John Foxx + The Maths are said to be recording their new opus concurrently, but until that is announced, the one album of theirs not on wax is stepping into the breach to rectify that omission. Their 2012 album “Evidence” will be coming on magenta LP on June 20th, 2025 in an edition of 750 so there should be enough of these to sate fandom without a sense of false scarcity.

When “Evidence” came on the scene in 2012, I was floored by the aesthetic distance of it from the stunning debut from two years earlier. In particular the amazing title track, a collaboration with Soft Moon, entranced me in new and exciting ways to become my favorite John Foxx song at the time and that’s not changed in the intervening years.

I hadn’t heard of The Soft Moon prior, but I was able to enjoy their concert in 2018 locally at the former venue The Mothlight which was like Post-Punk flypaper with all of the fantastic artists they booked. They sadly folded during the Pandemic, and then we lost Luis Vasquez of The Soft Moon last year when he died of a drug overdose.

I’ve gotten the LPs of every John Foxx + The Maths release owing to my collector’s sickness and desire to own every Metamatic number. The first two followed the CD releases, and “The Machine” and “Howl” were concurrent with the album release itself. Except for “Evidence.” And thirteen years later it’s coming. Albeit in an abridged form. But the angel is in the details!

2012 CD SONGS

1. Personal Magnetism
2. Evidence [Featuring – The Soft Moon]
3. That Sudden Switch [Featuring – Xeno & Oaklander]
4. Talk (Beneath Your Dreams) [Featuring – Matthew Dear]
5. Neon Vertigo
6. Changelings [Featuring – Gazelle Twin]
7. My Town
8. Have A Cigar
9. A Falling Star [Featuring – Gazelle Twin
10. Cloud Choreography
11. Shadow Memory
12. Walk
13. Myriads
14. Only Lovers Left Alive
15. Talk (I Speak Machine Mix)

2025 MAGENTA LP SONGS

1. Evidence (Featuring The Soft Moon)
2. That Sudden Switch (Featuring Xeno & Oaklander)
3. Talk (Beneath Your Dreams) (Featuring Matthew Dear)
4. Changelings (Featuring Gazelle Twin)
5. My Town
6. Have A Cigar
7. A Falling Star (Featuring Gazelle Twin)
8. Walk
9. Only Lovers Left Alive

The LP has the instrumentals removed, leaving only the songs. And in a move that addressed my only complaint with the album in 2012, the remix of “Talk” that closed the CD is no longer the final track. Now, it’s the far more appropriate “Only Lovers Left Alive!” But the new sequence also serves to illuminate the fact that “Evidence” was a highly collaborative album with four different artists writing and performing with the band on over half of the songs in the program.

The album is in pre-order as of today and the price is a slightly chafe-worthy $30.99. Juuuuust beginning to rise above my vinyl comfort zone. But for now I’m still on board. If you are too, then you know the drill: DJ hit that button!

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