02/21/2025

In the world today, respite ∞ levity for the nameless ghost in crisis, Colin Self’s third album

In the world today, respite ∞ levity for the nameless ghost in crisis, Colin Self’s third album. 𓅪𓅫

r∞L4nGc is the result of years of work by Colin to give voice to nameless spirits. Drawing from a well of broad influences, the record find’s self singing in both Latin and Polari, an over 500 year old form of slantwise English used by queer and underworld forces to communicate selectively.

As Self says “people around me might not know what those words mean, but all of these trans or queer ghosts that are listening to the music or watching the performance are having a really good time. I wanted to find a way to breathe life into this act of hiding the explicit in the quotidian-sounding atmosphere of pop music.”

Colin’s soaring, undiluted vocals are highlighted across the record, backed by instrumental experimentations as diverse true, queer dance music, to operatic and orchestral maneuvering. The variety and depth of Colin’s influences and knowledge is a joy to behold, and this record marks a beautiful reflection of that love for knowledge and desire to honor those who have left us.

r∞L4nGc is available in a highly limited artist edition of the LP, including a unique watercolor painting by Colin, black LP, Japanese import cd (via Plancha) through the RVNG webstore, and in digital formats wherever you may turn for them.