St Valentine's Day

Available in February 2026

In 2005 Cipher released ‘St Bartholomew’s Day’, a four artist double cassette, each act tasked with finding their own artistic expression of the French religious massacre of 1572. 
Finally, 20 years later, comes ‘St Valentine’s Day’: another historical lodestar of unhinged and inexplicable violence, updated to the Prohibition-era streets of Chicago.

Each artist was carefully selected with a view to intersecting their own stylistic and thematic interests with the subject matter of the release, and wanting to realise a release which harnessed the uniqueness of each while linking a shared stylistic energy. 

The result is this long-overdue LP of which Cipher is incredibly proud: threads of religious penance, unapologetic bloodshed, conspiratorial intrigue and political collapse all leech from the given theme, and each act delivers a harrowing set of power electronics compositions rich in detail, compositional depth, potency and crimson.

Edition of 200 LPs, cover artwork by Scott Candey (Crionic Mind), Includes 3 artists inserts.

Tracklist:
A1   Wertham - Blond Alibi
A2   STROM.ec - Accountants Of Death
A3   Josh Lay - Blood Covered Walls
A4   Josh Lay - Turf War

B1   Josh Lay - Fear Was In The Air
B2   STROM.ec - Ascending Torso
B3   STROM.ec - Hibernating Herd
B4   Wertham - Madonna Mia

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