Surface Noise Weekly: Mineral, Brian Eno, Post Common, Wolf Parade, highspire, Kings of Leon & more
Issue 14 — September 2026
New vinyl you need to know about
Mineral’s complete Crank!-era recordings arrive in a long-overdue 3xLP boxset from Numero Group, and Young Widows mark twenty years of Settle Down City with a remaster, a bonus track, and a limit of two per customer on yellow vinyl. Brian Eno’s 2005 album Another Day On Earth gets its first vinyl pressing outside Japan via his revived Opal label. Post Common’s debut EP on Brace Yourself draws members of JOHN, TRAAMS and Sisterland into something urgent and worth knowing about.
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Might As Well Be HereMineral Numero Group — TBC — 3xLP Boxset The complete Crank!-era recordings: The Power of Failing, EndSerenading, and …And What Remains — a new collection of singles and demos appearing here for the first time. Notes by Nina Corcoran, period photographs, flyers and lyrics throughout. If you’ve been waiting for the definitive Mineral package, this is it. One of the most requested emo reissues in years, and Numero have done it properly. |
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Settle Down City — Anniversary EditionYoung Widows Temporary Residence Ltd. — 6th November 2026 — LP, Opaque Yellow Vinyl, limited to 2 per customer Twenty years on from this Louisville noise-rock debut, Temporary Residence have remastered it with James Plotkin and added “White Water,” a track recorded during the original sessions that’s never been released. The per-customer limit is two, and the yellow pressing is the only vinyl edition. Young Widows are one of the most underrated bands of the century so far, and this is the record that started it. |
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Another Day On EarthBrian Eno Opal Records — 16th October 2026 — LP / Dinked Edition LP Eno’s first song-based album since 1992’s Nerve Net, unavailable outside Japan for close to twenty years, finally gets a proper international vinyl pressing via his revived Opal label. If you know this record you know why it matters; if you don’t, this is the one where he returned to actual songs and voice-forward writing, sitting somewhere between his ambient work and the art-pop of the 1970s. Dinked Edition is available if that’s your route in. |
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Post CommonPost Common Brace Yourself Records — 20th November 2026 — Dinked Edition LP (Ice Plume Blue vinyl) Brighton trio featuring members of JOHN, TRAAMS and Sisterland, fusing post-hardcore with electronic and industrial elements. Shared vocals pit yearning melodies against guttural intensity. The Dinked Edition is on ice plume blue vinyl and is the way to get this one. Given the pedigree of the people involved, this deserves your attention before it sells out. |
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Apologies to the Queen MaryWolf Parade Subpop — Hi-Melt “Ice Rink” Splatter Vinyl LP Hand numbered to 500, and once these are gone that’s it, no repress mentioned. The splatter pressing is a nice touch for a record that’s earned its cult following. Worth noting the leftover “I’ll Believe in Anything” Valentine’s stock gets bundled in too, but that’s only 50 of them, so don’t sit on this one. This release will absolutely sell out fast and will be wanted by any and all Wolf parade fans! |
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O My BelovedKings Of Leon Love Tap Records — 06 November 2026 — 2LP (Limited Indies Only Thicker Than Water colour, or Oklahoma Oil Black) Kings of Leon’s 10th record and the first they’ve produced themselves, with Caleb Followill calling it a love letter to family. Two pressings to choose from here, the indie exclusive Thicker Than Water colourway or the standard Oklahoma Oil Black, so worth deciding which one you want before it sells out. Thirteen tracks, and going by the title alone this sounds like the most personal thing they’ve put their name to. |
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Aquatic & Take A Drive With Me EP (Deluxe)highspire Shelflife Records — Limited Edition Glacier Blue & It Disappears Transparent White Vinyl Only 300 of these, pressed on glacier blue and transparent white vinyl and housed in a deluxe gatefold with lyrics included. The preorder gets you all 5 tracks streaming and downloadable now, with the rest landing the moment the record itself drops. Ships from the USA around October 9, 2026. |
More releases this week
Carpe Diem — Trust Little To Tomorrow (Hand-Screened Edition)
Numero Group — LP, hand-screened chipboard sleeve, edition of 500, first time on vinyl — Buy from Numero Group →
Garden Variety — Garden Variety
Numero Group — LP — Buy from Numero Group →
Runners — Dog Unit
Brace Yourself Records — LP — Buy from Norman Records →
Drawn From Life (2026 Reissue) — Brian Eno & J. Peter Schwalm
Opal Records — LP — Due 16th October — Buy from Piccadilly Records →
Given to the Night — Purple Pilgrims
AD 93 — LP — Buy from Norman Records →
Dosser — Born for Nothing/Born by Mistake
Iodine Recordings — LP (splatter variant available) — Due 11th December 2026 — Buy from Iodine Recordings →
Foxbase Alpha (35th Anniversary Edition) — Saint Etienne
Heavenly — Coloured LP — Buy from Piccadilly Records →
A Ban on Plastic Bag Bans — Liars
Mute — LP — Buy from Norman Records →
Worst Christmas Ever! — Sufjan Stevens
Asthmatic Kitty — Coloured LP / Dinked Edition LP (Peppermint swirl vinyl) — Due 6th November — Buy from Piccadilly Records →
Hidden in Pieces: Live (at the Royal Albert Hall) — Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Secretly Canadian — 2xColoured LP — Due 23rd October — Buy from Piccadilly Records →
LEO NEGRO — JayWood
Captured Tracks — Limited Edition Woozy Blue Vinyl LP — Buy from Captured Tracks →
The Bite That Grows Up — Great Falls
Neurot — LP — Buy from Norman Records →
Whirlpool — Chapterhouse
Music On Vinyl — LP — Buy from Norman Records →
Sacrosanct — Simple Minds
BMG — LP / Coloured LP — Buy from Norman Records →
Grey Britain (2026 Remaster) — Gallows
Warner — LP — Buy from Norman Records →
Orchestra Of Wolves (2026 Remaster) — Gallows
Warner — LP — Buy from Norman Records →
Los — Ye Gods
Rocket Recordings — LP — Buy from Norman Records →
How To Destroy Angels — Coil
Sub Rosa — LP — Buy from Norman Records →
Put Rings On All My Fingers To Weigh Down My Hands — Curbside Lambsear
Scenic Route Records — Ltd LP — Buy from Piccadilly Records →
The Remixes — GLOK x Bytes
Bytes — 12″ — Buy from Norman Records →
0 AA RIOT — Shit & Shine
Riot Season — LP — Buy from Norman Records →
Do Not Dare To Dream — Teenage Fanclub
Merge — LP / Signed Coloured LP — Due 9th October — Buy from Piccadilly Records →
The Post Script — The Fall
Cog Sinister — LP / Coloured LP — Due 2nd October — Buy from Piccadilly Records →
Pylon — beabadoobee
Dirty Hit / Interscope — Coloured LP / Indies Exclusive Coloured LP — Due 18th September — Buy from Piccadilly Records →
Image 1983–1998 — Susumu Yokota
Lo Rec — Ltd LP — Buy from Piccadilly Records →
The Intermittent Signal — The Sick Man Of Europe
The Leaf Label — LP / Coloured LP / Dinked Edition LP — Due 25th September — Buy from Piccadilly Records →
Mammoth — Flora Hibberd
22TWENTY — LP — Buy from Norman Records →
Rumspringa — ear
A24 Music — LP — Buy from Norman Records →
No Bad Memories — The Avalanches
Polydor — 2xIndies Exclusive LP / 2xColoured LP — Due 16th October — Buy from Piccadilly Records →
Abyss — Pastel Ghost
Many Hats — LP — Buy from Norman Records →
Ida — I Know About You (30th Anniversary Edition)
Numero Group — LP — Buy from Numero Group →
NK012 — B/B/S/ (Aidan Baker, Andrea Belfi and Erik Skodvin)
Umor Rex — LP — Buy from Norman Records →
Hallelujah Trial — Hallelujah Trial
Violette Records — LP — Buy from Norman Records →
Pink (20th Anniversary Edition) — Boris
Relapse — LP — Buy from Norman Records →
Common Primitives — Andy Bell & Masal
Sonic Cathedral — 2xIndies Exclusive LP / 2xColoured LP — Due 9th October — Buy from Piccadilly Records →
Get Yer Ba-Ba’s Out — Dale Crover
Joyful Noise Recordings — LP, Standard Edition Yellow vinyl (double-grooved, locked-groove, reverse-grooved) — Out Now — Buy from Joyful Noise Recordings →
The Colour of Spring (40th Anniversary Half-Speed Master) — Talk Talk
Parlophone — LP — Buy from Norman Records →
The Shel Talmy Recordings — David Bowie
Parlophone — LP / Indies Exclusive LP — Due 18th September — Buy from Piccadilly Records →
Secret Love (Deluxe Edition) — Dry Cleaning
4AD — 2xDinked Edition LP — Due 16th October — Buy from Piccadilly Records →
Howling Bells (20th Anniversary Edition) — Howling Bells
Nude Records — Coloured LP / Dinked Edition LP — Due 2nd October — Buy from Piccadilly Records →
Scum (40th Anniversary Edition) — Napalm Death
Earache — LP — Buy from Norman Records →
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