Name: Turkish Leather
Brand: Ritual Howls

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

FLT017LPC2

Colour

Green

Colour details

Marbled Green and Black

Discogs ID

Format multiplier

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: Yes

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2023-08-18

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Cargo

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

843563157886

Total Cap

Green LP

Artist

Ritual Howls

Genre GB

Alternative / Modern

Label GB

Felte

Felte is a music label that was started in Brooklyn by Jeff Owens, along with art director Philistine DSGN. Originally based in Brooklyn, the label has since relocated to Los Angeles. Felte specializes in moody, atmospheric, and texturally dynamic sounds and imagery.

Detroit's Ritual Howls is a band consisting of Paul Bancell, Ben Saginaw, and Chris Samuels. They combine samples from the physical world with guitar, vocals, bass, synth, and drum machines to create a unique blend of darkness and pop sensibility. With lyrics that would impress Lovecraft himself and sounds that bring his macabre tales to life, Ritual Howls creates a surreal and introspective gloom. Their music could easily fuel a disco in hell or serve as the soundtrack to your darkest nightmares.
Paul Bancell provides haunting lyrics while Chris Samuels and Ben Saginaw contribute eerie sounds that transport listeners into their own macabre fantasies. Together, they craft an atmosphere that is both unsettling and captivating.
If you're looking for music that defies convention and delves into the depths of darkness, look no further than Ritual Howls. Their music will leave you spellbound and craving more.

Newest Listed Items

Detroit three piece Ritual Howls new album tells stories fit for Poe or Lovecraft. On their debut full length for felte, titled 'Turkish Leather', they incorporate a variety of styles into an ominously self-assured statement of intent, Ben Saginaw and Chris Samuels' sounds providing an imposing form for Paul Bancell's darkly alive lyrics to inhabit. Their influences range from English post-punk to Nick Cave to the industrial sounds of Skinny Puppy, and the band melds them expertly. Combining field recordings with electronics, this music is sound design turned pop. Many tracks here feel cinematic - whether it's the industrial clanging of 'A Taste of You,' which brings to mind a Lynchian bar scene, or the gothy synths of 'Take Me Up,' a slow burning track that escalates into full on melodrama. It's easy to imagine these twangy guitar lines gracing a scene in a Jarmusch film: their aesthetic owes as much to Tom Waits as it does Ennio Moriccone. Ritual Howls manages to take all these influences and come out sounding uniquely morbid, raw and unyielding - never derivative. It's a record that holds nothing back: the band announcing themselves to the world with all of the confidence of long time professionals. Their future audience will greet them with enthusiasm.

Turkish Leather

Music GB