By DJ Monk
As psych legends Ufomammut prepare to release ‘XX’, their massive box set commemorating their 20th anniversary, the band has launched a test press giveaway.
The band is giving away ten sets of test pressings of the entire LP box, which will be released on 9 September through the band’s own Supernatural Cat Records. Anybody who has already pre-ordered the vinyl box set or places a pre-order by the end of August is automatically entered to win one of the special test pressing sets, signed by the band.
Being released on both CD and LP, the ‘XX’ box set features nine Ufomammut albums, all individually housed in sleeves with exclusive cover artworks, created specifically for this release. The box sets will include all eight studio albums – ‘Godlike Snake’, ‘Snailking’, ‘Lucifer Song’, ‘Idolum’, ‘Eve’, ‘Oro’, ‘Ecate’ and ‘8’.
The ninth album, ‘XX’, features new recordings of six songs – ‘Satan’, ‘Plouton’, ‘Lacrimosa’, ‘Infearnatural’, ‘Mars’ and ‘Destroyer’ – which were re-recorded during the band’s recent European tour in an intimate acoustic setting:
“We spent ten days on the road last spring, focusing our live show on the recordings of ‘XX’, an acoustic set based on six songs from our 20-year career, revisited in a new way. Urlo decided to play synth on stage, Poia took his acoustic guitar, and Vita embarked on a different approach via the drumkit. Gig after gig the songs grew inside us and the reaction from the people made us so proud and happy of what we were doing. ‘XX’ is the witness of this little tour and of the warmness people gave us while we were approaching on our music in a very different way. ‘XX’ is something magick, something different and unique for us.”
The box sets also include a 64-page book with original covers, photos and lyrics to all songs, with an additional poster, backpatch, and sticker.
Ufomammut play The Garage in London on Saturday 28 September.