Surface Noise Weekly: Hood, Silver Mt. Zion, Knifeplay, Liz Harris, Funus,Teenage Fanclub & More
Issue 18 — November 2026
New vinyl you need to know about
Hood’s Cold House, one of the more quietly influential post-rock records of the 2000s, is back on audiophile double vinyl with a new interview by Simon Reynolds. Knifeplay have a third album coming, Thee Silver Mt. Zion return to print, and Liz Harris surfaces with new work on Kranky. Shoegazers, Funus, now have their vinyl available in North America and Teenage Fanclub return with exclusive limited orange vinyl.
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Dreamless WaterFunus Noon Records — 09 October 2026 — Limited Edition 12″ Coloured Vinyl Heavy shoegaze and post metal out of the Netherlands, now back in stock thanks to Chicago’s Tone Def Records picking up Noon Records’ 12″ catalogue. This pressing is on heavyweight black-blue transparent marble vinyl with 4-colour centre labels, good news if you’re US-based and tired of import shipping. |
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Live at Leith TheatreIdlewild V2 — 11 December 2026 — 10″ black vinyl EP Four tracks from the self-titled album, recorded live at Leith Theatre in Edinburgh last summer, marking thirty years of the band. Short and specific rather than a sprawling live document, which suits a 10″ format well. |
NEW RELEASE
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Do Not Dare To DreamTeenage Fanclub Merge Records — 09 October 2026 — Opaque Orange Vinyl Named after Norman Blake’s title track, an anthemic one built on ringing acoustic guitars with duelling electrics at the close. Blake says the title pokes at those “dare to dream” memes, he just doesn’t think the world works that way. On opaque orange vinyl. |
REISSUE
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Cold House (25th Anniversary Edition)Hood Domino — 13 November 2026 — 2xLP (black vinyl), A4 booklet with new Simon Reynolds interview Cold House merged slowcore, post-rock and Yorkshire folk with cLOUDDEAD production and IDM electronics into something that has only accumulated influence in the 25 years since. You can hear it in Bar Italia, Claire Rousay, More Eaze. This Domino reissue presses it to audiophile double vinyl and wraps it in a new booklet with a fresh interview by Simon Reynolds alongside archival photos. The limited edition also comes with a signed postcard. One of the most important reissues of the year for this audience. |
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What Is Truth?Knifeplay Double Double Whammy — 22 January 2026 — 2xLP Philadelphia’s Knifeplay have been quietly making some of the more thoughtful shoegaze-adjacent records of the past few years, and this third album is pressed on 2xLP. Double Double Whammy have a strong track record with this kind of record. Worth tracking down if you missed their earlier work. |
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Horses In The Sky (21st Anniversary Edition)Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band Constellation — 04 December 2026 — 2LP + Etched Vinyl + Booklet One of the stronger entries in the Silver Mt. Zion catalogue, back in print via Constellation. If you’ve spent time with the Godspeed-adjacent corner of post-rock and haven’t filled this gap yet, now’s the time. Constellation will do right by the pressing, as they always do. |
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Music For Two Films About WaterLiz Harris Kranky — 27 November 2026 — Black LP New work from Liz Harris on Kranky, separate from the Helen project. Soundtrack material, so it’ll sit somewhere in the zone of her ambient solo work — extended, immersive, and probably quite beautiful. The fact it exists at all is enough to put it on your list. |
More releases this week
Drukqs (25th Anniversary Edition) — Aphex Twin
Warp — 13th November 2026 — 4xLP — Buy from Piccadilly Records →
Boces (Remastered) — Mercury Rev
Beggars Banquet — 13th November 2026 — LP — Buy from Norman Records →
Fear of Music (2026 Remaster) — Talking Heads
Warner Rhino — 13th November 2026 — 2LP — Buy from Norman Records →
Space 1.8 (5th Anniversary Edition) — Nala Sinephro
Warp — Out Now — 2xLP (one-time only pressing) — Buy from Piccadilly Records →
The Same Place — The Olivia Tremor Control
Elephant Six Recording Co. — TBC — LP — Buy from Norman Records →
L’Épée — L’Épée
Alive — TBC — LP — Buy from Norman Records →
As Killers Do — Lael Neale
Consensual Sound — 20th November 2026 — Ltd LP — Buy from Piccadilly Records →
Dead Son Rising (Deluxe Edition) — Gary Numan
BMG — 20th November 2026 — 2xColoured LP — Buy from Piccadilly Records →
Exploding In Slow Motion: The Complete Channel The Spirits Recordings 2013–2017CE — The Comet Is Coming
The Leaf Label — 20th November 2026 — Ltd Translucent Violet, Blue & Orange Vinyl 3LP — Buy from Norman Records →
Marquee Moon (2026 Repress) — Television
Rhino/Elektra — Out Now — Coloured LP — Buy from Piccadilly Records →
Congregation (2026 Reissue) — Afghan Whigs
Sub Pop — Out Now — 2xColoured LP — Buy from Piccadilly Records →
Time Machines II — Peter Christopherson
Infinite Fog — TBC — 2xLP — Buy from Norman Records →
Gold Is The Metal (With The Broadest Shoulders) (2026 Reissue) — Coil
Mute — 30th October 2026 — LP — Buy from Piccadilly Records →
Horse Jumper Of Love (10th Anniversary Edition) — Horse Jumper Of Love
Run For Cover — Out Now — 2xLP — Buy from Piccadilly Records →
Some Offcell Voices (Pale Blue Vinyl) — Pinback
Temporary Residence Ltd. — 4th December 2026 — LP (Pale Blue, edition of 1,000, limit 2 per customer) — Buy from Temporary Residence Ltd. →
Suntub Extras — ML Buch
15 love — Out Now — LP — Buy from Norman Records →
Wild In The Streets — Clinic
Domino — 30th October 2026 — Coloured LP — Buy from Piccadilly Records →
Björk Orkestral — With The Hamrahlíð Choir — Björk
One Little Independent — 27th November 2026 — LP — Buy from Norman Records →
oi — Peter Gabriel
Real World Productions — 27th November 2026 — Limited Indies Exclusive Neon Green Vinyl 2LP (Bright-Side Mix) / Limited Indies Exclusive Neon Pink Vinyl 2LP (Dark-Side Mix) / Standard Black Vinyl 2LP — Buy from Sister Ray →
Kosmische Psychédélique (Motorik, Astral And Avant-Garde Musik From Deutschland And Beyond 1970–2025) — Various Artists
Two-Piers — 20th November 2026 — 2xColoured LP / Piccadilly Exclusive 2xLP (Gelb und Rot colour vinyl, art print, 2 bonus tracks) — Buy from Piccadilly Records →
Khudgarzi — Sheherazaad
Erased Tapes — 20th November 2026 — LP / Dinked Edition LP (signed A5 postcard, 20-page lyric book, numbered sticker, limited to 300) — Buy from Piccadilly Records →
Schrammelig — Jetstream Pony
Spinout Nuggets — TBC — LP — Buy from Norman Records →
Forest of Tranquility — Masayoshi Fujita
Erased Tapes — 13th November 2026 — LP — Buy from Erased Tapes →
Bouncing Off The Walls: The Green Mind Tour 1991 — Dinosaur Jr.
Cherry Red — TBC — LP — Buy from Norman Records →
You Will Always Be Remembered (Hand-Screened Edition) — Shroomunion
Numero Group — TBC — LP (bubblegum pink hand-screened chipboard sleeve, limited) — Buy from Numero Group →
Ants From Up There (Rough Trade 50th Anniversary Edition) — Black Country, New Road
Rough Trade — TBC — 140g White Solid Vinyl 2LP, transparent sleeve, transparent lyric sheets (limited to 1,500) — Buy from Rough Trade →
Brutalism (Rough Trade 50th Anniversary Edition) — IDLES
Rough Trade — TBC — Gold Nugget Vinyl LP, alternate gold sleeve (limited to 1,500) — Buy from Rough Trade →
False Lankum (Rough Trade 50th Anniversary Edition) — Lankum
Rough Trade — TBC — 2xLP split opaque red and dark green vinyl (limited to 1,000) — Buy from Rough Trade →
No One Knows How Wild The Wind Blows — Ava Rasti
130701 Records — TBC — LP — Buy from Norman Records →
Giles Corey — Giles Corey
The Flenser — TBC — 2xLP — Buy from Norman Records →
Skee Mask & North Americans — Final Circle
City Slang — 30th October 2026 — Transparent Red Vinyl LP — Buy from Norman Records →
Live at Hellfest 2022 — Alcest
Nuclear Blast — TBC — 2xLP — Buy from Norman Records →
All Ages — Lorenzo Senni
Warp — TBC — LP — Buy from Norman Records →
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