Decius Vol. II (Splendour & Obedience)

A supergroup of sorts - Fat White Family’s  Lias Saoudi, Trashmouth Records’ Luke and Liam May, and Quinn Whalley of Paranoid London and Warmduscher - Decius have travelled the earth liberating people from banality since the release of Decius Vol. I. They’ve revealed to all those they’ve encountered just what was missing in their lives: pump without borders, pump without reason - absolute pump.

The second full-length album from Decius – it follows 2022’s Decius Vol. I plus a string of Decius Trax EPs.

Vinyl editions are housed in a gatefold sleeve with artwork by Peter Harris.

Appease the gods with the limited INDIES ONLY ‘Neptune Turquoise’ double vinyl, plus black vinyl and CD.

First single, ‘Walking In The Heat’, is accompanied by an incredible, moist video directed by Niall Trask – at the carwash… yeah.

The Quietus declared Decius Vol. I “The best album of the year” before placing it at number 5 in their AOTY list with ‘Look Like A Man’ hitting #2 in their tracks of the year.

Further AOTY nods included DJ’s Top 40, Juno Daily #2, MusicOMH #3 and Bleep’s Top 100

Decius live sets at Berghain’s 19th birthday celebrations, Block 9’s NYC Downlow at Glastonbury and Opium Club in Vilnius have set pulses racing, and they count the likes of Dixon, 2manydjs, Honey Dijon, Mochakk, Or:La, Iggy Pop and Depeche Mode as fans. 

Now they offer up Decius Vol. II (Splendour & Obedience). It throbs with an almost impossible sense of potential, and expands on the lexicon of molten desire. The sound has moved into new territories, with tastes of house, disco and techno, all with an underlying base note of acid on tracks such as the slippery night cruise intensity of ‘Birth of A Smirk’, where Colonel Abrams gets his nipples tortured. ‘Queen of 14th St’ is all watersports and Cybotron force from Detroit via Deptford. First single ‘Walking In The Heat’ struts like a sunburnt and horny Kraftwerk, while ‘Ghent’ is purest uncut ’88 acid. Vol. II is the art of seduction in damp rooms painted black. Keep hydrated from whatever source is available. Be your own pleasure centre. Vol. II is a veritable selection box of booty bumps and illegal highs made at night for the night and beyond. This is music that takes pride in its walk of shame.

A1.           Birth Of A Smirk (feat. Lias Saoudi)                        

A2.           Walking In The Heat (feat. Lias Saoudi & Alex White)

B1.           Queen of 14th St (feat. Lias Saoudi)

B2.           Ghent (feat. Lias Saoudi)

C1.           Ibrahim (feat. Lias Saoudi & Maggie The Cat)             

C2.           I Gave Birth 2 U (feat. Lias Saoudi & Maggie The Cat)

C3.           Punishment/Improvement (feat. Lias Saoudi)             D1.           Y U Look At Me That Way? (feat. Fats McCourt)        D2.           We Carry Our Flamboyance As A Warning                  

D3.           Arctic Spring (feat. Lias Saoudi)