Saturday, June 13, 2026 • Vinyl Finds from Around the World
Inferno
After making fans wait 13 years, Boards of Canada finally deliver their fifth studio album. Across 70 minutes it keeps their signature warm analogue synths and faint melodies while deepening the apocalyptic darkness of its predecessor. Drawing heavily on the occult, it folds in suggestive spoken-word and vocal samples, fusing live instrumentation with electronics — a heavyweight work that mirrors contemporary anxiety with precision.
Café Après-midi Meets Studio Ghibli
Curated by Toru Hashimoto (SUBURBIA) around the theme of 'afternoon-coffee happiness,' this compilation gathers 12 acts reinterpreting Studio Ghibli classics. It includes Keiichi Sokabe's take on Kiki's Delivery Service theme 'Yasashisa ni Tsutsumareta nara,' plus covers by Yuga, Miyuki Hatakeyama and others. Cover art by painter Shiho Sato, mastering by Calm; a limited import.
さそい
A superb up-and-coming Japanese indie band — members averaging just 21 and together less than a year, yet already vivid enough to recall 1960s Japanese-rock pioneers Jacks. On their debut Sasoi, the psychedelic guitar of 'Tokei' carries a Shintaro Sakamoto-like mystery, while the delicate, brooding vocals of 'Toaru Machi' evoke Taiko Super Kicks. Mastered by Soichiro Nakamura and cut at 45 rpm.
Under The Iron Sea
A 20th-anniversary zoetrope picture-disc edition of Keane's second album, remastered with an Abbey Road half-speed cut. The A and B sides carry different artwork by Zoetrope's veteran designer Drew Tetz, producing a mesmerising animated effect that brings original illustrator Sanna Annukka's work to life. Limited edition.
安和橋北
The debut album by Chinese folk singer-songwriter Song Dongye, released in 2013, containing widely-sung signatures like 'Miss Dong,' 'Lillian,' 'Zebra, Zebra' and 'Anhe Bridge.' His plain voice and narrative touch sketch the nostalgia and solitude of Beijing city life — a milestone of Mandarin indie folk. This is a Japanese-pressing 2LP restock.
Passover
A 20th-anniversary edition of The Black Angels' debut, fully channeling the psychedelic essence of the 13th Floor Elevators and Syd Barrett. Two coloured LPs housed in a gold-foil sleeve, with a randomly-inserted 7" flexi disc of a 2006 KEXP Seattle live set — heavy, deep and beautiful.
Glassworks
American composer Philip Glass's six-movement chamber work, widely regarded as a landmark of minimalism (AllMusic 4.5 stars, Pitchfork 9.5). This 2026 blue-vinyl reissue comes from Music On Vinyl on high-quality 180g pressing, limited to 2,000 numbered copies worldwide.
Spring Collection 2026
A springtime compilation from the Lofi Girl label, dressed in verdant colours and gathering hours of soft-sunlight, warm-thaw lo-fi beats. As ever the season has usually passed by the time it ships, and first batches sell out fast. 2LP.
FOR YOU
Tatsuro Yamashita's 1982 city-pop classic, widely regarded as one of his career-defining works. Bright arrangements, tight grooves and an urban-summer air — tracks like 'Sparkle' and 'Loveland, Island' set the gold standard for City Pop. Eigo Suzuki's cover illustration became an icon of the era too. A heavyweight LP restock.
Bot1500 (Shinichi Kobayashi) returns with his instantly recognisable, beautiful sound — this time on Short Span, a UK indie electronic label from the same town as Warp, in a limited vinyl pressing. The sea is the album's soul: both the melancholy of a Japanese summer-night coast and a boundless inner landscape. It holds a 140 bpm pulse until the closer 'White Flocks' eases to 120, gliding toward journey's end. Refined synth chords and crisp broken beats, kept spacious by minimal arrangement.