Look out for the special Deluxe Edition which comes with a bonus 7" vinyl, featuring the previously unreleased track 'Pictures of the Floating World'! 

Find out more [http://linktr.ee/passingamessage]

Julie Robson
VILLAGERS - VINYL RE-ISSUES

The long-awaited reissue of Villagers back catalogue albums has finally arrived! Check out these gorgeous new vinyl colours.

Becoming a Jackal - CLEAR (2 x LP, one-sided etched)

{Awayland} - BLUE

Darling Arithmetic - RED

The Art of Pretending To Swim - PURPLE

Fever Dreams - ORANGE (die-cut sleeve with 4 inter-changeable covers)

All editions include Download Codes and are limited to just 1000 copies worldwide!

Now available from Record Stores and Domino Mart. 


Julie Robson
VILLAGERS - CATALOGUE - VINYL REPRESS

Domino are in the process of repressing Villagers back catalogue albums. Look out for a new range of coloured vinyls. Available to PRE-ORDER now for delivery in September!

Becoming A Jackal - CLEAR vinyl

{Awayland} - BLUE vinyl

Darling Arithmetic - RED vinyl

The Art Of Pretending To Swim - PURPLE vinyl

Fever Dreams - ORANGE vinyl


Julie Robson
VILLAGERS - "PASSING A MESSAGE" BOOK RELEASE - FABER MUSIC (12 SEPT)

Collected for the first time in one volume, Passing A Message: The lyrics and artwork of Conor J. O'Brien for the music of VILLAGERS contains the lyrics to over 80 songs, with artwork and photographs, along with previously unseen notebook lyric drafts and drawings curated by Conor J. O’Brien, for his musical project, Villagers. Presented as a full colour hardback book, with a unique glow-in-the-dark cover, there will also be a LIMITED DELUXE EDITION which comes with a 7" vinyl featuring an exclusive unreleased track 'Pictures of the Floating World' (featuring Rachael Lavelle). Both editions are now available for PRE-ORDER for release on 12 September 2024.  

To celebrate the release of the book Conor will be doing a live Q & A + acoustic performance in Chapters, Dublin on 12 Sept & Rough Trade East on 18 Sept. https://linktr.ee/passingamessage

Julie Robson