What the f*ck?? What the f*cking f*ck??

It’s the only realistic response to these dark, divisive and dangerous times. How do you react? How do
you feel? How do you soundtrack?

Immersion is the project of post punk musical architects Colin Newman (Wire) and Malka Spigel
(Minimal Compact) and Matt Schulz (Holy Fuck, Savak & Lake Ruth). Since the pandemic, Immersion
has been mainly working on their Nanocluster collaborations but they have now re-engaged with the core
project after a UK and USA tour gave them a shot of musical urgency and lyrical immediacy.

The crafted creativity of the core unit has seen their previous projects honed down in their studio set-up
but the magic of the live moment sparked a new necessity to the sound. It sees the four instrumentals
and the four vocal pieces of the album created with an added energy and a connection to the shared
hopes and fears of the band, its audience and the wider community. It musically catches a moment
reacting to the apocalyptic madness of these times and trying to come to terms with it. The songs
snapshot these uncertain days adding another layer of humanity to the music and another level of ‘what
the f*ck??’.

If the Nanocluster project is about collaboration then Immersion in 2025 is a response to where
humanity finds itself in the second decade of the 21st century. It reacts to not only that relentless
rhetoric of these times but also how we as humans should respond. Music is the message, the medium,
the massage and the moment. This song collection manages to combine the unease with hope, minimally
hypnotic songwriting with taut melodies and inventiveness with groove.

The lead off track released on July 28th is “Use It Don’t Lose It” which they describe as ‘An expression of
us both together, saying the same thing for ourselves & for others. The words are so direct they need no
explanation. Anyone could join in with the chanting!’ The album will follow in Sept 2025 and there will be
UK dates later in the year.

‘Thank you for your attention to this matter!’

John Robb - Manchester July 2025