Ulrika Spacek announce new album, share “Build a Box Then Break It”

London psychedelic art-rock band Ulrika Spacek have announced their fourth album, EXPO, which will be released on February 7 via Full Time Hobby. The band produced it themselves, recording in London and Stockholm, and they say “in an age of hyperindividualism we are proud to say it is our most collective effort yet.”

“Our music has always been a collage – a bit patchwork, sonically – but what makes this album a landmark for us is that we went one step further and made our own sound bank and essentially sampled ourselves,” they say in a shared statement.

The first single from the record is “Build a Box Then Break It,” and the title also sounds a bit like the album’s mission statement. Washes of synth sweep across the stereo field as crashing, jazzy drums recall Portishead and everything glitches pleasingly. It’s also got a big, cinematic chorus in usual Ulrika Spacek style. Watch the video below.

EXPO:
01 Intro
02 Picto
03 I Could Just Do It
04 Build a Box Then Break It
05 This Time I’m Present
06 Showroom Poetry
07 Expo
08 Square Root of None
09 Weights & Measures
10 A Modern Low
11 Incomplete Symphony