Rocket Recordings

“A generous inventory of everything they do best, held together by a logic that’s uniquely Gnod.” - The Wire “Celebrating 20 years in the mind-expansion game.” - The Guardian “They remain focused on the future more than the past.” - Echoes And Dust - Today sees the release of ‘Chronicles Of Gnowt Vol.1’, the first of a new triptych of new album by the mighty Gnod. Pick-up a ltd edition Blue Vinyl + Obi Strip via all good record shops. ...then go see Gnod live: 05 May / UK / Bristol / Strange Brew 06 May / UK / Brighton / Dust 07 May / FR / Paris / les instants chavirés 08 May / DE / Duisburg / Stapeltor 09 May / DE / Berlin / Kantine am Berghain 10 May / PL / Poznań / Pawilon 11 May / CZ / Prague / MeetFactory 12 May / AT / Innsbruck / PMK 13 May / CH / Bern / Dachstock 15 May / NL / Nijmegen / Sonic Whip Festival 16 May / BE / Brussels / Obsidian Dust Festival 17 May / UK / St Leonards / The Piper 03-06 Sep / UK / Dorset / End Of The Road Festival

“What filth, what sweat, how good it is to wallow like a pig in this acidic liquid.” STNT “A very good album with more depth than it lets on.” The Quietus “The Shits don’t do things by halves.” Outsideleft” Slams you in the solar plexus and never lets up” The Vinyl District “Nothing short of magnificent.” Aural Aggravation - The Shits new album ‘Diet Of Worms’ is unleashed onto the world today. It is available to preorder now on clear vinyl (ltd to 120 copies) via rocketrecordings.com – you can also pick-up a black vinyl (ltd to 280 copies) via all decent record shops. And like all Rocket releases, a Bandcamp download code is also included. - Catch the bands infamous live assault here: 09 Apr / UK / Leeds / Brudenell Social Club 16 Apr / BE / Brussels / Magasin 4 17 Apr / FR / Besancon / Les Passagers Du Zinc 18 April / FR / St Etienne / La Gueule Noire 19 Apr / CH / Geneva / L’ecurie 20 Apr / FR / Grenoble / Skatepark Sous Le Pont 22 Apr / FR / Toulouse / Le Ravelin 23 Apr / FR / Clermont-Ferrand / Fermenté.e 24 Apr / FR / Nantes / Blockhaus DY10 25 Apr / FR / Paris/Montreuil / Le Chinois 12 Jun / NO / Oslo / Hærverk i Parke 17-20 Sep / UK / Newcastle / The Lubber Fiend 26 Sep / UK / London / The Windmill

We are very happy to reveal that J. Zunz, the musical project by Mexican artist Lorena Quintanilla has revealed a new album on Rocket – a mesmerising 9 track LP called ‘Obsidiana’. Watch the John O’Carroll made video for first single – the visceral repetition of ‘Silvia’ via Rocket’s YouTube - ‘Obsidiana’ which is released on 29 May is ltd to 300 copies on clear vinyl and spot gloss sleeve, is available to preorder from your favourite record shop, or direct via rocketrecordings.com - ‘Obsidiana’, the third J. Zunz album on Rocket – manages to be both more aggressive and more gentle than anything she’s previously created either on her own or in her work in Lorelle Meets The Obsolete. A study in balance, its emotional charge remains strong and intact whether on the eerie, almost Radiophonic ambience of ‘Imago’, the dancefloor-adjacent, Chris & Cosey-esque ‘Osiris’ or the abrasive, industrial-strength confrontation of ‘Silvia’. On ‘Final’ meanwhile, Lorena is joined by her only main collaborator this time around, Freddie Murphy (Father Murphy) whose trumpet and synth abstractions offer further vivid colour to ‘Obsidiana’s spectrum. J. Zunz is celebrating the announcement of this new album with a special show: April 17 / Tijuana / Malbouche ...and a J. Zunz European tour is in the planning for later this year.

TONIGHT, the seventh show of sixteen, we play in the beautiful surroundings of St Matthias Church, London. Doors 7.30 @bruise_blood 8 The Utopia Strong 9 The Lighthouse in Deal tomorrow

Time for another ‘Rocket Recall’ – an infrequent series where we share a brief overview on a Rocket artist or an album from Rocket’s back catalogue. This time we want to share ‘Thuban, the second album on Rocket by Italian based collective Lay Llamas, which is led by the verey talented musician and artist So if you like what you hear, head over to Bandcamp or your favourite streaming channel to hear more – or even better, support the artist and head over to rocketrecordings.com to pick-up a digital copy.

The camera was not at its best tonight, @pigsx7 however absolutely were (are they ever not?!?)! They catapulted @thecrescentyork into orbit and took us all along with them. An absolute tonic, as always. The addition of Detroit to the setlist was a surprise, in the best possible way - bloody awesome stuff! Sound was immense (thanks to @bridgewilliamssound for bringing the skills!). @merylstreek_ brought a heavy intensity that filled the room, don’t turn up late and miss them in Cardiff!! The usual thank yous to everyone on and off stage who make nights like this happen. No matter how big or how small your part, we appreciate everything you do to keep live music and independent venues alive and kicking. 🙌🙌🙌 #pigspigspigspigspigspigspigs #pigsx7 #merylstreek #livemusicphotography #iphone17promaxphotography

Pick-up a copy of the latest issue of @electronicsoundmag and read an exclusive interview with @j.zunz New album ‘Obsidiana’ is released on 29 May – preorder the ltd edition vinyl from rocketrecordings.com or your favourite record store

Thank you to everyone who came to our show at @exeterphoenix last night the amazing @bruise_blood for support and @paulgiblinfsoe for hosting another fantastic event. Tonight the tour continues, we’ll be at @cornishbank in Falmouth before returning to London and beyond. We have loved these shows, every night has been very different! Hope to see you out there…

Here are some great live photos of Smote taken by Ellen Dixon at The Cluny Newcastle on Sunday. Thanks once again for Tyne & Queer for sharing these excellent photos with us. Smote's next run of dates starts tonight with a sellout show at the 100 Club in London: 13 May / UK / London / 100 Club 14 May / BE / Antwerp / Trix 15 May / BE / Brussels / Magasin 4 16 May / NL / Nijmegen / Sonic Whip Festival 17 May / BE / Liège / JauneOrange 29-31 May / IE / Sherkin Island / Open Ear Festival 30 Aug / UK / Muncaster Castle / Krankenhaus Festival 31 Aug / UK / Cambridge / The Portland Arms 02 Sep / DE / Hamburg / MS Stubnitz 03 Sep / DE / Berlin / Neue Zukunft 06 Sep / UK / Bristol / Golden Lion 12 Mar / UK / London / Dingwalls

@janitors_sthlm jamming out ‘Farwell Spacegirl’ at @omnivox.studio while making their last album ‘An Error Has Occurred’. The band are currently locked away working on the follow-up, and from what we have heard so far we can safely say they are conjuring up something very special!

Great selection of photos of @theutopiastrong live from their show at @starandshadow in Newcastle. Photos taken by the venue - thanks to the wonderful @tyneandqueercic for shaing them with us The band’s tour contines tonight with the mightly @bruise_blood in support 13 May / Phoenix / Exeter 14 May / The Cornish Bank / Falmouth 15 May / St Matthias Church / London 16 May / The Lighthouse / Deal 17 May / The Castle / Luton 18 May / The Firebug / Leicester 19 May / Adelphi / Hull 20 May / Cottiers Theatre / Glasgow 21 May / Amped / Huddersfield 22 May / Storey’s Field Centre / Cambridge 23 May / Arts Centre / Colchester 24 May / The Piper / St Leonards

NEW SHOW: March 12th 2027 @smote666 at @dingwallscamden With Smote's show at 100 Club tomorrow sold out way in advance we're happy to announce their next London show Tickets on sale now via Dice SMOTE, once a solo endeavor by Daniel Foggin, now expanded to a fuller ensemble blends traditional instrumentation — creaking strings, funeral drums, somber winds — with thunderous synth work and desolate guitar to craft drone and dirge. A full-scale psychic voyage into the ether and a drone-and-repetition-fuelled series of incantations that takes simple, primal ingredients and utilises them for the purposes of aural sorcery, summoning spectres and revelations aplenty in its wake.