Anna Butterss - Mighty Vertebrate (2026 Reissue) [Green/Grey Marbled Colour Vinyl]

Format: LP
Catalogue No.: IARC86LPX
Barcode: 0634457262454
Release Date: 11 Sep 2026
Genre: Jazz

TRACKLIST: 
1. Bishop
2. Shorn
3. Dance Steve
4. Ella
5. Lubbock
6. Pokemans
7. Breadrich
8. Seeing You
9. Counterpoint
10. Saturno

Mighty Vertebrate is the International Anthem debut from Anna Butterss. The Adelaide-born bassist / composer has been a first call for LA tour and studio work since relocating there in 2014 – racking up credits with notables across the experimental, jazz, and pop worlds alike – but their most notable contributions to the burgeoning LA scene have been as a member of both Jeff Parker’s ETA IVtet and rising proto-trance supergroup SML, who Pitchfork says “represents the thrilling next phase of a vibrant L.A. community.”

“I had just gotten off of a bunch of touring at the end of 2022 and just wanted to write music,” says Butterss. “The best way for me to do that, I’ve found, is to set myself a discreet and focused task.

I’m going to make a song where the bass doesn’t function in the role of a bass.
I’m going to work on this for an hour and then I’m going to stop.
I’m going to make a song that uses groups of three-bar phrasing.
I want to sample something and make it into a song.
I’m going to start with a drum machine.