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Nearly three full years since last we heard from him with 2008's White Spiders, he appears like a mirage with two alternate universe classics. "Jesus Christ" may be the most daring A-side we have ever heard with it's drones, screeches, and clanging recalling the glory of the Velvet Underground. The B-side is an alarmingly gorgeous New Orleans heart breaker entitled "A Marigny Christmas."

Both songs feature the downright spectacular drumming of New York's Deric Dickens.We liked these songs so much we decided to press them on white and red vinyl just in time for the holidays.

Purchase the vinyl and receive the digital versions of both songs as well as a demo version of "A Marigny Christmas." Pressing limited to 300 total copies; 150 red & 150 white. ORDER YOURS HERE:

By Reyan Ali - SPIN Magazine

Thirty years after Ian Curtis' suicide and Joy Division's subsequent break-up, the band's legacy still means both magic and misery for its three living members.

Most of the magic comes from how their art has been remembered: the Manchester, England-bred group's ominous, stirring songs set the blueprint for morose post-punk, and their thin discography continues to be prized by critics. The fact that Curtis, a 23-year-old enigma of a vocalist, hanged himself as his band was gaining success helped fortify a mythological aura, too. Meanwhile, the misery stems from Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook, and Stephen Morris losing a cohort so early, and Curtis' death then throwing a pall over their remaining careers. New Order, the trio's post-Curtis band, could never possibly reach the same influential heights as their previous project, and if any of them try to revive said project, they enter murky waters with Joy Division loyalists.