The Durutti Column Release New Album "Renascent" Today.

RENASCENT, THE NEW ALBUM FROM THE DURUTTI COLUMN   – OUT NOW [LONDON RECORDS]   LISTEN TO THE NEW SINGLE “SARGASSO SEA”  FEATURING CAOILFHIONN ROSE HERE

LISTEN | WATCH “SARGASSO SEA” FT. CAOILFHIONN ROSE   LISTEN RENASCENT Echoes In The Memory Your Shadow At Morning Time Present And Time Past Agonistes Liars Vapour In A Matchbox Your Shadow At Evening Sargasso Sea Scammer For Friends Everywhere All They See Is Fire (CD / digital bonus track)   ------------------------------   “The long-awaited return of DIY composer and experimental songwriter Vini Reilly.” – Pitchfork   “An unexpected, emotional return from one of our most innovative guitarists." - UNCUT, 8/10   “Lead single ‘Liars’ is a gasping, regretful meditation that brings back the classic Durutti Column sound, but with the hard-won perspective that comes with age.” - Stereogum   “‘Liars’…pairs Reilly’s distinctive guitar style with chill clubby beats.” – Brooklyn Vegan   “Renascent combines luminescent indie pastoralism with ghostly flamenco shadows and vocal samples that summon dancefloor ghosts of the Hacienda, but also push forward into new realms"  MOJO ★★★★ ------------------------------ Today sees the release of Renascent, the first new studio album in over a decade from seminal Manchester outfit The Durutti Column, out now via London Records. Already earning widespread critical acclaim from the likes of Pitchfork, MOJO, Stereogum, Uncut, and more, Renascent marks a remarkable return for guitarist and composer Vini Reilly and band members Bruce Mitchell and Keir Stewart, reaffirming their status as one of music’s most singular and influential voices. Listen to Renascent HERE. The album represents a full-circle moment in The Durutti Column story. Released with a Factory Toocatalogue number in collaboration with Oliver Wilson, son of Factory Records founder Tony Wilson, Renascent also reunites the band with original Factory Records design collaborators Mark Holt and Hamish Muir of 8vo. Their striking artwork reflects the music's unique balance of modernist precision and romantic warmth through a rich and sensuous visual language. Coinciding with the album's release is the arrival of its latest single, “Sargasso Sea,” a stirring and melancholic composition written by Reilly and featuring acclaimed Manchester artist Caoilfhionn Rose on vocals and piano.   Listen to “Sargasso Sea” HERE. Reflecting on her involvement with the track, Rose explains: “I remember when I first heard a version of ‘Sargasso Sea’ being recorded for The Durutti Column’s Chronicle LX: XL album. I was really struck by it, especially the vivid and reflective lyrics. Several years later I reimagined the song and was invited to record it in a session for Renascent.” “Vini, Keir and Bruce are all wonderful people and musicians and I’ve always been really inspired by their approach to making music. Over the years they’ve been so positive about my singing and encouraged me to improvise and experiment, trusting the creative process. They’ve been like mentors to me and have been very influential in the way I make music.” True originals are rare. Yet across five decades, Vini Reilly and The Durutti Column have cultivated an instantly recognizable musical language: intricate without ostentation, immediate yet timeless, melancholic yet uplifting. Once operating largely outside prevailing trends, The Durutti Column now find themselves being rediscovered by audiences encountering their work for the first time. Appropriately, Renascent (meaning “being reborn, reviving, springing up afresh”) captures both this renewed cultural visibility and a profound artistic resurgence. Long celebrated by devoted followers, their influence has increasingly reached a new generation of listeners and artists. Most notably, Harry Styles cited The Durutti Column as a major influence on his 2026 album Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally. Frank Ocean, The Avalanches, Yung Lean, Youth Lagoon and Mark William Lewis have openly acknowledged the band's influence. Musically, Renascent exists in constant dialogue between past and present. Tracks such as “Time Present and Time Past” embody a sense of cyclical motion: reflective yet forward-looking. Reilly’s distinctive improvisational approach remains at the heart of the album, favoring spontaneity and intuition over convention. “Every single piece of music writes itself,” Reilly notes, and throughout Renascent the recordings preserve that sense of immediacy. Pieces such as “Vapour in a Matchbox” transform fleeting inspiration into compositions of enduring emotional resonance. Despite the passage of recent years, Reilly’s creative philosophy remains rooted in movement, response and discovery. Renascent is not an attempt to revisit the past, but to reanimate it, allowing familiar ideas to evolve into something new, vital and unexpected. The Durutti Column are Renascent. The album is available across a number of formats including digital, CD (both with the bonus track “All They See is Fire”) and transparent yellow vinyl. There is also a limited edition vinyl featuring alternative artwork, pressed on bottle green vinyl and featuring an oversized booklet. The official Durutti Column store hosts some very limited editions including a cassette, and a very special edition slipcase version of the album (limited to 1,000 copies worldwide) with alternative artwork, heavyweight black vinyl, a DVD with unique visualizers for every track, 4 art prints and a folded poster.   To celebrate the release of Renascent, The Durutti Column will partner with In Sheep's Clothing for two exclusive vinyl listening sessions on August 13 in New York and Los Angeles. Hosted at Head Hi (New York) and In Sheep's Clothing HQ (Los Angeles), the events will feature Renascent alongside two quintessential Durutti Column albums—The Return of The Durutti Column (1980) and Vini Reilly (1989)—all presented on vinyl in world-class hi-fi listening environments. Attendees will receive an exclusive An Introduction to The Durutti Column 10-track CD sampler (available in limited quantities), have the opportunity to purchase a limited-edition tote bag created exclusively for the listening sessions, and will also be able to purchase Renascent on-site. Fans can RSVP HERE. Renascent is available now on all formats via London Records.

Vini Reilly, The Durutti Column. (Photo credit: Michael Steff)