Merge Records

‘Tis the season for holiday tunes and we’ve got some killer music for your playlists and turntables. Check out:

• You Wish: A Merge Records Holiday Album
• @traceythorn.bsky.social’s Tinsel and Lights
• She & Him’s A Very She & Him Christmas
• Hiss Golden Messenger’s O Come All Ye Faithful

It’s Bandcamp Friday!! Support artists by buying music today, Dec 5, until midnight PST (3am EST) & Bandcamp waves their share of sales!

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Catch up on 2025 releases, recent reissues, or dig through our extensive catalog to find your new favorite record you may have missed.

The black vinyl pressing is available from:

・Merge (US): mergerecords.com/product/mel
・Merge (UK): mergerecords.co.uk/release/561068-east-river-pipe-mel-reissue
・Bandcamp: eastriverpipe.bandcamp.com/album/mel-30th-anniversary-reissue

The opaque white vinyl pressing is available exclusively from the Secretly Society Record Club. secretlystore.com/collections/secretly-society-releases/products/mel-secretly-society-record-club-exclusive

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2026 marks the 30th anniversary of East River Pipe’s ‘Mel.’ Long out of print, this vinyl reissue features 2 additional tracks (“Miracleland” & “The Way They Murdered Me”), a rearranged track sequence & new, expansive liner notes by the band. It's out January 16.

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Pitchfork’s Best Rock Albums of 2025 list includes M(h)aol’s ‘Something Soft’ at #9 and Destroyer’s’Dan’s Boogie’ at #11!! 🥳

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Dawn Richard is back with her new single, “A FLEX.” The song finds Dawn at the peak of her powers, returning to pop music for the first time since her 2023 EP, The Architect. Listen now lnk.to/A_Flex

Dawn plays a hometown show at Tipitina’s in New Orleans on December 12!

Friendship’s ’Caveman Wakes Up’ #5 in Stereogum’s best albums of 2025!

stereogum.com/2480469/the-50-best-albums-of-2025/lists/year-in-review/2025-in-review

Home Buy Official Merge Records Merch Here!

The Holdiay Store is open through January 2. Get 20% off orders of $75 or more with the code MERRYMERGE. The 2025 shipping cutoff is December 17.

For our friends in the UK and Europe, get 15% off of everything through January 2. mergerecords.co.uk

Cyber Monday is here! 🤖 Today only, get a free print bundle with the purchase of two or more LPs!! mergerecords.com/store/holiday_2025

Also, orders of $100 or more will be entered to win a mystery Merge prize pack including signed prints, a test pressing, pins, stickers, and more.

From Mac: “The most-requested non-shirt item we ever made was this Hyper Enough mug & I’m here to let you know the mugs are back! Celebrating 30 years of Here’s Where The Strings Come In with a reissue “Hyper Enough” tee and the classic mug.”

mergerecords.com/store/bundle/1292

Friendship hits the road again in the US in early 2026!! Tickets are on sale now. mergerecords.com/artist/friendship

For all the Crooked Fingers fans in the UK and Europe, pre-order the new album Swet Deth on vinyl and CD via the Merge Records UK store to save on shipping costs! mergerecords.co.uk/release/555251-crooked-fingers-swet-deth

And be sure to check out the first single, "Cold Waves," streaming now.

Pre-order the album on vinyl and CD, and be sure to pick up an exclusive Crooked Fingers t-shirt too. Or, save some $$ and get a super bundle of all three. lnk.to/SwetDeth

Crooked Fingers, the long-running moniker for the legendary Eric Bachmann’s output from 1998-2016, is back. On February 27 Crooked Fingers will release Swet Deth, their first album since 2011’s Breaks in the Armor.

The lead single “Cold Waves,” feat. Mac McCaughan, is out now. lnk.to/SwetDeth

The New Pornographers are hitting the road next spring supported by Will Sheff of Okkervil River!! Tickets go on sale Friday. thenewpornographers.com

Check out A.C. Newman’s interview with Rolling Stone about the current happenings with the band and what to expect in the new year.

TONIGHT! Our first show ever in the great state of Idaho and it will be a gem… us and Case Oats at the Shrine Social Club Ballroom in Boise see u there!!

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Ten years ago, Will Butler celebrated the release of his solo debut album 'Policy' with the Brantley Gutierrez-directed video for “Anna.”

Today, the video (starring Emma Stone) is reimagined as “ANNA (MonoChrome)." 💃

Watch the full video here: tinyurl.com/3m9xtsf2 🎥

Destroyer may be in the middle of tour, but that won’t stop them sharing a brand new video! “The Same Thing as Nothing at All" video, directed by David Ray, is out now: tinyurl.com/yckezztj 🎥

Don't miss them on tour right now! N. American dates through Oct, with EU/UK dates happening through Nov!

Long out-of-print in the UK and never before available on the format in North America, this reissue is accompanied the debut of a new Merge Records UK webstore, a brand new Clientele tee, and the official video for "House on Fire," resurrected from the enhanced CD issue of the album!

'The Violet Hour' — the debut full-length by @theclienteleband — is being reissued on Merge vinyl, out on 11/7 + available to pre-order now! 🎉

Lnk.to/VioletHour or mergerecords.com!

Destroyer is here with a new video for “Travel Light,” the closing track from 'Dan’s Boogie.' 📽️

Watch: tinyurl.com/2vkdad2v

Later this month, the band embarks on a North American full band tour joined by Jennifer Castle + Cass McCombs for select dates!📍Grab those tickets while you can!

From @thelineofbestfit.com, read more about the new Case Oats record below! 👇

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Happy release day to 'Songs in the Key of Yikes' by Superchunk! 🎉

Stream wherever you get your music or pick up a physical copy in the Merge store 👉 lnk.to/KeyofYikes

And don't miss those tour dates that are right around the corner! Tour kicks off in Sept, grab your tickets while you can!

Superchunk Reckon with the State of the Union » PopMatters Chapel Hill's finest Superchunk return with another ten songs of righteous, catchy anger and dark humor. It's one of the best records of their reunion era.

Chapel Hill's finest Superchunk return with another ten songs of righteous, catchy anger and dark humor. It's one of the best records of their reunion era.

'Songs in the Key of Yikes' is a #PMPick out Friday via
@mergerecords.bsky.social.

Today, Jade Hairpins return with “Like Fumes" a new song accompanied by a hypnotic visualizer! Stream wherever you get your music (lnk.to/LikeFumes), and to celebrate further, we're offering 15% off on the Merge catalogs of Jade Hairpins + Fucked Up, today only! Browse here: tinyurl.com/zrncsczw

A new talk with Laura! Listen below! 🎧

The new track "Idiom" by Carson McHone is out now! Stream wherever you get your music, or watch the full video on YouTube here: youtu.be/-AYky_zPD38 🎥

'Pentimento' is out on September 12th, and you can pre-order at mergerecords.com!