Album release April 18th, 2026
Exclusively available for Record Store Day, 2026
Seminal early-’80s release from Dublin’s most uncompromising post-punk collective, Hérésie captures Virgin Prunes at their most raw, ritualistic, and confrontational.
Originally released in 1982, the album compiles crucial early recordings that blur the boundaries between post-punk, industrial music, performance art, and gothic experimentation. Abrasive rhythms, atonal textures, and emotionally charged vocals define a sound that helped shape the darker, more extreme fringes of the post-punk movement.
Emerging from the same Dublin scene that produced U2, Virgin Prunes rejected commercial ambition in favour of an avant-garde, art-driven approach—earning them enduring cult status and a reputation as one of the era’s most fearless and challenging groups. Hérésie remains a touchstone release for fans of early industrial, goth, and experimental music, influencing generations of artists operating far outside the mainstream.
This newly expanded vinyl edition restores the original album in newly remastered form and includes a rare live recording from the Rex Club in Paris, capturing the band’s intense and confrontational performance style. Housed with an 8-page booklet and featuring brand new sleeve notes by Jon Wood, this edition makes a vital and long hard-to-find title accessible once again in definitive form. Essential listening for fans of Throbbing Gristle, Cabaret Voltaire, The Birthday Party, and adventurous post-punk archives.
Hérésie is exclusively available from all independent record shops and retailers, in-store on Record Store Day – Saturday 18th April, 2026.
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Tracklisting
Side A
1. We Love Deirdre
2. Rhetoric
Side B
1. Down the Memory Lane
2. Man on the Corner
3. Nisam Lo
4. Loved One
5. Go’t’ Away Deirdre
Side C
1. Caucasian Walk (Live at the Rex Club, Paris)
2. Walls of Jericho (Live at the Rex Club, Paris)
3. Pagan Lovesong (Live at the Rex Club, Paris)
Side D
1. Theme for Thought (Live at the Rex Club, Paris)
2. Come to Daddy (Live at the Rex Club, Paris)
Format: 2LP, 180g Black Vinyl, 8-page booklet
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UPC: 4099964216264
CAT: 964216261