Bicep - SLUG (Deluxe Edition) [2LP Picture Disc]

Six years after Isles, Bicep return with SLUG, their third studio album, presented here as a deluxe 2LP picture disc in a gatefold jacket with a digital download card.

The Belfast-born, London-based duo made their name with euphoric, emotionally charged club music, and SLUG widens the frame. Across eighteen tracks it moves between rave, breakbeat, ambient textures and vocal-led electronica, with guests including Eartheater, Clark, George Riley, KUČKA and Sassy 009. The title comes from the contrast between a plain land slug and its vividly coloured underwater cousins, a metaphor for everything that hides beneath the surface.

"Gas," featuring Lauren Duffus and SOARR, sets the pace, while "777" pairs the duo with Eartheater. "Equarium," with Kehina, arrived alongside the album's announcement, and "Viper" teams Bicep with Clark and Saskia for one of the record's most anticipated meetings of minds.

The album first surfaced in three drops of three tracks, each paired with a short film, a reminder that Bicep treat visuals as part of the music. That makes a picture disc a natural home for it.

Due in 2027 on Ninja Tune, SLUG sounds like a duo pushing past the formula that made them, without losing any of the rush that first made them dancefloor favourites.