View basket “Heaven Born And Ever Bright” has been added to your basket. 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 Six By Seven Abstraktion 12 Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Saturday Night Sunday Morning | 2LP Released 27th July 2018 £21.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Six By Seven Abstraktion 12 £21.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Saturday Night Sunday Morning SKU: SNSM08LP2018 Formats: 2LP Released Date: 27th July 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Screaming Trees Sweet Oblivion Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | We Are Vinyl | 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 7th September 2018 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Screaming Trees Sweet Oblivion £19.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: We Are Vinyl SKU: 19075844091 Formats: 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 7th September 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Jeremy Enigk Return Of The Frog Queen Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Sub Pop | 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 25th May 2018 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Jeremy Enigk Return Of The Frog Queen £22.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Sub Pop SKU: SP1208 Formats: 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 25th May 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Fall, The Bingo Masters at The Witch Trials Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Ozit Dandelion | 1LP Released 5th August 2016 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Fall, The Bingo Masters at The Witch Trials £22.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Ozit Dandelion SKU: OZITDANLP8027 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 5th August 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View PET NEEDS Primetime Entertainment Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Xtra Mile | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 26th May 2023 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders PET NEEDS Primetime Entertainment £22.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Xtra Mile SKU: XMR176LPNP Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 26th May 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Dinosaur Jr Green Mind (Deluxe Expanded Edition) Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Cherry Red | 2LP, Coloured Vinyl, Gatefold Sleeve Released 27th September 2019 £34.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Dinosaur Jr Green Mind (Deluxe Expanded Edition) £34.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Cherry Red SKU: PBREDD756 Formats: 2LP, Coloured Vinyl, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 27th September 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Cave In Final Transmission Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Hydra Head | 1LP Released 14th June 2019 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Cave In Final Transmission £17.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Hydra Head SKU: HH666245LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 14th June 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Death Valley Girls Under The Spell Of Joy Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Suicide Squeeze | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Includes Download Code Released 2nd October 2020 £21.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Death Valley Girls Under The Spell Of Joy £21.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Suicide Squeeze SKU: SSQ174LP Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Includes Download Code Released Date: 2nd October 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Enter Shikari The Spark Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Play It Again Sam | 180g, 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 23rd September 2017 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Enter Shikari The Spark £19.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Play It Again Sam SKU: PIASR990LP Formats: 180g, 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 23rd September 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Matt's picks View Product Quick View Archers Of Loaf Reason in Decline Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Merge Records | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 21st October 2022 £21.00 - 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