You won’t get any Kafka jokes from us this morning, but you will receive two tracks from the multi-city minimalist collective Gregor Samsa, which includes members of Antlers, Kayo Dot, etc. Their third full-length Rest, which the band put together via email and then eight months of recording, is arriving in five formats. Count along:

Digital, Limited Edition of 500 (CD format, includes an extra booklet of artwork and lyrics, hand numbered), Collector’s Edition of 30 (packaging is in a Super 8 film can with artwork and extra goodies, and will include one of the films that Gregor Samsa has made), Unlimited Edition (CD art, made from black stock and screen printed), Vinyl (like the Limited Edition, but on vinyl)

That’s almost as complicated as figuring out where all the members live. Here’s the lovely piano-lined video for the ambient, Bosh-y “Jeroen Van Aken,” which was directed by Spokane’s Rick Alverson.

If you liked that, we also have the song without pictures along with “Abutting, Dismantling.”

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