Recoil Unsound Methods 2LP (Green & Clear Vinyl)

Mute is excited to announce the reissue of Recoil's Unsound Methods on limited edition double color vinyl (disc 1: green, disc 2: clear). The vinyl is packaged in a wide-spine jacket with printed inner sleeves and a limited-time, high-definition download code. Recoil is the musical project of former Depeche Mode member Alan Wilder. Originally a solo venture for Alan's more experimental work outside of Depeche, Recoil became his primary music project once he announced his departure from the band in 1995. Recorded at Alan Wilder's home studio, Unsound Methods is Recoil's fourth studio album. The record included a number of collaborators, with four separate solo vocalists: Douglas McCarthy of Nitzer Ebb, Siobhan Lynch, New York spoken word artist and poet Maggie Estep, and Hildia Cambell, who Wilder worked with on his final Depeche Mode album. Although all collaborators were allowed free range, Unsound Methods still reverberates as the epitome of Recoil's dark and atmospheric sound.

Unsound Methods is Recoil's most ambitious, adventurous record to date. Throughout the album, Wilder is exploring new soundscapes, developing cinematic collages of sound that rely equally on ambient textures, subtle electronic rhythms, strings, and cavernous dub effects....The end result is a record that is darkly provocative and resonant, an album that establishes Wilder as a more viable artist than the latter-day Depeche Mode.