5013929130425
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WhirLPool

Chapterhouse

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Format: LP

Cat No: MOVLP2567M

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Release Date:  01 July 2022

Label:  Cherry Red

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  5013929130425

Genres:  Indie  

Release Date:  27 February 2026

Label:  Music On Vinyl

Packaging Type:  Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  8719262040700

Genres:  Indie  

  • Description

    RE-PRESS: CD ORIGINALLY RELEASED IN 2017



    • Expanded re-issue of Chapterhouse’s classic debut ‘Whirpool’.



    • Inlcuding all the B-sides from the singles 'Pearl', 'Falling Down' and the 'Sunburst EP', along with 'Die Die Die' which was originally only available on a free record that came with the vinyl version of the album.



    • Produced by the band alongside Robin Guthrie (Cocteau Twins), John Fryer (This Mortal Coil), Stephen Hague (New Order) and Ralph Jezzard, and featuring guest vocals from Rachel Goswell (Slowdive).



    • With liner notes from music journalist and long-time associate Andrew Perry, along with the lyrics in full (documented here for the first time), plus many photos, memorabilia and other clippings from the bands personal archive, and images of all of the releases featured on the album.


    Inspired by the likes of Slowdive and Ride, Chapterhouse were part of the short-lived Shoegazing scene of the early 90s, but unlike other acts who acquired a set of guitar pedals and headed off to the nearest recording studio, they mixed beats with their wall-of-sonic-guitar-fuzz to create records to stimulate both the mind and the feet!

    Description

    Chapterhouse was a British band that eventually became part of the burgeoning shoegaze scene along with bands such as Lush, Ride and Slowdive. Between 1987 and 1994 they only released two albums of which Whirlpool was their debut. Unlike their counterparts, Chapterhouse heavily employed structures borrowed from electronic music creating heavy, yet strangely uplifting grooves. The record spent three weeks in the UK Albums chart peaking at number #23 and includes the single "Pearl" featuring Rachel Goswell of Slowdive. Pitchfork in turn ranked the album at #17 on its list of the 50 best shoegaze albums of all time.

    Whirlpool is available as a limited edition of 2000 individually numbered copies on white and black marbled vinyl, includes an insert and comes in a deluxe sleeve with linen laminate finish.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Breather
      • 2. Pearl
      • 3. Autosleeper
      • 4. Treasure
      • 5. Falling Down
      • 6. April
      • 7. Guilt
      • 8. If You Want Me
      • 9. Something More
      • 10. Need (Somebody)
      • 11. Inside Of Me
      • 12. Sixteen Years
      • 13. Satin Safe
      • 14. Rain
      • 15. Feel The Same
      • 16. Come Heaven
      • 17. In My Arms
      • 18. Die Die Die

    Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Breather
      • 2. Pearl (Feat. Rachel Goswell)
      • 3. Autosleeper
      • 4. Treasure

      Side 2

      • 1. Falling down
      • 2. April
      • 3. Guilt
      • 4. If You Want Me
      • 5. Something More