Startled Insects - The Antenna Years

Format: LP
Catalogue No.: WRWTFWW110 
Barcode: 4251804189682          
Release Date: 03 Jul 2026
Genre: Electronic/Synth-Pop/Post-Punk/Leftfield/Dub

Limited Edition, Heavyweight Sleeve, Liner Notes , Sticker. Non-Returnable.

WRWTFWW Records presents the first ever vinyl release for the Startled Insects’ 1984-1985 run compiled into one album : The Antenna Years. The Bristol music must-have comes as a limited edition LP with astonishing artwork, liner notes and a heavyweight sleeve.

In the 90s, the band released two albums, including the classic Curse Of The Pheromones via Antilles New Directions (Island Records), then evolved into The Insects: film composers for BBC/National Geographic,
Emmy winners, and key architects of the 90s Bristol orbit, working with Massive Attack, Goldfrapp, Tricky, and members of Portishead.

The Antenna Years compiles the independent EPs/Mini-LPs the Startled Insects released in 1984 (self-titled) and 1985 (Underworld/Black Spring), with two bonus unreleased tracks that were only ever played in their live shows (W.W.W and What A Waste, both amazing).

Astonishingly futuristic when they landed in 1984, the Startled Insects sounded like they came from another planet while staying rooted in Bristol’s underground. Abstract electronic, leftfield synth-pop, dub science, gamelan heat, post-punk edge, cinematic atmosphere : The Antenna Years delivers one beautifully odd voyage into the sonic unknown.

Four decades on, The Antenna Years still hits like a transmission from the future. Dive in with no fear.

Tracklist LP: A1. Black Spring A2. Overzoom A3. W.W.W. A4. Underworld (pitched) B1. Thunk B2. What A Waste B3. Revenge Of The Insects B4. Khalk'ru