Eddy Current Suppression Ring surprise-release In Light of Recent Events

Melbourne garage-rock cult favourites Eddy Current Suppression Ring returned with a surprise self-released album, In Light of Recent Events, giving the 27 May digest a sharp jolt of raw guitar energy. Pitchfork reported that the record is the band’s first proper LP since 2019’s All in Good Time, even though they had shown signs of activity through the 2025 Shapes and Forms EP and a free Melbourne show at Federation Square.

The new album includes eleven tracks, including Self Sabotage, Bop, Hard to be Moved, Turtle, Ulterior Motives, Ivory Tower, Swimming Hole, Empathetic, My World, On My Way Home and Past and Future. What makes the return appealing is that Eddy Current Suppression Ring have never depended on elaborate mystique.

Their power has always come from directness: garage rock stripped down to pulse, repetition, shouted nerve and the feeling of a band that sounds better when it refuses to overthink. A surprise album suits them. No grand campaign, no soft-focus comeback narrative, just a record suddenly there, ready to bruise the speakers. For indie readers, this is one of the strongest current release stories around 27 May. Source: https://pitchfork.com/news/eddy-current-suppression-ring-new-album-in-light-of-recent-events/