Earth (Ocean Blue VINYL) | Mint (M) Mint (M)

Label: Jealous Butcher Records
Once called Americas Best Krautrock Band, Mtrik has long since outgrown the boundaries of geography and imitation. On EARTH, their fourth full-length album, the Portland-based quintet sheds genre pastiche and boldly steps into their own orbitless homage, more evolution.

Where early sci-fi like Astounding Stories imagined futures grounded in scientific plausibility, EARTH occupies a realm where machinery hums with feeling and cosmic logic collides with soul. Here, synths shimmer with stardust, rhythms churn like solar flares, and vocals drift like signals from a lost planet. From the gravity-defying pulse of Weightless to the tidal reckoning of Ultimate Drive, Mtrik charts a course through disorientation, beauty, and the sublime unknown.

This isnt retro-futurismits the future, now. No tin-cone breastplates, no cartoon ladybots, no techbro rockets. Just fully realized sonic transmissions where science meets magic, and krautrock becomes something galactic.

Mtrik arent just referencing the genretheyre rewriting it. Thirteen years in, its time to upgrade the superlative. Call them what they are: the galaxys best krautrock band.

• Media Condition: Mint (M)
• Sleeve Condition: Mint (M)
• Format: Vinyl
• Genre: ALT/INDIE
• Format Type: LP
• Released: 10/24/2025