Need For Mirrors teases album 'Joey Tuna'

Need For Mirrors has always operated on the murky edges of drum & bass, a producer drawn to the form’s darker currents while never losing sight of its lineage.

The concept arrived in Japan, in the shape of Katsuo Ningen – a mascot with a tuna’s head on a human body, both endearing and grotesque. That duality stuck.

“Joey” is Joe, “Tuna” is big tunes, tracks with the heft to ripple through dancefloors.

The artwork, a tuna head inside a life preserver spinning like vinyl, doubles as a metaphor: music as survival, buoyancy, propulsion.

The sampler features 4 tracks that encompass this concept, with a breadth and depth that will come as no surprise to anyone familiar with Need For Mirrors’ music.

Heavy but buoyant, dark but luminous, steeped in history but looking forward.

Souped Up has always thrived on its sense of character, and with Need For Mirrors stepping into the fold, this is a record that insists on personality as much as pressure.