It's Never Going To Happen And This Is Why

by Spectres

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slappedarse A triumphal noise.
Manages to sound distant and immediately engaging at the same time. Favorite track: An Annihilation Of The Self.

Gus Massive album! Powerful sound. Hard to say which is my favourite track. Playing it both in track order and randomly brings loads of energy.

Ashton Richards This album is the methadone version of Spectres; it's a wonderful hit directly to the veins, but you're left wanting more. Favorite track: Sociopath Discotheque.

Tim Grady Spectres can do no wrong to my ears. Been a big fan since "Dying". I was lucky enough to see them live a few years back and they blew me away. This album is as good, if not better than anything they've released to date. A lot of the tracks are considerably shorter than their previous work, but no less powerful. An excellent piece of work and already one of my faves from this year 😊 Favorite track: Tanning The Albatross.

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Choose between two t-shirts to accompany the digital.
The 'Night Terrors' t-shirt features a small front print and large back print on a white shirt.
The 'Self Annihilation' t-shirt features a large front print on black shirt.

These will be shipped the week of release. Final product may differ slightly from the mock ups!

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Choose between two t-shirts to accompany the vinyl.
The 'Night Terrors' t-shirt features a small front print and large back print on a white shirt.
The 'Self Annihilation' t-shirt features a large front print on black shirt.

These will be shipped at the same time as the record. Final product may differ slightly from the mock ups!

**Please note all USA/CAN pre-orders are only available via the RAD Little Cloud Records, please head to their website to see the incredible versions they have. The postage between UK and USA has recently jumped to crazy amounts, so we are very happy to be collaborating with Little Cloud to make the record affordable in both territories! Go here >> bit.ly/3abCUjF **

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Long Sleeve Shirt & Digital
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Our 'Crawling' long sleeve shirt & digital download. Please note this image is a mock up, we know it'll look great but final product may differ slightly.

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Coffin Edition
Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
Slightly indulgent but something we have been wanting to do for a while. A square 12" wooden box that will contain a black vinyl test pressing of the album, all artwork from the album as a 12" printed booklet, a copy of Dark Habits zine, signed one off original artwork and a few surprise extras plus hand painted lid. We'll be hand building these so expect a few exciting defects, and they may well come nailed shut, like a real coffin.

Due to the limited nature of this it is 1 PER PERSON, any multiple orders will be cancelled and we'll film ourselves burying the box in a graveyard and send it to you instead. Unfortunately this will be heavy and hard to ship overseas, so postage is £££ if you are non UK/EU

**please note this coffin box does not include the pink or standard black vinyl editions, it has a black vinyl test pressing of the album**

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'Skinned Pink' vinyl with Dark Habits zine
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Exclusive to Spectres bandcamp and Rough Trade, this limited gatefold 'skinned pink' colour vinyl edition comes complete with the latest issue of Dark Habits zine and some surprise extras.

**Please note all USA/CAN pre-orders are only available via the RAD Little Cloud Records, please head to their website to see the incredible versions they have. The postage between UK and USA has recently jumped to crazy amounts, so we are very happy to be collaborating with Little Cloud to make the record affordable in both territories! Go here >>> bit.ly/3abCUjF **

Includes unlimited streaming of It's Never Going To Happen And This Is Why via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

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Vinyl & T-shirt Bundle
Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
Choose between two t-shirts to accompany the vinyl.
The 'Night Terrors' t-shirt features a small front print and large back print on a white shirt.
The 'Self Annihilation' t-shirt features a large front print on black shirt.

These will be shipped at the same time as the record. Final product may differ slightly from the mock ups!

**Please note all USA/CAN pre-orders are only available via the RAD Little Cloud Records, please head to their website to see the incredible versions they have. The postage between UK and USA has recently jumped to crazy amounts, so we are very happy to be collaborating with Little Cloud to make the record affordable in both territories! Go here >> bit.ly/3abCUjF **

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Cassette & Tarot Card Coffin Box
Cassette + Digital Album
The final part of our coffin box trilogy, the album (plus a bonus track) on white cassette tape, in a case, encased in a wooden box which comes nailed shut. Each one contains 4 hand printed and drawn on tarot cards, so you can predict your own future and our inevitable demise. I sanded the edges on these so you shouldn't get too many splinters. Might come in a brown bag if it fits. Only had enough spare wood to make 20 of these, and two of them come with a glittery red tape because the white ones ran out. What an exciting tombola lucky dip eh!?

Ships week commencing 8th Feb! 1 per person, all multiple orders will be cancelled. Flippers will get a slug in the post.

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CD Edition - preorder for run2
Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album
In the spirit of making releases accessible for more than just the speediest of fingers, and not a super limited item that risks being flipped, we’ll make some more of these. Due to the physical making process and the time of year, this will be a preorder for a second run which we’ll make and ship first week of Jan. They take 7 days to dry alone ?

Thanks everyone for your comments and patience

Wooden tile set with hand illustrated CD, linoprinted card wallet, printed booklet and double sided card cover art. Second edition stamp ok back.

Danger of splinters, be careful! Maximum DIY

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1.	Idolise Us! 02:33	buy track
2.	Tanning The Albatross 02:57	buy track
3.	Murder Castle 03:53	buy track
4.	Define 'With' (feat. Klein & Ben Vince) 02:51	buy track
5.	An Annihilation Of The Self 02:18	buy track
6.	On Nepotism (feat. Elvin Brandhi & French Margot) 02:45	buy track
7.	Sociopath Discotheque 03:59	buy track
8.	Choucoune Asphyxiate Repeat 01:58	buy track
9.	Emasculate Symphony (feat. Ben Vince) 01:56	buy track
10.	The Boats 03:14	buy track
11.	I Was An Abattoir 08:25	buy track

about

Spectres return with ‘It’s Never Going To Happen And This Is Why’, their bluntest, most bludgeoning LP yet. The oft sprawling and trance-inducing explorations of feedback and terror featured on their previous two critically acclaimed albums ‘Dying’ (2015) and ‘Condition’ (2017) have been supplanted by a rifle chamber of condensed noise nuggets firing in at three minutes or less. Spectres have gone pop.

Recorded by Alex Greaves at The Nave, a 19th century Methodist church in Leeds, and released on their own new Dark Habits imprint in Europe / Little Cloud Records in the USA, the mischievously titled album sees Spectres at their most radical and playful, splattered with guest spots from experimental artists Klein, Elvin Brandhi, Ben Vince and French Margot.

Important! If you are based in the USA and want to pre-order vinyl, the album is available via the awesome Little Cloud Records, they have done some beautiful colour variants, so please pre-order via them. You'll avoid the HUGE postage cost from UK to USA.

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released October 30, 2020

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