Ulrika Spacek

March 14 | $20 ADV | $25 DOS | 21+ | 7PM DOORS

Ulrika Spacek released their critically acclaimed fourth album, EXPO, in February, earning rave reviews from MOJO, Record Collector, The Line of Best Fit, Juno and many more. Now, the band are set to kick off 2027 with a brand new EP, field to the left, out February 5th, 2027, via Full Time Hobby.

The EP features lead single “ulrika_adjacent_132.exe”. Reflecting on the track the band say: “Another example of starting an idea not necessarily having it be an ulrika song in mind. There is such freedom in making music for the sake of itself rather than for something. The electronics and feel was there but it sounded too happy. The files in London got deconstructed and rebuilt in a much darker way and the song made big progress. In this era of the band we are having so much fun operating in the liminal space between electronic and a ’rock band’, samplers really have been the mechanical tool that links both worlds allowing us to modulate and glitch up either side. We look forward to introducing this song to the live set as we feel we were able to push that side of the band further than we have gone before.”

Work on field to the left began as Ulrika Spacek were putting the finishing touches to EXPO. Around this time, the band were making frequent journeys in and out of the UK in support of the record, becoming increasingly attuned to the country’s particular visual language: a palette of contrasting grey concrete and deep British green.

With little respite between records, the band continued to write and record, developing what felt like a natural extension of the path established by EXPO. Sonically, they continued to explore the tension between ultra-digital electronic textures and a more analogue, human warmth. Yet where EXPO was preoccupied with the isolation of an intensely individualistic online existence, field to the left turns its attention towards isolation in suburban environments — those liminal spaces where one is neither quite in the city nor fully immersed in nature.

The title itself plays on the notion of the “left field” — a term frequently applied to art that is unexpected, unconventional or resistant to easy categorisation. In pursuing that spirit, the band allowed themselves a greater degree of experimentation, delving further into electronic textures while simultaneously embracing heavier guitar arrangements and unfamiliar tunings.

“After finishing EXPO, it felt like we had built a bit of a sonic world that we wanted to deepen. On that record, there was perhaps a greater focus on sampling ourselves, but towards the end of that process we started really enjoying making things from scratch with guitars again. It was a period of listening to a lot of electronic music, while also sketching with guitars in nu-metal-like tunings.”

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