MUGSTAR’s new studio album “GRAFT” is released today on Cardinal Fuzz records (Europe) and Centripetal Force (USA).
Initial copies on Cherry Red vinyl.
Many thanks to all involved! Especially Dave Cambridge, Mike Mannix, Rob Whiteley, Chris Hardman and Paul Evans.
Order direct from MUGSTAR here at the Mug-Store page,
www.cardinalfuzz.bigcartel.com (Europe)
www.centripetalforcerecords.com (USA)
And support your local independent record shops when you can:
In North West, UK – Good Time Records, 81 Renshaw and Probe all in Liverpool, VOD in Mold, North Wales and also at Grey’n’Pink and Up North Records, both in Chester… all have the album in stock now.

MUGSTAR’s new studio album “GRAFT” coming on the Cardinal Fuzz label (Europe) and Centripetal Force (U.S.A.)
Release date Friday 30th October 2020.
Pre-Orders open now from the Cardinal Fuzz Big Cartel
or direct from the “Mug-Store” page here on the website
Limited initial copies on Cherry Red vinyl.

Now sold out at the label. Be careful of escalating internet prices. Support you local record shops where possible – in north west UK… North Liverpool: Good Time Records, in Liverpool city centre: Probe Records & 81 Renshaw Street. In Mold, North Wales: VOD Records.
Or you can order directly from us via the “Mug-Store” page on here.

The vinyl has arrived –
MUGSTAR & DAMO SUZUKI
INVISIBLE WIND FACTORY
Grape splatter vinyl (limited) and Eco vinyl pressings.
Currently available to order from The Weird Beard bandcamp.

The forthcoming MUGSTAR/DAMO SUZUKI album is now available for pre-order from Weird Beard…
“Recorded live at The Invisible Wind Factory, Liverpool 2018.
Ltd to 500 copies.
300 on random eco vinyl (picture is not representative & the colours truly are random) and 200 on grape with black splatter, these are only available from us.
All copies come with an insert, the first 50 of which are hand numbered.
This item is a pre-order & we expect to start shipping around the 31st July.”
Available here – https://theweirdbeard.bigcartel.com

Reviewed here by Terrascope. Many thanks to Francis Comyn…
“MUGSTAR AND DAMO SUZUKI – INVISIBLE WIND FACTORY
(LP on Weird Beard Records)
Back in those distant days of live music in packed, sweaty rooms I remember attending this concert with fellow Terrascope scribe, the illustrious Ian Fraser who if I remember rightly enjoyed or perhaps more accurately endured a lengthy and unexpectedly confusing taxi ride across Liverpool that nearly made him late for it (I’m sure his autobiography will explain more about this adventure at some point). Part of the 2018 Wrong Festival at Liverpool’s Invisible Wind Factory (any schoolboy humour will be punished, or at least punned) and other nearby venues, this set was one of the absolute highlights of a fine day of psychedelic rock.
Mugstar and Damo are no strangers to each other having shared a stage and recordings before this gig and their mutual pleasure in working with each other is clear to see and hear. It’s a pretty impressive marriage between Mugstar, one of the most interesting bands working today in the field of inventive and exploratory psych and space rock and one of the most iconic vocalists in the history of Krautrock who still crams in an eclectic and busy worldwide schedule of collaboration and free improvisation projects.
Weird Beard have generously provided us with the chance to relive the full forty or so minutes of a dynamic and memorable set, a wide ranging improvisation taking in many diverse twists and turns on its path. Underpinned by a solid yet varied rhythmic platform, Mugstar create a musical canvas where light and shade is created through guitars that shimmer and soar, compelling and memorable riffs that propel where needed and feed melodic ideas providing texture, colour and contrast. There are generous servings of driving motorik, touches of desolate spaghetti western landscapes, flashbacks to echoing and tense early eighties psychedelia tinged new wave and Stooge-like energetic and exhilarating solos and riff fuelled sprints which come and go through the set keeping it varied, unpredictable and most importantly exciting. Using this canvas, Damo Suzuki treats us to his full array of vocal talents, sometimes leading the music to new places and sometimes responding to the challenge set by Mugstar. At times harking back to the wailing improvisatory style of his Can days, sometimes growling like Tom Waits and then crooning like Scott Walker (or even Ian McCullough) at his most desolate and experimental, Damo’s chameleon like and indeed unique approach to singing is demonstrated at its very best here.
You can see some good videos of this set on YouTube but there is something to be said for letting the audio pleasures on offer speak for themselves. I really enjoyed the set as a punter but this well recorded vinyl time capsule is already offering up some new delights unheard in the general hubbub of the crowd on the night and is pretty much essential listening for any fans of Mugstar, Damo or indeed of high quality and inventive improvised or psychedelic rock. Strongly recommended for your audio pleasure.
Francis Comyn”

Pre-orders for the upcoming MUGSTAR/DAMO SUZUKI “INVISIBLE WIND FACTORY” release will be available from the 1st of July from https://theweirdbeard.bigcartel.com

The guys at the Weird Beard label say… “We’ve been dying to announce this, so I think it’s about time we shared WB010 with you all. Currently queued at the pressing plant, more details and pre-order information will follow once we get a delivery date.
Trust us when we say that this performance is out of this world.”
https://theweirdbeard.bigcartel.com + The Weird Beard on FaceBook

The first of two MUGSTAR releases heading out this year. This test pressing is sounding superb! Announcements coming soon…

Well, it’s been a while – and what crazy and uncertain times we all find ourselves in at the moment. We hope you are all keeping safe and well.
Here’s an update on MUGSTAR activity… although it looks like there clearly won’t be any shows announced in the short term, MUGSTAR have been busy working away in the studio. Keep your eyes peeled for exciting announcements regarding new releases to be made soon! We are working with some great people – and the pressing plants are still rolling. Music will help us through this, new MUGSTAR sounds are on their way!

“MODERN PSYCH DRONES TO SHADOW INTERVIEWS WITH ALIEN ABDUCTEES!

What do you get when you combine a 1966 album of a man interviewing survivors of alien abductions with new music from the likes of modern psych beacons Kikagku Moyo, Heron Oblivion, Al Lover, MUGSTAR, Earthen Sea, Demian Castellanos, Holy Mountain Top Removers, Jeffrey Alexander, Terceiro Olho de Marte, and White Manna? …not sure but you’re going to need two turntables to find out. This odd collaboration is both the first reissue of a strange spoken word record, and a separate LP of modern drone and psych that works as the perfect backdrop to the words of Jack Jenkins and Sid Padrick, these are two fabulous albums that combine to form one magnificent experience.”

The album features two exclusive MUGSTAR tracks and is released today – Black Friday Record Store Day – 29th November 2019!
Further info – modernharmonic.com