Limits of Desire (Deluxe Edition)

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2xLP Vinyl including 'Limits of Desire' and Real People EP, along with previously unreleased demos/ B-sides.

Includes unlimited streaming of Limits of Desire (Deluxe Edition) via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

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1.	Free at Dawn 04:09	buy track
2.	Canoe 03:17	buy track
3.	No Stranger 04:32	buy track
4.	Sophie 04:36	buy track
5.	Breathless 03:46	buy track
6.	Proper Spirit 04:12	buy track
7.	Only a Shadow 04:49	buy track
8.	Limits of Desire 03:55	buy track
9.	Shook Loves 04:48	buy track
10.	Outskirts 06:02	buy track
11.	Real People 04:40	buy track
12.	Lines Of Latitude 04:34	buy track
13.	Consequences 03:59	buy track
14.	Reconstruction 04:40	buy track
15.	Downtown Lights 05:38	buy track
16.	Heart of the City 04:01	buy track
17.	Collections 04:49	buy track
18.	Limits of Desire (Katie Vocal Ripper Dance Edit) 04:30	buy track
19.	No Stranger (Passion Expo Mix) 04:39	buy track
20.	Free at Dawn (Live on LI) 04:54	buy track

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Small Black is celebrating ten years of their beloved record, Limits of Desire, by releasing a deluxe 2xLP reissue of the 2013 LP. The new edition features the full original Limits of Desire LP, out of print for a few years, along with 5 unreleased b-sides from the era and the companion Real People EP. Additionally, the band is headed out on a US tour in October to play the record in full, along with other favorites from the catalog.

After starting off in their Long Island attic, the band had left the Brooklyn warehouse scene & toured the world extensively. Written, recorded, and mixed by Small Black at their home studio in Brooklyn over the whole of 2012, Limits is a more widescreen shot of the intimate synth-pop of Small Black’s first few releases. “We went on a real vision quest for this LP, making double-digit versions of some tracks, a few you’ll hear on the reissue,” adds singer Josh Kolenik.

Limits of Desire has become the quintessential Small Black LP over the decade since its release, accruing 100m+ streams and fueling hundreds of concert dates across the world. The iconic cover art of a couple on a ladder above an alligator, taken by artist Scarlet Hooft Graafland, ending up as the source material for many fan tattoos. Bolstered by the success of singles, No Stranger & Breathless, the LP laid out the sophistipop road map for the next decade of the band.

The additional material for the reissue is highlighted by Collections, a song the band had been sitting on for the decade since Limits came out. It gets at the same suburban sadness that runs through the later LPs, referencing the collecting mania of the 1990s, pre-Ebay. “It seemed every one of my friends and family was finding satisfaction in "finishing the set."All of us collected in the same fences & lawns of a community that had only really been there for a few generations,” adds Kolenik.

Limits of Desire - 10th Anniversary Deluxe Reissue comes out on Jagjaguwar on August 11th. Small Black hits the road on 10/13 in Pittsburgh, playing the Limits of Desire LP in full, ending in Portland on 11/18.

Small Black is Ryan Heyner, Josh Kolenik, Juan Pieczanski, Jeff Curtin.

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released August 11, 2023

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Small Black Brooklyn, New York

Josh Kolenik (keys, vocals), Ryan Heyner (guitar, keys, vocals), Juan Pieczanski (bass, guitar) and Jeff Curtin (drums) have been recording, writing, and often living together, throughout the 10 years of Small Black, establishing a closeness that has allowed them to achieve easy creativity and deep collaboration. Their new record Cheap Dreams is out 4/9 on 100% Electronica ... more

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