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COIL - Listen to 'Either His, or Yours', newly remastered - Gold is the Metal (With the Broadest Shoulders) out on 30 October 2026

COIL

LISTEN TO THE NEWLY REMASTERED TRACK,

‘EITHER HIS, OR YOURS’ HERE

 

MUTE & THRESHOLD HOUSE ANNOUNCE A SERIES OF RELEASES, STARTING WITH 

GOLD IS THE METAL

(WITH THE BROADEST SHOULDERS)

OUT ON 30 OCTOBER 2026


Originally conceived by John Balance, Coil swiftly became a duo with Peter 'Sleazy' Christopherson(Throbbing Gristle) and after their 1984 debut release, the one-sided 12” single How to Destroy Angels, they were joined by a young Stephen Thrower. On the recordings in the series, Coil are John Balance (1962-2004), Peter Christopherson (1955-2010) and Stephen Thrower.

 

The series launches with Gold is the Metal (With the Broadest Shoulders), the third in a trilogy that began with Scatology and Horse Rotorvator. Where Scatology and Horse Rotorvator are revered, the period immediately after is sometimes skipped over, but these years were enormously potent moments in their history, ones where sex and sexuality, as core engines of their work, were cast under increasing shadow by homophobia and the fear of AIDS, both of which were deliberately fanned and propagated by the mainstream media.

 

Gold is the Metal (With the Broadest Shoulders) draws on work that had been sidelined during Horse Rotovator’s sequencing. It takes textural and instrumental pieces and shapes them into a fully-formed album. Thrower explains that this is much more than “a round-up of wraiths and strays”, describing it as “the culmination of a ‘magnum opus’ in the artistic sense, the closure of a trilogy – Scatology, Horse Rotorvator and Gold is the Metal – rounding up even our most jagged, cryptic, frictional, intemperate materials into a final balanced form”.

 

It honed what Thrower calls “electro-erotics of sound”, with a collage structure inspired by The Faust Tapes.Notable are its field recordings – a drunken brass band captured in Mexico, a snippet of a TV documentary about young British boxers, and a Thai boxing arena recorded by Christopherson. There is also accident and serendipity at play: ‘Metal in the Head’ contains the sound of their hired Fairlight sampler malfunctioning, when it began to randomly rearrange and distort the music. Words become less important for this record: it is instead about the creation of an enveloping continuity, atmospheres where barbarism lurks, unspoken but detected, alongside the euphoria of intoxication and the Rites of Spring.

 

For this reissue its artwork has been painstakingly reconstructed by Thrower and his partner Ossian Brown (a member of Coil from 1999-2004), expanding upon its original concept with additional archive material, including artefacts, photographs, artworks, and personal notes made by John Balance. 

 

Gold is the Metal (With the Broadest Shoulders) will be followed by Coil’s soundtrack for Derek Jarman's The Angelic Conversation, the unreleased music for Clive Barker's Hellraiser, and the compilation Unnatural History. 

 

Threshold House was Coil’s own imprint, set to release Gold is the Metal (With the Broadest Shoulders) and now reactivated by Stephen Thrower and Ossian Brown as a vehicle to release the early Coil albums in partnership with Mute, and in association with the estates of John Balance and Peter Christopherson.

 

Gold is the Metal (With the Broadest Shoulders) will be released on limited edition vinyl, CD and digitally on 30 October 2026.

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Tricky's North American Tour Begins This Friday 9/18, New Album Out Via False Idols

Tricky
FIRST NORTH AMERICAN TOUR IN 8 YEARS BEGINS THIS FRIDAY 9/18 AT RIOT FEST

TICKETS AVAILABLE FROM VENUES AND THE TRICKY WEBSITE
 
NEW ALBUM, DIFFERENT WHEN IT'S SILENT, OUT VIA FALSE IDOLS
 

Tricky photo by Steve Gullick 

Following sold-out UK and European tours, and select shows this summer, legendary artist and producer, Tricky, embarks on his first North American tour in eight years, beginning September 18th at Riot Fest. Mitch Sanders, and longtime-collaborator and solo artist, Marta Zlakowska, who feature on the new album, Different When It’s Silent, will be joining Tricky on all dates, and Marta will also be the opening act. Tickets are available from venues and on the Tricky website.
 
 Different When It's Silent, Tricky's critically-acclaimed 15th studio album and first full-length release under his own name in six years, was released July 17th via his own label, False Idols. Recorded between his home in France and sessions in Bristol, the album reconnects with the distinctive sonic language that has defined Tricky’s work since his groundbreaking debut, Maxinquaye.
 
The album showcases Bristol vocalist Mitch Sanders, whose voice features prominently throughout. Sharing a similar background to Tricky, Sanders brings a sense of community to the record through their shared Bristol roots. Across fourteen tracks, Tricky moves fluidly between skeletal blues, distorted guitars, stark hip-hop rhythms and electronics. Described by Pitchfork as “the Tricky sound canonized” and Uncut as “one of Tricky’s finest”, Different When It's Silent is a collision of reflection and restless experimentation, reconnecting Tricky with the sound and instinct that made him one of the most distinctive voices in modern music. For more info, read the album bio here. 


NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES
September
18th - Chicago, IL - Riot Fest (3.15pm - 4.00pm / Rebel Stage)
20th - Dallas, TX - Trees
21st - Austin, TX - Mohawk
23rd - Phoenix, AZ - Crescent Ballroom
24th - Los Angeles, CA - The Bellwether
26th - San Francisco, CA - Portola Festival
28th - Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom SOLD OUT
29th - Vancouver, B.C - Hollywood Theatre SOLD OUT
30th - Seattle, WA - Neumos SOLD OUT

October
2nd - Salt Lake City, UT - Commonwealth
4th - Denver, CO - Bluebird Theater SOLD OUT
6th - Minneapolis, MN - Fine Line
8th - Toronto, ON - Danforth Music Hall SOLD OUT
9th - Montreal, QC - Le Studio TD SOLD OUT
11th - Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn Steel
12th - Cambridge, MA - The Sinclair SOLD OUT
13th - Washington, D.C - Lincoln Theatre
15th - Atlanta, GA.- The Loft at Center Stage 
16th - Miami, FL - III Points Festival
 
“Consistently surprising, richly textured, poignant yet tormented, this is one of Tricky’s finest.” - Uncut 8/10

“Urgent, visceral, and robust...further evidence of a career renaissance rooted in emotional power and musical exorcism.” - Pitchfork
 
"His best album in years…a standout in Tricky’s mercurial discography.”- BrooklynVegan
 
“A master of every style he brings into this universe.” - Apple Music
 
“Stunning.” - FLOOD
 
“Vulnerable, threatening, like a wounded animal in a corner.” - Record Collector ****
 
“Tricky at his unique best” - CRACK ****

“Tricky is still aces at selecting collaborators and capable of delivering a compelling left turn. His restlessness as a creative force has served him well, and it is clear that he is not done reinventing himself in rewarding ways.” - PopMatters
Different When It’s Silent is out now via False Idols. Listen here.

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