Mekons - Exquisite 9/29/24 AF Icon for Hire (composed of

Icon for Hire (composed of singer Ariel Bloomer and guitarist Shawn Jump) have quietly amassed a legion of followers

with references ranging from Elvis Presley to 'Blind' Lemon Jefferson

Limited opaque blue colored pressing

Packaged in a 12" with 8-panel accordion fold-out poster & digital download card

Mekons - Exquisite 9/29/24 AF Icon for Hire (composed ofVinyl LP pressing. Hunkered down and unable to record together, in 2020 The Mekons created a glorious digital chain letter of an album. Exquisite is a sprawling manifesto of connection and defance that deftly slides through fddle tunes, digi dub, freside ballads and urgent rock & roll. And that's just side A. The original recording plan was to have been the whole band in a room session in Valencia, Spain. When the pandemic rendered that impossible the