A Life Diagrammatic JOHN SKU: 21.00 23.00 £21.00 - £23.00 £21.00 - £23.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Brace Yourself Records Released Date: 22nd September 2023 Buying Format: 1LP Coloured Vinyl 1LP Coloured Vinyl Gatefold Sleeve Buying Options Choose an option1LP Coloured Vinyl1LP Coloured Vinyl Gatefold SleeveClear A Life Diagrammatic quantity Add to basket ReserveBack Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info With March 2023’s 7″ ‘Theme New Bond Junior’/‘Hopper On The Dial’ reaching No.1 in the UK Vinyl Single Chart, and April 2023’s BBC/KEXP supported ‘Trauma Mosaic’ single announcing a debut fifteen date US/CA Tour for October 2023. JOHN consolidate their reputation as a truly uncompromising force with the announcement of their fourth full length A Life Diagrammatic. The album – which features collaborations with award-winning actor Simon Pegg, and Barry Adamson (formerly of The Bad Seeds and seminal post-punk act Magazine) – is released Sept 22nd 2023 via Brace Yourself Records & Pets Care Records, and is the follow-up to 2021’s Nocturnal Manoeuvres LP which crashed the top 75 of the main UK album chart. “Limitations are key for us,” says drummer and vocalist John Newton. “I never view being a two-piece as a minus – it’s a key idiosyncratic element of what the project is.” For the last decade, and now over four albums, the duo of Newton and Johnny Healey have constantly redefined and expanded the role, function and parameters of what a guitar and drum two-piece can be. No more so is this apparent than on their latest A Life Diagrammatic, a record that harnesses the punch and intensity of their blistering live shows with the band’s increasingly textural, cinematic and expressive sensibilities. “We knew the direction we wanted to go in after the last record,” Healey says of Nocturnal Manoeuvres. “We had started moving towards soundscapes rather than straight-up noise and four to the floor structure.” The level of thought, ambition and scope is what makes JOHN such a captivating and genre-defying band, and A Life Diagrammatic such a rich and evocative listening experience. And the album artwork is perhaps a perfect metaphor for the band itself: a surface level glance may only reveal the basic function of an ostensible two-piece rock band but undertake a full service and you’ll discover a wealth of complexity, technicality, skill and function. Or quite simply, as Healey himself says, “we’re not just a rock band. There’s more to it than that.” Seth Manchester (Big Brave, Battles, METZ) was brought in to mix the album, with Frank Arkwright (Mogwai, Arab Strap, Squarepusher, Autechre) mastering it at the legendary Abbey Road Studios. The aim being to merge the powerful live presence of the band whilst also honing in on some of the more varied dynamics at play. “We wanted to further explore the space and ambience of our instrumentation,” says Newton. “To offer an album that deliberately pushes and pulls in a multitude of directions throughout its duration.” The band have received critical acclaim from publications including The Guardian, The Observer, Wire, Uncut, Loud and Quiet and more, as well as achieving countless playlists on BBC 6Music. BYREC50LP: LP is pressed on standard weight ‘silver’ vinyl, with an accompanying double-sided printed lyric insert. BYREC50LPC1: Special edition is pressed on ‘metallic sand’ vinyl with a gatefold package plus an exclusive poster and a customised architect’s ruler designed by the band. Indies exclusive Artist JOHN Genre Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label Brace Yourself Records Buying Options 1LP Coloured Vinyl , 1LP Coloured Vinyl Gatefold Sleeve Format 1LP , Coloured Vinyl , Gatefold Sleeve Condition New Country UK Track Listings At Peacehaven Media Res Côte D’Adur A Submersible A Whole House Service Stationed Construction Site/Summer_22 Trauma Mosaic Riddley Scott Walker The Common Cold Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from JOHN and more from Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo View Product Quick View JOHN Nocturnal Manoeuvres Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Brace Yourself Records | 1LP Released 8th October 2021 £22.00 Select options JOHN Nocturnal Manoeuvres £22.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Brace Yourself Records Formats: 1LP Released Date: 8th October 2021 Read More Select options View Product Quick View Vitamin Recordings 1981 Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Don Giovanni | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Includes Download Code Released 23rd April 2021 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Vitamin Recordings 1981 £20.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Don Giovanni SKU: LPDG220LE Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Includes Download Code Released Date: 23rd April 2021 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Drug Church Cheer Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Pure Noise | 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 26th October 2018 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Drug Church Cheer £17.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Pure Noise SKU: PNE2251 Formats: 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 26th October 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Say Hi To Your Mom Impeccable Blahs Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Euphobia | 1LP Released 3rd November 2017 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Say Hi To Your Mom Impeccable Blahs £22.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Euphobia SKU: LPPF704 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 3rd November 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Weatherday Come In Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Topshelf | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 11th November 2022 £26.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Weatherday Come In £26.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Topshelf SKU: LPTSR226C Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 11th November 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Graham's picks View Product Quick View Alice In Chains Dirt (30th Anniversary) Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Sony Music | 2LP Released 23rd September 2022 £25.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Alice In Chains Dirt (30th Anniversary) £25.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Sony Music Released Date: 23rd September 2022 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Taking Back Sunday Happiness Is Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Hopeless | 1LP Released 17th March 2014 £14.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Taking Back Sunday Happiness Is £14.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Hopeless SKU: HR7911 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 17th March 2014 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Headswim Flood Live (Recorded at The Camden Underworld October 2022) Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Trapped Animal | 180g, 2LP, Coloured Vinyl, Gatefold Sleeve Released 8th March 2024 £26.00 - £28.00 Select options Headswim Flood Live (Recorded at The Camden Underworld October 2022) £26.00 - £28.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Trapped Animal Formats: 180g, 2LP, Coloured Vinyl, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 8th March 2024 Read More Select options View Product Quick View Spirit Of The Beehive, The Pleasure Suck Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Tiny Engines | 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 24th March 2017 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Spirit Of The Beehive, The Pleasure Suck £19.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Tiny Engines SKU: LPTE166 Formats: 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 24th March 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Brian Jonestown Massacre The Real Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | A Recordings | 10", Coloured Vinyl, Single Released 27th May 2022 £13.00 Select options Brian Jonestown Massacre The Real £13.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: A Recordings Formats: 10", Coloured Vinyl, Single Released Date: 27th May 2022 Read More Select options View Product Quick View Fugazi Repeater Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Dischord | 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 4th August 2023 £21.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Fugazi Repeater £21.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Dischord SKU: DIS44 Formats: 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 4th August 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Start again
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