The Sick Man Of Europe - Fade/Form (The Bunker Tapes) [Cassette]

Format: Cassette
Catalogue No.: DOCK77C  
Barcode: 843190057757
Release Date: 17 Oct 2025
Genre: Post-Punk/Alternative

Fade/Form (The Bunker Tapes) is a live document of The Sick Man Of Europe’s evolution from the studio to the stage. 

It follows the Moderate Air Quality EP and the eponymous debut album and is accompanied by a full-length performance video. 

It is released as a 4-track digital mini-album, and as a limited edition 5-track cassette. 
The Sick Man Of Europe will tour the UK and Europe in October and November 2025 (see below)

In this summer of discontent, The Sick Man Of Europe meet in secret in a room beneath a factory on a hill. Crushed by the weight of brick and steel, and consumed by the relentless hunger for progress - here to document change. It’s an escape from the city and from the history unfolding in front of our eyes. These times are transient and our ideals are called into question at every juncture.

Five bodies stand in this room. An engineer and three operatives. They look towards the foreman. The spokesperson. For guidance and clarity where there is none.
A mechanical clank and the whir of magnetic tape. A voice from the depths.

1. ⁠Sanguine (10:52) 2. ⁠Obsolete (6:20) 3.⁠ ⁠Profane Not Profound (5:27) 4.⁠ ⁠Transactional (9:44) 5. Moderate Air Quality (9:14) - cassette only

The Sick Man Of Europe live:Wed 1 Oct The Attic, Leeds, UK Thu 2 Oct Golden Lion, Todmordon, UK Fri 3 Oct Flying Duck, Glasgow, UK Sat 4 Oct Zerox, Newcastle, UK Sat 18 Oct Sŵn Festival, Cardiff, UK Thu 23 Oct Left Of The Dial Festival, Rotterdam, NL Fri 24 Oct Left Of The Dial Festival, Rotterdam, NL Sat 25 Oct Vera Downstage, Groningen, NL Sun 26 Oct Rabataz, Halle (Saale), DE Mon 27 Oct Neue Zukunft, Berlin, DE Tue 28 Oct Altes Volksbad, Mannheim, DE Wed 29 Oct They're Gonna Be Big Festival, Paris, FR Thu 30 Oct Cafk, Nantes, F Fri 31 OctSecret location, Rennes, FR Thu 6 Nov Club Cheek, London, UK Fri 7 Nov Mutations Festival, Brighton, UK Sat 8 Nov Simple Things Festival, Bristol, UK

“Blends pulsating motorik beats, nagging basslines and droning electronics into all-consuming atmospheres. Fronted by foreboding vocals that sit somewhere between Ian Curtis’ melancholic baritone and something more experimental” Electronic Sound
“The Sick Man Of Europe blend Krautrock aspects with charred remains of post-punk, tying this together by tapping into the UK’s current dystopian darkness” Clash
“If you dig danceable post-punk, give this a spin”  Brooklyn Vegan - 15 New Songs Out Today

‘The Sick Man Of Europe‘s dystopian cloak of agitated post-punk channels the ubiquitous dread with laser focus yet remains unmoored to any fixed statement or meaning’ - FAR OUT