Go backstage with The Music and receive FREE:

  • Exclusive members-only editorial, charts
  • Our subscriber-only newsletter
  • Members only competitions to win tickets, experiences and more
  • Access to our street press archives
  • First access to our exclusive limited edition vinyl variants

Thank you for being a part of our community! Enter your email address as verification and you'll be taken backstage right away.

Please ensure that you provide a valid email address.

Cold Specks Signs To Mute

Staff Writer

Canadian doom soul merchant Cold Specks signs with Mute.

Canadian singer/songwriter Al Spx – aka Cold Specks – has signed to Mute for the release of her debut album I Predict A Graceful Explosion.

The lead single from the release, Blank Maps, is out now.

Spx takes her dues from the deep south, with influences ranging from the Lomax Field Recordings to Tom Waits.