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My new album ‘A Straunge and Terrible Wunder’ is now available on Bandcamp for pre-order!
My 3rd album on @wrong_speed_records and one I’m really proud of. It’s a soundtrack to East Anglia’s most iconic folklore tale of Black Shuck at its most fearsome.

Limited edition ‘Scorchmark Splatter’ vinyl.
A bunch of extras included (inlays, booklets, postcards)

Heavy & Spooky mastering by Wayne Adams
Incredible art, typography and sigils by Danny Davies
Design and layout by Chris Summerlin
Photography by Steve Gullick
In memory of my mate Matt Parke who died at Xmas time. ❤️

It’s an amazing package. Head over to Bandcamp to preorder.

https://thebreedling.bandcamp.com/album/a-straunge-and-terrible-wunder

Track: Sacrament Of Religious Power

https://youtube.com/shorts/QE1gelrOi5o?is=3IX3xbWkkSotYqsF

Track: This Mortal Coil

https://youtube.com/shorts/RnAwLxeW3xE?is=fVwk1vyJ8gmVCb8d

Track: Revenge Is Sadness

https://youtu.be/ufQN7VxlQAI?is=qWhxMdSzlPMhHXRQ

“A Straunge And Terrible Wunder” takes its title from the Reverend Abraham Fleming’s account of the events of 4th August 1577 in the villages of Bungay and Blythburgh in Suffolk where Black Shuck – a huge, supernatural dog-like creature – is said to have attacked and terrorized church congregations.
The album is divided into two halves:
The first side ORIGIN soundtracks the original events in 1577.
The second side UNDYING looks at how the creature’s legend lingers in the area, exploring the psychic bruises left upon a landscape where the story refuses to die.
It is, of course, punishing and brutal music. If you dig Scorn, The Bug, The Body or Godflesh then this is essential listening. At WSR we love how Spalton approaches electronic music like he approaches visual art – playfully and without fear, unrestricted by perceived genre rules. The results are instinctual and communicate at a gut level. It feels natural that The Breedling should move from soundtracking individual tales (as he did on 2023’s “Irukandji” and 2024’s “Detritus”) to soundtracking a single event and its echoes over time.
You can listen to “Stalker” in full over on our YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMsKdOkm3YU
We’ve pressed just 200 LPs for this one on black and red "Scorch Mark" splatter vinyl, featuring artwork, sigils and typography by Danny Davies and the incredible photography of Steve Gullick.
Each copy includes a double-sided insert, 3 postcards and a fold-out booklet of excerpts from “A Straunge and Terrible Wunder” by Abraham Fleming
The first 80 copies also include a witness card documenting an individual and unique Shuck sighting over time. Each hand-written, stamped and numbered by The Breedling.
Pre-sale goes live on Friday. Official release date is 4th August 2026, the 449th anniversary of the Bungay/Blythburgh incidents.
The Breedling plays an album launch at the incredible Black Shuck Festival in Bungay on August 1st:
https://blackshuckfestival.com/
The hound still walks. This is his sound.

I made a noisy, lush album about life, death, grief, and healing.

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It was heavily inspired by Thomas Hardy's 'Hap' and Ted Hughes's 'Examination at the Womb-Door.' The idea behind 'Hap' influenced me deeply—the thought that a furious, punishing god is somehow better than life having no meaning at all. I actually went through this exact cycle myself while making the record, struggling with the concepts of existence and loss.

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Similarly, 'Examination at the Womb-Door' is probably the best thing I've ever read about the raw, unforgiving nature of life and death. I wanted to capture a bit of that overwhelming feeling in these tracks.

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To build this sonic atmosphere, I mostly used guitars and church organs. I felt that the immense, spiritual weight of the church organ contrasted perfectly with the harsh, noisy textures of the guitars. It felt like the right way to represent that tension between a vengeful divinity and human suffering.

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The whole production process turned into a kind of meditation for me. It became a safe space to process everything. I really hope I managed to convey what I was feeling, and that the album finds people who understand and connect with it.

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https://everysummeridieandamreborn.bandcamp.com/album/thou-suffering-thing

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