The Bug and Earth team up for heavyweight new album Concrete Desert

Inspired by J.G. Ballard’s urban dystopias.

The Bug and Earth have teamed up once more for new collaborative LP Concrete Desert, set to be released on vinyl via Ninja Tune.

On parallel journeys to the the core of sound, Kevin Martin aka The Bug and Earth’s Dylan Carlson have been mining their respective mediums for twenty years in search of sonic extremes.

First recording in the build up to Martin’s 2014 LP Angels & Devils, the pair released a stand-alone 12″ featuring tracks ‘Boa’ and ‘Cold’ that were originally slated for the LP.

“They had developed a singular life of their own, outside of the identity of that album.” Martin said of the decision to release them separately.

The EP however laid the foundations for this full-length collaboration, which is inspired by J.G. Ballard’s urban dystopias, and the fracturing of the LA dream. Martin says that the album is in some ways a Los Angeles-set companion piece to his crucial 2008 LP London Zoo.

Featuring metal legend Justin Broadrick as JK Flesh on two tracks you can hear lead single ‘Snakes vs. Rats’ now and pre-order the double vinyl here ahead of its release on 5th May. The album will be available digitally from the 24th March.

Tracklist:

02. Gasoline

03. Agoraphobia

04. Snakes Vs Rats

05. Broke

06. American Dream

07. Don’t Walk These Streets

08. Other Side of the World

09. Hell A

10. Concrete Desert

Bonus Tracks

12. Pray ft JK Flesh

13. Another Planet

Header photo: Phil Sharp