Kintsugi takes its title from the Japanese art of repairing broken ceramics with precious metals like gold, silver, and platinum, highlighting cracks rather than hiding them. As such, kintsugi represents a compassionate aesthetic philosophy in which damage and wear are embraced as part of an object’s history. Kintsugi was released after the departure of founding guitarist/keyboardist/producer Chris Walla, who recorded the album before announcing that he would be leaving the band, and features the hits “Black Sun” and “The Ghosts of Beverly Drive,” plus fan favorites “No Room in Frame,” “Little Wanderer,” and “Good Help (Is So Hard to Find)." Barsuk is pleased to release this double LP on standard weight black vinyl, packaged in the original deluxe gold-foil stamped gatefold jacket.