{"id":497454,"date":"2026-06-17T14:29:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T14:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/497454\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T14:29:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T14:29:09","slug":"wu-lyf-announce-official-retail-release-of-a-wave-that-will-never-break","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/497454\/","title":{"rendered":"Wu Lyf announce official retail release of &#8216;A Wave That Will Never Break&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/wu-lyf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wu Lyf<\/a> have announced an official retail release of \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/wu-lyf-announce-long-awaited-second-album-a-wave-that-will-never-break-with-urgent-single-love-your-fate-3931545\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">A Wave That Will Never Break<\/a>\u2018. Find all the details below.<\/p>\n<p>The album, which was released in April, came as the Manchester indie band\u2019s first in 15 years and the long-awaited follow-up to their 2011 debut album,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/wu-lyf-15-1292049\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018Go Tell Fire To The Mountain\u2019<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It was initially shared only through their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldunite.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">WORLDUNITE.ORG<\/a> platform and for their L Y F community, rather than on streaming services, and it went on to debut at Number 13 in the Official UK Albums Chart.<\/p>\n<p>Now, they\u2019ve announced that the album will finally be available in record shops worldwide from June 26, via LYF Recordings. You can pre-order it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldunite.org\/awtwnb\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It marks the album\u2019s first appearance in stores and will feature exclusive new artwork unique to this edition, which you can check out below.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/wu-lyf-interview-new-album-a-wave-that-will-never-break-spotify-tour-future-3940779\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Speaking to NME earlier this year<\/a>, Wu Lyf explained how the album\u2019s roll-out was their way of \u201ccreating a space for the work to be experienced as a whole, instead of being encountered in passing\u201d on platforms like Spotify. They\u2019ve also removed their back catalogue from the service, and even went as far as to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/wu-lyf-the-fool-single-troll-spotify-with-homer-simpson-version-3938042\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">troll users with a Homer Simpson-sung version of recent single \u2018The Fool<\/a>\u2018 that directed them to Wu Lyf\u2019s own hub.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was more the idea that playing together for the first time sounded good than anything else, then it all grew from there. I don\u2019t think anyone sits down with a masterplan before they start,\u201d explained Tom McClung about the comeback.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat develops over time. We want to build something from this foundation that we find quite solid and interesting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ellery Roberts added: \u201cEven though media publications have constructed some kind of sense of marketing masterplans with everything we\u2019ve done in the past, my relationship with it is just that we\u2019ve made intuitive decisions based on what feels true and right in the moment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think it\u2019s necessarily about proving anything other than trying to forge a way. An alternative is possible, and you only know that by trying it. We don\u2019t know what will come of our endeavours at this moment in time, but we have all agreed to stand by our choices and see them through.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3940815\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WU_LYF_The_Fool_Credit_Anthony_Harrison-1.jpg\" alt=\"Wu Lyf, 2026. Credit: Anthony Harrison\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1270\"  \/>Wu Lyf, 2026. Credit: Anthony Harrison<\/p>\n<p>Later this year, Wu Lyf <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/wu-lyf-announce-2026-uk-and-european-tour-buy-tickets-3941609\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">will be heading on a UK and European headline tour<\/a>. You can find a full list of dates <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/wu-lyf-announce-2026-uk-and-european-tour-buy-tickets-3941609\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketmaster.co.uk\/wu-lyf-tickets\/artist\/1555397?irgwc=1&amp;afsrc=1&amp;utm_source=2862475-NME%20Networks%20Media%20Limited&amp;utm_medium=affiliate&amp;utm_campaign=2862475&amp;awtrc=&amp;camefrom=CFC_BUYAT_2862475&amp;ircid=24023&amp;clickId=2swQSERmwxycTWJ26EQuh3jtUku3dO1FGV5zyw0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">any remaining tickets here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wu Lyf have announced an official retail release of \u2018A Wave That Will Never Break\u2018. 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