Vinyl - Vincent Draper and The Culls - Vincent Draper and The Culls - Numbered edition

Historically, The Culls’ music has always lived in darkness. Their songs are often found in shadows, unswept corners, or very deep pools. This new record though, feels different. It still pulls you in, out of the light, into those familiar inky clouds. But after you’ve lost yourself in the sound, somewhere far off the coastline of your day-to-day, you find a light in the song.

Vincent Draper and The Culls, the self titled, self produced, record is a snapshot of the band’s final form. Less melancholy and less melodramatic than the band we knew. The Culls now sound, aged, hardened, even matured, but stun with a newfound intensity.
Sonically, it’s a new summit of tension, velocity, and depth the band is already known for. But lyrically, this record explores previously uncharted themes. At times brighter than those of VDATC’s past. These lyrics explore and meditate on truly feeling seen for the first time, and a love deeper than should have been possible. As well as navigating mental health, letting go of old friends, clinging to mementos, and embarking on new adventures.

The album was recorded by Vincent Draper and The Culls, in Eric and Brenda’s lovely home in the Uintah Basin, in Northeastern Utah, spring of 2026. This is the first fully self produced record from the band. Recorded and mixed as a team in isolation from the world. The experience of working together, without distraction, was nothing short of magic. I like to think that this magic is found there dancing within the songs. There is a whole new sound here, forged from the band’s love and support for each other, and drive to dismantle limits and boundaries. The heart and soul of the band is more distilled and up front than ever before. But its vintage, its wisdom, can now be detected throughout.