Hoping as a Coping Mechanism Gatefold Transparent with Lyric Book (Signed & Numbered) Vinyl

For the early MOULD fans, an exclusive Transparent disc of the debut album. All 300 will be numbered and this product won039t ever be repressed.Hoping as a Coping Mechanism available on 1234 Vinyl, Gatefold Sleeve accompanied by a curated lyric booklet.Written in snatches of time in hometown Bristol, recorded in Londons 5dB Studios and produced by Sean Oakley Georgia, Scaler, Sorry, who flew in from LA especially for the project, Hoping as a Coping Mechanism is the strongest display of MOULD039s talents yet. In their own words, its more focussed, paced and thoughtout.34 Over 13 tracks that explore the horrors of the outside world and the internal minefield of the brain, MOULD039s debut also hits with the thrills of a brilliant live band whove distilled that energy to tape. The title comes from a line taken from the time signaturewarping Emotive Language that distills what it means to be a band in 2026 down to one concise sentiment. This has always been the dream, playing with your mates and making good songs and getting to tour and make records, says Kane. But the realities of trying to start a band now, when you039re 30 and also have other goals at the same time are hard. Wed be doing it regardless, but you have to learn a lot. This duality runs throughout the record, where tracks like lead single Float speak of strolling through hellscapes of social media yet surround their frustrations with the sort of barbed, visceral musicality that sounds like if Interpol had grown up in gloomy, rainsoaked Britain. Youre endlessly doom scrolling, past a funny video of a sausage, and then theres Farage and then theres an ad for something, Joe says of the track. That mindnumbing flashy distraction turns you into idiots. 2026 MOULD under exclusive license to 5dB Records