All orders will be posted on 06/02/2026.
For Mandy, Indiana, the truth is the only way through. On their Sacred Bones debut URGH, the four-piece - vocalist Valentine Caulfield, guitarist and producer Scott Fair, synth player Simon Catling, and drummer Alex Macdougall - are a force of uncanny nature, grafting together a record that is as much a call to action as a parlay into oblivion and transcendence. Across the ten tracks, the band interpolate their own unconventional language into a mantra for self-determination and resilience, forging a template for a brighter future before it fades to black.
Much of the album was written during a residency at an eerie studio house in the outskirts of Leeds, then recorded across Berlin and Greater Manchester. It was an intense environment partially due to the health issues faced by Caulfield and Macdougall during the writing and recording process.
Though deeply personal, URGH reflects the violent, fractured state of the wider world. Caulfield’s lyrics grapple with assault, systemic indifference, and the omnipresence of pain, while also insisting on moments of beauty and solidarity. URGH belongs in the physical world, and the artwork by Carnovsky, featuring an anatomical illustration of Andreas Vesalius, underscores the record’s visceral confrontation with the body and its limits.
URGH is both otherworldly, and physical and cathartic, a first step toward healing and a refusal to let the conversation die.
Dinked 379
● Yellow & Magenta splatter vinyl *
● RBG glasses to reveal album artwork
● Signed 12" × 12" print *
● Numbered edition *
● Limited pressing of 500 *
*EXCLUSIVE to Dinked Edition
Also available on Indies random (Red/Green/Blue) coloured vinyl, standard Black vinyl and CD.
Tracklisting
- Sevastopol
- Magazine
- try saying
- Dodecahedron
- A Brighter Tomorrow
- Life Hex
- ist halt so
- Sicko! ft. billy woods
- Cursive
- I’ll Ask Her
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