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PREORDER
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01. Startled Insects - Black Spring
02. Startled Insects - Overzoom
03. Startled Insects - W.W.W.
04. Startled Insects - Underworld (Pitched)
05. Startled Insects - Thunk
06. Startled Insects - What A Waste
07. Startled Insects - Revenge Of The Insects
08. Startled Insects - Khalk'ru
ARTIST
TITLE
The Antenna Years
FORMAT
LP

LABEL
CATALOG #
WRWTFWW 110LP WRWTFWW 110LP
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
7/3/2026

WRWTFWW Records presents the first ever vinyl release for the Startled Insects' 1984-1985 abstract/synth-pop/post-punk/electronic run compiled into one album: The Antenna Years. The Bristol music must-have comes as a limited-edition LP with astonishing artwork, liner notes and a heavyweight sleeve. The Antenna Years compiles the independent EPs/mini-LPs the Startled Insects released in 1984 (self-titled) and 1985 (Underworld/Black Spring), with two bonus unreleased tracks that were only ever played in their live shows ("W.W.W" and "What A Waste," both amazing). Astonishingly futuristic when they landed in 1984, the Startled Insects sounded like they came from another planet while staying rooted in Bristol's underground. Abstract electronic, leftfield synth-pop, dub science, gamelan heat, post-punk edge, cinematic atmosphere: The Antenna Years delivers one beautifully odd voyage into the sonic unknown. In the '90s, the band released two albums, including the classic Curse Of The Pheromones via Antilles New Directions (Island Records), then evolved into The Insects: film composers for BBC/National Geographic, Emmy winners, and key architects of the '90s Bristol orbit, working with Massive Attack, Goldfrapp, Tricky, and members of Portishead. Four decades on, The Antenna Years still hits like a transmission from the future. Dive in with no fear.