Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark Archive Vol. 1 (1981-1990)Initially curated as part of the Grammy nominated Souvenir boxed set (2019), Archive Volume 1 provides a fascinating insight into the alternative creative process of one of the most successful synth pop groups of all time at their most triumphant. Six years after the first issue, it makes its vinyl debut. Maintaining OMDs long tradition of supporting Record Store Day, its their ninth such release since 2013. Track listing: Side A 1. Brand New Science

Financed by a Pell Grant and what little cash the band could scrounge

+ the expert fuckers who broke this world never get to speak again

An audio-visual entity formed among a musical family of friends

close-knit underground music scene

That's just the first four songs and the best eighteen plus minutes of 2015 so far

Each side of the LP comprises one long track

He'll act on his infatuations—for the flute

Alabama during the classic era of the sixties soul

The Chats went back into the studio to record their follow up EP

Territorial Pissings (Side B)

with bonus 12"

The need to lose oneself in a force bigger than ourselves