Strange Times in Elderfield
This is a cropped early version of the album art for the LP. This was later scrapped for the new art that you’ve seen on our other posts on the Youtube Channel, and which will be featured in the teaser video on Jan 4th. We’ll be sharing the full-size version of this artwork as well - in time!
Hey everyone, Chris here! Welcome to our first Ill-Advised blog! We’ll be posting these blogs fairly regularly to keep everyone up-to-date on what we’re working on, and giving you a behind-the-scenes look into how we operate.
As you have likely noticed with our recent NETCULT release, we’re branching out from just lofi hip hop music into some other genres, namely dark synthwave next. Our next upcoming album, “Strange Times in Elderfield” by Cyberghost will mark our first major, full-length release in the genre. This album is likely to scratch an itch that fans of artists like Carpenter Brut, Perturbator, Gost, and others left in the time since their latest releases years ago. With this release, we’re hoping to fill a recent void in dark, aggressive synth music that also makes use of catchy riffs and melodies, as well as plenty of 80s nostalgia.
This album has been complete for about 5 months now, and we’ve been itching to share it with you. We’re taking things a bit further with this one, and in addition to offering Cassette and Digital formats, we’re also going to be offering CDs, as well as limited edition Type II Cassettes, which allow for much higher quality audio while still being compatible with all cassette players. The first 100 CDs as well as all 100 copies of the limited edition cassettes will also come with an 11x17” signed poster of the album art, and the limited edition Cassettes come in a special box. Links to order these will be in the video description when the album drops on Monday, Jan 11th.
That about wraps it up for this blog post! We’ll have a few more Cyberghost posts to come as we get closer to the release, looking at everything from the inspiration for the album, as well as some insider info on how it was produced, and how you could get some of the sounds you’ll hear on the LP. We’ll save those until after you’ve heard some of the actual music!