Official press release:
Chicago’s Yakuza will begin recording their long-awaited, as-yet-untitled new studio album!
The band will enter Palisades Studio with engineer Sanford Parker (Yob, Voivod) later this month. The recording will be completed and mixed at Parker’s own Hypercube Studios. Set for worldwide release in the Spring of 2022, the record follows their critically lauded Beyul full-length (2012) and marks Yakuza’s first official studio output in ten years!
Offers vocalist/saxophonist Bruce Lamont:
“Ten years! You would think that a bunch has changed, Well, some has and some hasn’t. The shronky, heavy, hairpin tempo shifts are still there, now add more bottom end thanks to current bassist Jerome Marshall. This new batch of tunes is a nice mix of weird and riffy and we couldn’t be happier with how everything has come together.”
Adds bassist Jerome Marshall:
“It’s a return to form from the origins of where the band began. A return to post-metal, avant-garde jazz-influenced heavy chaos with the structural balance of intrinsic order.”
The record will be released in North America via Lamont and Parker’s joint imprint, War Crime Recordings, with Svart Recordings handling Europe and beyond.
In related news, War Crime Recordings will reissue the Yakuza back catalog on a limited-edition LP throughout the coming months. First up is 2012’s Beyul which has never before been available on vinyl.
Comments Lamont:
“We over at War Crime Recordings have had a plan for a number of years to reissue all the Yakuza LPs that haven’t seen the light day and then reissue the ones that have. Beyul was an obvious first choice. Originally released back in 2012 through Profound Lore, this reissue is a single LP gatefold edition. The mastering for the LP was done back in 2012 by Colin Jordon and we couldn’t be happier with the result. Next up…Way of the Dead!”
Limited to 200 copies on translucent brown vinyl, order Beyul here.
Yakuza is:
- James Staffel – drums
- Matt Mcclelland – guitar, vocals
- Jerome Marshall – bass, vocals
- Bruce Lamont – vocals, saxophones