Maribou State: Kingdoms In Colour (180g, turquoise vinyl, indie exclusive) [COUNTER RECORDS]

Why you'll love it

The indie-store pressing on 180g turquoise vinyl, with a download code. Kingdoms in Colour reached number 25 in the UK and number four on the Record Store chart, was BBC 6 Music's Album of the Day, and gave us "Feel Good" with Khruangbin.

This edition

• Indie exclusive
• 180g turquoise vinyl
• Download code on the inner sleeve

About the album

Chris Davids and Liam Ivory met at school in Berkhamsted, did their first remix (for Hadouken!) at 16 and spent years remixing for Fatboy Slim, Lana Del Rey and Kelis before settling at Ninja Tune's Counter Records. Their 2018 second album is where the duo's sound came into full focus, with long-time collaborator Holly Walker back on vocals, a turn from North Downs, and the standout single "Turnmills" leading the charge.

"Turnmills" is named for the London club that closed in 2008, "Feel Good" brings in Khruangbin, and "Nervous Tics" and "Kama" round out a record that works as well on headphones as it does in a field. Annie Mac, Gilles Peterson and Nick Grimshaw all got behind it. The turquoise is optional, but it does match the cover rather well.

Tracklist

Listen

On Counter Records (cat# COUNT156), first out in 2018.