{"title":"Bark Psychosis","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA relatively small recorded output and little media recognition, Bark Psychosis was one of the most innovative artists of their era. Formed in 1986 in East London (UK), the band dissolved shortly after their 1994 album \"Hex\" was completed. However, they made a comeback in 2004 with \"The Black Meat\", followed by \"Codename: Dustsucker\" and the EP \"400 Winters\" in 2005.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"hex-2","title":"Hex","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe recent release of Jeanette Leech’s book\u003ci\u003e Fearless: The Making Of Post-Rock \u003c\/i\u003e(Jawbone Press) celebrates post-rock and its origins. Finding new inspiration, bands were beginning to experiment with techniques as the digital age took over. A case study in her new book, Bark Psychosis were one of the most innovative bands of their time and as legend has it, saw the first use of the term ‘post-rock’ by music critic Simon Reynolds. Following several singles and EPs, the avant-garde soundscapes built around drones and samples of 21-minute stand-out track \u003ci\u003eScum\u003c\/i\u003e arrived just two years before their seminal debut \u003ci\u003eHex\u003c\/i\u003e (1994). Frustrated by the mainstream, \u003ci\u003eScum\u003c\/i\u003e was a huge statement that set them apart from the beginning. Bark Psychosis’ sound was born out of their improvisations at makeshift studio within St John’s Church in Stratford. Taking a year to complete \u003ci\u003eHex\u003c\/i\u003e left the band on the brink of collapse and by the time of its release they had dissolved. Hailed as a masterpiece, it’s “mysterious, haunting, and breathtakingly visionary” (Allmusic). Breaking down their songs and rebuilding them in the studio brought distinguishing ambient soundscapes and an atmospheric experimental sound. Last year Fact Magazine deservedly gave the album further recognition with it claiming top spot in their ’30 Best Post-Rock Albums Of All Time’. Following \u003ci\u003eHex\u003c\/i\u003e and the disintegration of the band, Graham Sutton went on to create seminal Drum ‘n’ Bass as Boymerang and hugely acclaimed production work for the likes of These New Puritans, British Sea Power, Silver Apples, Jarvis Cocker and East India Youth. Newly remastered from the original analog tapes at Metropolis Studios by Graham Sutton and Stuart Hawkes, and reissued officially for the first time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fire Records","offers":[{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50486702637387,"sku":"1014185","price":37.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50486703096139,"sku":"1014184","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/a99dbabd-7719-4c32-8f05-13f44348ab48_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727614057"},{"product_id":"scum-4","title":"SCUM","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis 12” ‘single’ by post rock legends Bark Psychosis, is a beautifully haunting masterpiece, with an incredibly cool sleeve to accompany. Improvised and recorded live in the band's ‘home’ of St John's Church in 1992, Scum experimented with the use of space and extreme dynamics, with music that varied between minimal jazzy chording, airy acoustic drums, clamorous noise guitar, space-ambience and random vocal snippets. You can hear why the band have been credited as genre defining. \n Now a complete reinvention of the original 1992 release on 3rd Stone Records, and the first ever release on Rolling Heads. With updated artwork true to the original, Scum has been fully remastered at Abbey Road Studios by Miles Showell, with the help of frontman Graham Sutton. \n It is pressed in 180g heavyweight black vinyl, and packaged in luxury 300gsm card sleeve, boasting something a little different to the original. \n This is a beautiful must listen release.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rolling Heads","offers":[{"title":"12\"","offer_id":50506129441099,"sku":"2012447","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Scum_-_EP_ec6fdeb9_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727819409"},{"product_id":"codename-dustsucker","title":"\/\/\/Codename:Dustsucker","description":"\u003cp\u003eFollowing the reissue of \u003ci\u003eHex\u003c\/i\u003e, Fire Records reissue Bark Psychosis’ second studio album \u003ci\u003e\/\/\/Codename:Dustsucker\u003c\/i\u003e (2004) “which finds the band in remarkable form” (Pitchfork).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArriving ten years after the band disbanded, the long-awaited and criminally overlooked follow up brings with it an evolution of their sound. Their experimentations are layered with blissed out electronics, shoegaze, post-rock and jazz are still at its fore as are Sutton’s crystalline vocals. Languid and brooding, the soundscapes are dark and sustained while their “trademark cocoon of limpid, rippling guitar figures and jazzy adornment is buffeted by sharp leftward turns” (Uncut).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRecorded in Graham Sutton’s East London DustSuckerSound studio between 1999 and 2004, it features contributions from Talk Talk sticksman Lee Harris and ‘found drumming’ from ex-band member Mark Simnett. This release would go on to be their last studio album.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fire Records","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50507005231435,"sku":"1030250","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"LP","offer_id":50507005395275,"sku":"1030251","price":32.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/26a338a1-f02f-4b60-bb2d-17dca00f1f21_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727836491"},{"product_id":"5023693104126","title":"Replay","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginally released in 2004, ‘Replay’ captures one of post-rock’s most influential and elusive acts, during their peak years of 1988 to 1994. Bark Psychosis always defied convention - layering samples and textures to create immersive soundscapes that helped define post-rock when the genre was growing stagnant. One of their key innovations was their use of volume and contrast; dense guitar walls collapse into delicate vocals and synths, revealing the dynamic range at the heart of their sound.This 2025 CD repress stays completely true to the original, which features photography from St John’s Church, where the five live tracks were recorded in 1991. The setting’s natural acoustics perfectly complement the band’s expansive, atmospheric approach.This edition also includes rare studio material: re-mastered versions of ‘Reserve Shotgunman’ and ‘Hex’ (first released as B-sides), the cult favourite ‘Clawhammer’ (from a 1988 flexi-disc split with Spacemen 3’s Dreamweapon), and a remix of ‘Big Shot’, making it essential for fans and collectors alike.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Third Stone","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":52291046015307,"sku":"R5484-1596","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/barkpsychosisreplay.jpg?v=1750083463"},{"product_id":"independency-ac","title":"Independency","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe very first Bark Psychosis compilation, originally released in 1994, has now been repressed for 2025. \u003cem\u003eIndependency\u003c\/em\u003e is a series of singles first issued between 1989 and 1992 and it charts Bark Psychosis' extraordinary period of evolution prior to the creation of their lone studio LP, \u003cem\u003eHex.\u003c\/em\u003e Opening with the delicate \"I Know,\" the set grows by leaps and bounds, expanding in complexity and innovation over the course of tracks like \"Manman\" and \"Tooled Up\" before culminating in the 21-minute improvisational ambient opus \"Scum,\" perhaps the band's definitive moment.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Third Stone","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":53448855322955,"sku":"R2925-8230","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/BARKPSYCHOSISINDEPENDENCYSTONE010CD.jpg?v=1758554769"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/collections\/test_2f402eca_thumbnail_4096_8ed21c30-cad6-478c-ac78-70628bc24889.jpg?v=1727614025","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/de\/collections\/bark-psychosis.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}