Squid

Taking elements from some of their Warp labelmates, Squid have evolved their sound, their focus, their levels of intensity, crafting a record of essential, energetic, and thoroughly thrilling compositions in the process.

Just don't call 'em yella. 'Cowards' is Squid’s most courageous album: simultaneously growing in scope and returning to basics. 'Cowards is about evil'. Nine stories whose protagonists reckon with cults, charisma and apathy. Real and imagined characters wading into the dark ocean between right and wrong. The band recorded Cowards at Church Studios in Crouch End with Mercury prize winning producers Marta Salogni and Grace Banks. On additional production is longtime shifu and collaborator Dan Carey, who recorded the band’s first two albums. The record was mixed in Seattle by John McEntire, before being compressed by the rich analogue chain of Heba Kadry’s mastering in Brooklyn, New York.