Gulp - Wildflower [Numbered 7" - 300 only]

Due for release 15th August 2025 via E.L.K. Records

Limited White 7"

Deep contemplation on the foundations of contentment and the imprecise steps taken towards purpose needn’t compromise the groove and GULP’s latest single, ‘Wildflower', paints a pastel wash of wonder over poised, sun-specked synth-pop pleasure. Reflective of the band’s own ethereal electro-pop standing after more than a decade of creativity, while sounding echoes of the electro-noir sensibilities of Goldfrapp and sultry, tainted sugar rushes of Saint Etienne, the single’s beach club basslines and recurrent popcorn melodies purposely evoke the fleeting freedom of unencumbered childhood. 

Following a seven-year break between releases, accounted for by the wholesale relocation of multi-media artist and musician, Lindsey Leven and her partner, Super Furry Animals’ Guto Pryce from Cardiff to the coast of North East Fife, the band announced their third album, Beneath Strawberry Moons for release on ELK Records on Fri 29 August 2025. Impacted by landmark life events, not merely in practical terms, but in finding home within a fresh and generous artistic community on their new doorstep and swapping fabricated city chaos for the chaotic whims of nature, GULP’s third album found its own, organic way into being.

Initially forming in the early part of the last decade, GULP’s debut album, 'Season Sun', was released in 2014 via Sonic Cathedral, followed by a run of remixes and a between-albums 'Morning Velvet Sky EP', counting in collaborators such as Django Django, Richard Norris, Miaoux Miaoux and Cian Ciarán. The first of their releases on ELK Records was their 2018 album, 'All Good Wishes', acclaimed by critics for revealing the band’s “ability to work below pop's usual emotional horizons” (Mojo).