About an hour ago, and almost exactly one year after the release of Surgical Steel, Carcass posted the image you see above on their Facebook page, with no further explanation other than the words “Sshhhhhh! Mum’s the word!” (as if). But it appears to be an announcement of a forthcoming vinyl EP to be released by Nuclear Blast on November 11, 2014, entitled Surgical Remission/Surplus Steel.
If I’m interpreting the flyer correctly, the release will include five tracks. “A Wraith In the Apparatus” appeared as a bonus track on the Japanese edition of Surgical Steel; “Intensive Battery Brooding” was the B-side on a 7″ vinyl single for “Captive Bolt Pistol” and also appeared as a Japanese bonus track on Surgical Steel; “Zochrot” was a single recorded during the Surgical Steel sessions that appeared as a Flexi-disc in the October 2013 issue of Decibel magazine; I’m pretty sure “Livestock Marketplace” was another song recorded during the Surgical Steel sessions but so far as I know it hasn’t been previously released; and “1985 (Reprise)” may be some sort of re-working of Surgical Steel’s first track.
That’s what I know or have discovered from my researches.
When I get more info — a press release is surely coming — I’ll update this post with any additional info.
Hail Carcass.
https://www.facebook.com/OfficialCarcass
UPDATE: This is indeed an EP, and the CD version of it is available for pre-order from Nuclear Blast here.
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Just saw that on FB, may be recovering from the resulting cardiac arrest still.
Awesome. I have the “Zochrot” flexi, but the rest will be new to me. I wonder if they’ll have any copies at the merch table when they roll into my town on November 8th. How does that work exactly? I would guess they’re taking some with them on the tour, but probably aren’t allowed to sell them until the official street date?