Slovenian avant-garde band Laibach have announced new album «MUSICK», their first studio album of original material since 2014’s «Spectre».
«MUSICK» finds Laibach simultaneously celebrating and playfully critiquing our present era of warped reality and gaudy AI copycatting with a collection ofundeniably catchy pop that revels in hyper-driven post-modernity.
The album’s title - «MUSICK» - holds the key to this duality. It speaks of oversaturation, being sick of music at a time where there is so much of it that we can barely engage. Over 100,000 new tracks are uploaded online each day, and an increasing number of songs are AI creations, digital waste. Like so much of contemporary life, the simple act of listening to music now makes us question reality. «MUSICK» speaks to this sickness through its constantly warping sounds and reference points, but it also speaks to another kind of sickness: apathological devotion to music – «an obsession, a kind of drug» – which continues to drive Laibach in this era of oversaturation.
First single became track «Allgorhythm», featuring Ghanaian singer Wiyaala. Co-produced by pop powerhouse Richard X (best known for his work with Sugababes, Goldfrapp, New Order and Kelis), the track is accompanied by a joyous video featuring Laibach’s eminent frontman Milan Fras and Wiyaala, designed to skew your algorithm in the best possible direction. This taste of what to expect from the album is an audacious mash-up of electronic pop tropes, hooks and beats. In both content and form, it deftly equates the manipulative nature of algorithms with that of music itself – both spells that we find ourselves under the control of.
Check Laibach feat. Wiyaala «Allgorhythm» video - here.
The group took a maximalist approach while making the album in their Ljubljana studio. Surrounding themselves with every music-making artefact they could find - from analogue synths to toys to computers stuffed full with sound apps – they invited collaborators from Slovenia and beyond, including long-time collaborator Donna Marina Mårtensson and electropop producer Richard X. They immersed themselves in a broad spectrum of contemporary music production, from K‑pop and J‑pop to ’90s Eurodance.
«However our primary influence and reference point remained Laibach itself in all our shades, variations, and historical transformations.»
Laibach embark their MUSICK Tour on May 18th in Graz - check all the dates here.
Laibach «MUSICK» album will be released on CD, vinyl and digitally on May 1st, 2026 via Mute Records.
Complete information about Laibach «MUSICK» tracklist and formats - here.
Info taken from official Laibach website.
