The Map and the Territory

by EXEK

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Pre-order of The Map and the Territory. You get 2 tracks now (streaming via the free Bandcamp app and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the complete album the moment it’s released.

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releases October 6, 2023

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Orders will be dispatched from Australia. Except USA/CAN orders, will be dispatched from Ohio USA by Feel It Records.

Includes digital pre-order of The Map and the Territory. You get 2 tracks now (streaming via the free Bandcamp app and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the complete album the moment it’s released.

shipping out on or around October 6, 2023

Purchasable with gift card

$35 AUD or more
Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
"Kappa Girls Black" LP variant
Orders will be dispatched from Australia. Except USA/CAN orders, will be dispatched from Ohio USA by Feel It Records.

Includes digital pre-order of The Map and the Territory. You get 2 tracks now (streaming via the free Bandcamp app and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the complete album the moment it’s released.

shipping out on or around October 6, 2023

Purchasable with gift card

$35 AUD or more
Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album
CD in a digicase
For fans of 16-bit 44.1kHz

Includes digital pre-order of The Map and the Territory. You get 2 tracks now (streaming via the free Bandcamp app and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the complete album the moment it’s released.

shipping out on or around October 6, 2023

Purchasable with gift card

$12 AUD or more

1.	On the Ground Floor
2.	Welcome to my Alibi 03:49	buy track
3.	Seamstress Requires Regular Breaks
4.	The Lifeboats
5.	Warszawa Centralna
6.	It's Just a Flesh Wound, Darling 04:16	buy track
7.	French Alps Insurance Group
8.	Glow of Good Will

about

Australian sextet EXEK return with their sixth studio album, The Map and the Territory. Self-recorded throughout 2021 to 2022, frontman Albert Wolski describes it as ‘‘perhaps less ambitious than some previous EXEK releases. In a positive way, obviously’’. Comprising of eight tracks, there is a greater focus on song craftsmanship, where elongated jams play second fiddle to choruses and hooks. These new tracks will translate effectively into a live environment, and are destined to quickly become set favourites. And yes of course, the iconic EXEK album soundmarks remain ever present - dubbed out drums, guitar’s that sound like robot’s from Forbidden Planet, and deep synths that recall The Idiot.

EXEK once again stay true to their trademark recording process - one of endless overdubs, allowing for maximal control whilst editing. Lots and lots of edits. Drummer Chris Stephenson would perform a collection of beats, that would then be sampled, and therefore plant the seed for ideas for songs. Seamstress Requires Regular Breaks might be the best example of this, where fluid jazz-funk drumrolls morph into a rigid post-punk march, and then back again, and then back again. But the funk doesn’t stop there. Welcome to my Alibi and Glow of Good Will pick up where 90’s hip-hop and R&B left off - smooth and sexy and a little bit dangerous. On the flip side of the dynamic spectrum, The Lifeboats and It’s Just a Flesh Wound, Darling sit facing towards the group’s more loud motorik arsenal. On EXEK’s latest offering, both the map and the territory are equally balanced.

credits

releases October 6, 2023

All lyrics and music by Albert Wolski
Recorded and produced by Albert Wolski
Additional recordings by Mickey Grossman
Mastered by Mikey Young

Andrew Brocchi - synths
Ben Hepworth - bass and synth
Valya YL Hooi - trumpet and vocals
Jai K Morris-Smith - guitars, textures
Chris Stephenson - drums
Albert Wolski - vocals, guitars, synths, percussion, violin, bass, treatments

Backing vocals by Merryn Jeann
Photography by Robyn Daly
Layout by Rowena Lloyd

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EXEK Melbourne, Australia

"The Map and the Territory" out Oct 6 on Foreign Records.
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