{"product_id":"exek-prove-the-mountains-move-lp","title":"EXEK - Prove The Mountains Move LP","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRELEASE DATE: 2\/27\/2026\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor just over a decade, Exek has very quietly become one of the \u003cspan\u003emost hypnotic bands on the planet, mutating and growing from \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003erecord to record, gradually opening themselves up without ever \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003elosing that strange, inscrutable, altogether essential quality that's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003emade them so great-so Exek-y. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOn 27 February, the Melbourne post-punk outfit-vocalist and chief \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003earchitect Albert Wolski, guitarist Jai Morris-Smith, drummer Chris \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStephenson, synth specialist Andrew Brocchi, trumpet-brandishing \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003evocalist Valya YL Hooi, and bassist Ben Hepworth-will release \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eProve The Mountains Move, their seventh album and first for DFA. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt is, as Wolski says, \"a bit more 'epic'\" than anything he's recorded \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eto date, a lush and unabashedly melodic set of surrealist pop that \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eluxuriates in contradiction. \"This record is experimental in it's craft,\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWolski says, \"but it may not necessarily sound experimental.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThere's good reason for that. Work began on a cold afternoon in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJune of 2023, as Wolski and Stephenson came together at Pelican \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRefill Studios in Melbourne to track drums-the first thing they \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ealways do. From there, Wolski went home on his own and began \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003esifting through the beats and breaks they'd captured, letting the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003edrum sounds guide him towards melodies and basslines, looping \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand layering and laying foundation for what would become Prove \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Mountains Move. \"I feel comfortable tinkering away alone like \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ea mad scientist,\" he says. \"I also enjoyed pressing record with no \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eclear intention. More often than not, that would steer me towards an \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003einteresting direction that my conscious mind probably wouldn't have \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003esought out.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ciframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 42px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/track=3126659644\/size=small\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/artwork=none\/transparent=true\/\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DFA Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51656900313375,"sku":null,"price":24.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1575\/8523\/files\/a2241676650_5.jpg?v=1771436550","url":"https:\/\/www.bullcityrecords.com\/products\/exek-prove-the-mountains-move-lp","provider":"Chaz's Bull City Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}