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THE WILD SWANS
Space Flower (Purple Vinyl)
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Release date: January 16, 2026 (Pre-order)

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The Wild Swans are a post-punk band from Liverpool, England, formed by Paul Simpson in 1980 shortly after he left the Teardrop Explodes. Members of the Wild Swans have also been members of Echo & the Bunnymen, the Icicle Works, the Woodentops, the Brian Jonestown Massacre and the Lightning Seeds.

Their second album Space Flower is a fun, infectious, colorful album that came at a time when college rock was becoming increasingly dour and bland, replacing the earnestness of their previous Bringing Home the Ashes album with unabashed, playful psychedelia. 
The cover depicts a big, sticky ball of pastel-colored candy — a perfect reflection of what’s inside. “Melting Blue Delicious”, a groovy piece of bubblegum pop, was the first single. 
The album ends with the 10-minute trancelike space-out, “Sea of Tranquility”.

The record was produced by Ian Broudie (a veteran of the Liverpool scene). He had played in the post-punk band Big in Japan with Bill Drummond (future Bunnymen manager and KLF member), Budgie (future Siouxsie & the Banshees drummer) and Holly Johnson (future Frankie Goes to Hollywood singer) and went on to produce some of the first Bunnymen tracks. Space Flower is a guitar-pop album at heart and still sounds pretty fresh 36 years after it's original release.

Space Flower will be released as an individually numbered limited edition of 750 copies on purple vinyl and contains an insert.

The small print:
• Due to rights restrictions, this item is only available in Europe.

TRACKLIST

Side A
1. Melting Blue Delicious
2. Butterfly Girl
3. Tangerine Temple
4. Immaculate
5. Space Flower

Side B
1. Chocolate Bubblegum
2. I’m A Lighthouse
3. Magic Hotel
4. Vanilla Melange
5. Sea Of Tranquility

DETAILS

• Limited edition of 750 indvidually numbered copies on purple vinyl.
• 180 gram audiophile vinyl
• Includes insert

  • Releasedate: 16-01-2026
  • Original Release Year: 2008
  • Grams: 180g
  • Vinyl colour: Purple
  • Genre: Indie / Alternative
  • Number of discs: 1 LP
  • Barcode (EAN): 8719262040618
  • Catalogue number: MOVLP3933

SHIPPING

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• We ship to over 40 countries from our warehouse in the Netherlands.

• Our sturdy packaging is designed to ensure your vinyl arrives in pristine condition.

• If your order includes pre-order items, the entire order will be shipped on the latest pre-order release date. If you prefer not to wait, please place your orders separately.

• We ship most in-stock items within 2-7 working days.

Frequently Asked Questions

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We are a European label and for the majority of our releases, we only have the European rights, meaning that they’re produced for the European market only. Because of this, these releases are not available for purchase at our MOV shop.

Are you located outside of Europe? This is most likely the reason why the product is not available to you. We are sorry for any disappointment that may have caused!

If the record is essential for your collection (which we would understand), we'd advise to search for European shops or marketplaces.

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Keep in consideration that manufacturing processes can always turn out to be delayed so this Release Date, acts as a guideline.

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If you place an order with both pre-order items and items the MOV Shop has in stock, your entire order will be shipped on the latest pre-order date of any of the pre-ordered items. If you do not wish to wait, please place separate orders.

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with care. But vinyl is a delicate product, and each pressing is unique!

This means that some products can differ from how they look on our website compared with the physical product. On our website, we create mock-ups with give the best possible representation of our product. However, due to the unique pressing process of some off these products, we can never guarantee that this looks exactly the same. This can mean that colours might differ slightly from the represented colour on our website. Please make sure to keep this in mind when shopping on our website.

To sum up, it can indeed differ slightly from the picture on our website, but it also means you have a true one of a kind, very rare copy!