MEMORIALS, the duo of Electrelane frontwoman Verity Susman and Wire guitarist Matthew Simms, have announced ‘All Clouds Bring Not Rain,’ out March 27 on Fire Records, and launched it with lead single “Cut Glass Hammer.” The album arrives on digital, CD, and three limited citrus vinyl editions, including an Orange Vinyl, a Lemon Vinyl (indie store exclusive), and a Lime Vinyl Bundle featuring hand-stamped art prints in a signed, wax-sealed envelope with a sticker sheet (Fire Records and Bandcamp exclusive).
Recorded in a barn studio deep in the woods of southwestern France, the album pulls from folk, dub, post-punk, experimental tape music, sixties soul, garage rock, seventies spiritual jazz, and Canterbury prog. Written, performed, recorded, and mixed solely by the two of them, it is the kind of record that sounds like it was unearthed rather than made. Additional recording took place at 4AD’s London studio for harpsichord, and at Stereolab drummer Andy Ramsay’s Press Play studio for vibraphone and vintage Leslie speaker. Listeners are already calling “Cut Glass Hammer,” which debuted at Magnet Magazine, one of the most arresting singles of the year.
The band recorded ‘All Clouds Bring Not Rain’ in the summer of 2025, after spending the first half of the year composing the soundtrack to an acclaimed Kate Bush documentary, and before heading out on tour with Stereolab across the U.S. They describe their approach plainly: “We are increasingly drawn to the way records used to be made, both the sound of the equipment used and the choices forced by that equipment. It’s far more satisfying to record sounds that exist in a real space and so become unique to us.”
MEMORIALS Tour Dates:
April 08 – Le Hasard Ludique, Paris, France
April 09 – Le Tangram, Evreux, France
April 10 – Variations Festival, Nantes, France, w/ Einsturzende Neubauten
April 11 – Calm, Limoges, France
April 12 – La Petite Populaire, La Reole, France
April 14 – Le Consortium, Dijon, France
April 15 – Le Grand Mix, Tourcoing, France, w/ Bibi Club
April 22 – The Croft, Bristol, UK
April 23 – Little Bully, Oxford, UK
April 24 – Prince Albert, Brighton, UK
April 26 – Heartbreakers, Southampton, UK
April 29 – The Lexington, London, UK
April 30 – Hyde Park Book Club, Leeds, UK
May 01 – The Castle Hotel, Manchester, UK
May 31 – Nachtasyl, Hamburg, Germany
June 01 – Kantine am Berghain, Berlin, Germany
June 02 – Noch Besser Leben, Leipzig, Germany
June 03 – Kohi, Karlsruhe, Germany
June 04 – Club Manufaktur, Schorndorf, Germany
June 05 – Bellevue Di Monaco, Munchen, Germany
June 06 – Rotown, Rotterdam, Netherlands