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 On Sale View Product Quick View Wasted Shirt Fungus II Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Famous Class | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 28th February 2020 £17.99 - £24.00 £24.00 Select options Reserve View Reservations Wasted Shirt Fungus II £17.99 - £24.00 £24.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Famous Class Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 28th February 2020 Reserve View Reservations Read More Select options View Product Quick View Gregory Uhlmann Neighborhood Watch Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Topshelf | 1LP Released 24th July 2020 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Gregory Uhlmann Neighborhood Watch £20.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Topshelf SKU: LPTSR220 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 24th July 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Stove Stoves Favorite Friend Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Exploding in Sound Records | 1LP Released 2nd November 2018 £18.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Stove Stoves Favorite Friend £18.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Exploding in Sound Records SKU: LPEIS087 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 2nd November 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Hello Pity Naked Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Duchess Records | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 5th January 2024 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Hello Pity Naked £22.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Duchess Records SKU: LPDBR170C Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 5th January 2024 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Guided By Voices Earth Man Blues Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Guided By Voices, Inc. | 1LP Released 30th April 2021 £23.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Guided By Voices Earth Man Blues £23.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Guided By Voices, Inc. 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