Edward Ka-Spel - Permission to Leave the Temple

Format: 10" Vinyl
Catalogue No.: LUMB032TEN
Barcode: 0859747361932
Release Date: 24 Feb 2023
Genre: Experimental/Electronic

The idea of a release by the founder of The Legendary Pink Dots on Lumberton Trading Company had been mooted for a number of years. In fact, we were close to issuing a 7" around 11 or 12 years ago, but this fell through due to the usual problems often facing small, more or less homespun, labels. The idea of still doing something with this prolific stalwart of music cut from those many folds where avant-garde abstraction locks horns with molten psychedelia, kosmische sounds, electronica and an approach to songwriting never afraid to go wherever the mood takes, however, never left. Attached to all of this, as always, are Edward's words, where wry everyday observations can mutate or be twisted into new forms given a distinctive surrealist slant. Collected on this limited 10" are five songs adding up to the length of a mini-album. Edward may well be one of the most active artists to have first emanated from the early 1980s cassette network, but Lumberton Trading Company is more than happy to play a small part in this continually unfolding, and always interesting, story. Following well over 18 months delay, this record looks set to finally land mid-January 2023 and will be shipping soon after. There are only 500 of these.

TRACKLIST Side One 1. The New People 2. Never the End 3. Urban Prayer Side Two 1. With my Blessing 2. But First Snatch the Pebble