Black Rebel Motorcycle Club have announced a deluxe 20th anniversary reissue of their third album ‘Howl’.
The San Francisco garage rockers are currently on a UK and European tour where they are playing the 2005 record in full, with dates to come next month in Glasgow, Manchester, Leeds, Nottingham, Bristol and London – find any remaining tickets here.
Now, they have shared details of an extensive re-release of the album, which will be made up of a 3LP white vinyl set, including session tracks, previously unheard demos and alternate mixes. There will also be a photobook of over 100 previously unseen photos from the ‘Howl’ era and original handwritten lyrics, as well as a poster featuring photos from the period. There is also a 2LP set on black vinyl and a CD version.
The reissue will be available from January 20, 2026 via PIAS and you can pre-order/pre-save your copy here.
‘Howl’ was BRMC’s third studio album, released in August 2005. It included the singles ‘Shuffle Your Feet’, ‘Ain’t No Easy Way’ and ‘Weight Of The World’, and it was notable for representing a move away from the band’s signature garage rock sound, embracing folk and Americana influences.
In our original review, NME noted: “Back to basics is obviously an ongoing theme; if The White Stripes’ ‘Elephant’ seemed minimal for not employing a single piece of equipment invented after the ’60s, then BRMC have gone one further, rarely here using an idea thought up after 1959. Steeped in country, folk and gospel, ‘Howl’ is a primitive cry from the heart of a distant Americana. Where once The Jesus And Mary Chain’s surf-noise and early ’90s art-wave made up BRMC’s signature sound, it’s Johnny Cash and early Bob Dylan that now reign supreme.”
The band have not released an album since 2018’s ‘Wrong Creatures’, their eighth studio record in total. NME’s three-star review said: “It needs a little more ‘bite’, a few more musical highs and some lyrical depth to feel essential, but BRMC still have the songs to pull off a record that matters. They’re still doing it, and doing it well – there’s your rock’n’roll.”
Elsewhere, the band issued a cease-and-desist notice to US Homeland Security in July over their use of ‘God’s Gonna Cut You Down’ on a social media recruitment video, telling them to “go f… yourselves”.
