Upon its release in April 2010, Darwin Deez’s eponymous debut album was met with universal praise from international media, especially in the UK. Championed by the likes of BBC Radio 1 and the NME, the latter even named him the tenth coolest musician on the planet as he graced their cover. There was nobody around quite like Darwin, and his wonderfully off-kilter debut is testament to that fact.

Recording the album in his own apartment using only a PC and a cheap microphone – he can lay a claim to being the original indie ‘bedroom’ artist – the songs are mostly stripped down, simple and unadorned but they pulse and throb deliciously with life and a rare wit. Certainly, it would be hard to think of anyone else who can start a song by cribbing “Twinkle Twinkle, Little Star” as the opening line (as on “Constellations”), while rhyming “Los Angeles” with “televangelist” (as on “Radar Detector”). However, it is also important to note that there is also an emotive undertow of sadness and longing in his oeuvre. By turns joyous and heart tugging, winsome and wistful, glorious and gorgeous, buoyed aloft by Deez’s ear for a soaring chorus and a catchy tune, not to mention his knack for a killer couplet, Darwin self-proclaimed the album as being ‘happy songs for sad people.’

Now, in order to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the release, the album will be re-released in deluxe formats as well as performed in its entirety at a number of live shows.

The LP is a limited edition white vinyl with heavy blue splatter and fully printed inner. Contains bonus 7” single with “Lights On”, “The Coma Song” and “Hey Mom” packaged within the LP sleeve.

The album has been unavailable for a number of years now and has never been available as coloured vinyl. On Discogs sellers are currently asking from £35 to £125 (!) for a NM copy.