The second album of OVERLAYS (2026), ‘Unstable Mishaps’, has just been released (18 September 2026). For more information about how it was created, see OVERLAYS (2026) on Lugubrious 78 - About the Music. The first Track, ‘Held to Account for Hallucinations’, can be streamed below.

The first album, ‘ Ominous Repeat’, was released on 26 June 2026 on streaming platforms and is now available on Lugubrious 78 at Lugubrious 78 - OVERLAYS (2026). 

In an unplanned, unexpected and potentially troubling moment of impulse, the compilation album DYSREGULATION (2026) was released on 11 September 2026. As part of the ongoing and undecided divestment from major streaming platforms, this latest release collates, in one place, (mostly) high-resolution (192/24) versions of all the Lugubrious 78 ‘singles’ released between 2024 and 2026. Theoretically, this should avoid some of the ongoing costs of maintaining or re-releasing singles, allowing release efforts to focus here on the Lugubrious 78 website. More information is available at DYSREGULATION (2026). 

The first track, ‘Reimagined Souls’, can be streamed below. This track is also available on ‘REPEAT. BLINDLY.’, part of the EMPTY CHAIRS SERIES (2025 - 2026). For more information, see EMPTY CHAIRS SERIES (2025 - 2026). The album ‘Empty Chairs’ was itself released on 29 May 2026 (it will be added here soon) and was the first release relating to this year's sixteen planned releases (see SIXTEEN ALBUMS AND A BOOK?). Does this mid-point release destroy the sixteen?

The fourth album of the eight-volume CHOP. RANDOMISE. RECOMPILE. DISCARD. (2026) series has just been released (04 September 2026). See SIXTEEN ALBUMS AND A BOOK? for the full release schedule. Details of how the release was produced can be found: CHOP. RANDOMISE. RECOMPILE. DISCARD. (2026). The first Track, ‘Lost in the Shadows’, can be streamed below.

The third album of the eight-volume CHOP. RANDOMISE. RECOMPILE. DISCARD. (2026) series has just been released (21 August 2026). See SIXTEEN ALBUMS AND A BOOK? for the full release schedule. Details of how the release was produced can be found: CHOP. RANDOMISE. RECOMPILE. DISCARD. (2026). The first Track, ‘Nihilistic Tendencies’, can be streamed below.

The second album of the eight-volume CHOP. RANDOMISE. RECOMPILE. DISCARD. (2026) series has just been released (07 August 2026). See SIXTEEN ALBUMS AND A BOOK? for the full release schedule. Details of how the release was produced can be found: CHOP. RANDOMISE. RECOMPILE. DISCARD. (2026). The first Track, ‘Repeating Patterns Beyond Imagination’, can be streamed below.
 

The first of the eight-volume CHOP. RANDOMISE. RECOMPILE. DISCARD. (2026) series has just been released (24 July 2026). See SIXTEEN ALBUMS AND A BOOK? for the full release schedule. Details of how the release was produced can be found: CHOP. RANDOMISE. RECOMPILE. DISCARD. (2026). The first Track, ‘Monotonous Churn of Vapid Quantities’, can be streamed below.

The first percussion / drum-only album of the Lugubrious 78 - DRUM AUTOMATISM SERIES (2026) has been released. Consisting of fourteen improvised, chopped, randomised, recompiled, discarded, and overlaid pieces, ‘Broken Streams of Consciousness (Drum Automatism, Vol. 1) is available to stream and download on Lugubrious 78.com, Subvert, Mirlo, and Bandcamp. More information about how it was created can be found at DRUM AUTOMATISM SERIES (2026). This is the first Lugubrious 78 release not available on streaming platforms as we contemplate our relationship with the (increasingly exploitative?) medium. The first track, ’Reflections on Instability', can be streamed below.

The third release in the ‘EMPTY CHAIRS SERIES' has been released (on 29 May 2026). 

It is the first album of sixteen planned for 2026.

Written across many years, it consists of the usual psychological-political focus, complementing ‘THE TWELFTH OMINOUS ANXIETY’ and ‘REPEAT. BLINDLY.’ (both released in 2025), and draws on many of the characteristic Lugubrious 78 composition and performance approaches. It will be available on BANDCAMP and SUBVERT soon. Meanwhile, check out the words at SKETCHES OF MUSICAL THOUGHT - SONG LYRICS. See EMPTY CHAIRS SERIES (2025 - 2026) for more about the music.

Post updated: 11 September 2026