Surface Noise Weekly: 26 June 2026
Issue — 3 – June/July 2026
New vinyl you need to know about
The Mojave 3 catalogue reissues are the obvious centrepiece this week, five albums, all remastered at Abbey Road, all finally back in print. Alongside that, Pye Corner Audio’s new album landed with some autographed copies still around, William Basinski’s Disintegration Loops box set is back in stock, and MONO’s Snowdrop arrived from Temporary Residence. There’s also a 20th anniversary reissue of envy’s landmark post-rock record Insomniac Doze worth knowing about, plus a handful of other things across shoegaze, dreampop, ambient and indie that deserve your attention before resellers get there first.
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Full Catalogue ReissuesMojave 3 4AD — 24th July 2026 — LP (Standard Black) / Clear LP 4AD Exclusive Slipcase (all five albums) All five Mojave 3 albums — Ask Me Tomorrow (1995), Out of Tune (1998), Excuses For Travellers (2000), Spoon and Rafter (2003) and Puzzles Like You (2006), back in print on 24th July, remastered at Abbey Road. These are among the most requested reissues on 4AD for a decade. Born from Slowdive, Neil Halstead and Rachel Goswell stripped everything back and made something quieter and more country-tinged. If you’ve never owned any of these, start with Ask Me Tomorrow or Out of Tune. The 4AD store has the exclusive clear vinyl slipcase with all five on clear LP and an 8×10″ print. Buy from Norman Records → |
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More Songs About The SunPye Corner Audio Sonic Cathedral — Out Now — LP (Solar Yellow) / LP (Indies Summer Solstice with signed card) Martin Jenkins channels Stereolab, Harmonia and early Weatherall-era One Dove into something that sits comfortably alongside Let’s Emerge! without simply repeating it. Andy Bell (from Ride & Oasis) plays guitar on four tracks. Ian Rankin delivers spoken word on the single ‘The Breath Of Now’. Norman Records had autographed copies, worth checking if any remain. Piccadilly had the coloured and indie exclusive editions in stock too. Buy from Norman Records → |
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The Disintegration Loops – Arcadia Archive EditionWilliam Basinski Temporary Residence Ltd — Back In Stock Now — 8xLP (Audiophile Black Vinyl, Machine Numbered, Open Edition) After nearly six months out of stock, the 8xLP box set is back at Temporary Residence. Newly remastered by Josh Bonati from the original recordings, housed in a case-wrapped heavyweight box with full-colour jackets and a foreword by Laurie Anderson. This is the complete five-hour suite. Limit of two per customer. If you’ve been waiting, now is the time, these have gone before without warning. Buy from Temporary Residence → |
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SnowdropMONO Temporary Residence Ltd — Out Now — LP MONO’s first album since the death of Steve Albini, recorded at his Electrical Audio studios with producer Brad Wood stepping in. A 10-piece orchestra and 8-piece choir appear across eight pieces. Where grief could have produced something laboured, this one reportedly feels like gratitude, an album that turns loss into forward motion. One of the most emotionally significant post-rock releases in a while. Buy from Temporary Residence → |
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Insomniac Doze – Anniversary Editionenvy Temporary Residence Ltd — 17th July 2026 — LP (Gatefold, Remastered by Josh Bonati) Twenty years since envy blurred the lines between post-hardcore, screamo, shoegaze and ambient minimalism on this record. Remastered by Josh Bonati, presented in a deluxe gatefold with lyrics in both English and Japanese. It’s one of the genuine landmarks of the genre, if you know it, you already know this matters. If you don’t, start here. Buy from Temporary Residence → |
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Lost WeekendPhoebe Bridgers Dead Oceans — 14th August 2026 — 2xLP / 2xColoured LP / 2xDinked Edition LP (‘Far Side of the Moon’ colour, gatefold, 20-page lyric book, limited 7000) Six years since Punisher and the first solo album since boygenius. Pre-orders are already moving quickly. The Dinked Edition pressing is limited to 7,000 copies with exclusive coloured vinyl, gatefold and a lyric book. Norman Records, Piccadilly and Dead Oceans direct all have this up, go wherever works for you, but don’t sit on it. Buy from Norman Records → |
More releases this week
Virga III — Eluvium
Temporary Residence Ltd — LP (Crystal Clear Vinyl, Limited 1000) — Buy from Temporary Residence →
On Leaving — Nina Nastasia
Temporary Residence Ltd — LP (Clear Glass Coloured Vinyl, Remastered) — Buy from Temporary Residence →
You Follow Me — Nina Nastasia & Jim White
Temporary Residence Ltd — LP (Transparent Yellow Coloured Vinyl, Remastered) — Buy from Temporary Residence →
Outlaster — Nina Nastasia
Temporary Residence Ltd — LP (Burgundy Coloured Vinyl, Remastered) — Buy from Temporary Residence →
Rock ‘n’ Roll Redux — Nurse With Wound
United Dirter — LP (Orange & Black Vinyl, Edition of 500) — Buy from Norman Records →
More Songs About The Sun (Indies Exclusive) — Pye Corner Audio
Sonic Cathedral — LP (Indies Exclusive / Coloured LP) — Buy from Piccadilly Records →
Velocity Girl – 1989–1992 — Velocity Girl
Slumberland Records — LP (Transparent Orange / White-Orange Creamsicle Vinyl, Preorder, Out 28th Aug) — Buy from Slumberland Records →
A Certain Smile, A Certain Sadness (30th Anniversary) — Rocketship
Slumberland Records — LP (White/Bone Swirl Vinyl, Remastered) — Buy from Slumberland Records →
Materia — Julia Holter
Domino — LP (Preorder, Out 21st Aug) — Buy from Domino →
Autosmile — @ (pronounced “at”)
4AD — LP (Soil Brown, Preorder, Out 16th Oct) — Buy from Norman Records →
The Singer In My Band — This Is Lorelei
Matador — LP / Coloured LP / Dinked Edition LP (Preorder, Out 11th Sep) — Buy from Norman Records →
Holy Magick II — Holy Magick
Lost Room — LP — Buy from Norman Records →
Three Three Fives – Things Fall Apart — Three Three Fives
Feral Child — LP — Buy from Norman Records →
Static Charge — The Telescopes
Tapete — LP
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