February release for The Illness debut album through Sea Records

The Illness, a collective based between Liverpool and York, will release the debut album Macrodosed on February 14, 2025, through Sea Records. The album will be available as a 12″ submerged blue vinyl and digital download.

Title: Macrodosed
Artist: The Illness
Release Date: 2025-02-14
Genres: Alternative Rock, Post-rock
Label: Sea Records
Description: The Illness releases Macrodosed on February 14 through Sea Records, featuring contributions from David Pajo and the single Speedway Star.

The Illness is built around a main group, with additional musicians contributing to each track, allowing for dynamic shifts in style across the album. Macrodosed includes contributions from David Pajo (Slint, Tortoise, Papa M), who performs lead vocals on the track Speedway Star, slated for release as a single and video on January 10, 2025. Pajo also contributes guitar on later tracks in the album.

Macrodosed builds on the foundation laid by two previous EPs, which included collaborations with Steve West and Bob Nastanovich (Silver Jews, Pavement) as well as Liverpool-based multi-instrumentalist Laura J Martin. This full-length release emphasizes the collective’s commitment to collaboration and experimentation.

The album includes the following tracks:

1. Prelude
2. Championship DNA
3. Speedway Star
4. Glitter Witches
5. microdose I
6. Waiting for the 2nd Bell
7. Slow Conductor
8. microdose II
9. Entropolis
10. Ghost of Haxby
11. microdose III
12. The Depths
13. Macrodoser

Sea Records, an independent label known for working with artists such as Wolf People, Pea Sea, Marble Valley, and Mugstar, is distributing the release.

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