YHWH Nailgun’s ‘Magazine’ Runs 11 Minutes, Arrives June 11 on 4AD

YHWH Nailgun’s first album for 4AD is a ten-track sprint that barely breaks eleven minutes. The band announced Magazine today with a release date of June 11, no advance singles, and a list of tour stops that will take them from Lisbon to New Zealand inside of a month. It’s a deliberately compact gesture from a group that recently signed with the label, and the absence of pre-release tracks means the full listen arrives in one sharp, immediate dose.

The runtime places them in unusual company. Eleven minutes isn’t an EP masquerading as a full-length, but it’s close, and it recalls short-album outliers like Tony Molina or Gatecreeper who’ve treated brevity as a compositional choice rather than a concession. On Magazine, the tracklist moves fast: “Ghost of Love,” “Stillness Blues,” “Innocent Sigh,” and seven other titles that suggest noise-rock pared down to its essentials.

The live schedule picks up almost immediately. A release-week show in Lisbon on June 17 at ZDB is followed by Porto, then a set at Barcelona’s Sonar Festival. July swings through Australia—Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane—before a New Zealand date in Auckland. Late August brings a UK and European run that includes London’s RALLY Festival, Bristol’s Forwards Festival, and a close at End of the Road in Dorset. There’s no filler in those dates, just like there’s no filler on the album. The whole thing feels chosen.