British experimental rock band Ulrika Spacek have announced field to the left, a five-track EP arriving on 5 February 2027 through Full Time Hobby. The announcement comes with lead single ulrika_adjacent_132.exe., a track that pushes further into the space between guitar music and electronic production.
Following February 2026’s EXPO, the group are not treating the new release as a clean break. Instead, they are developing ideas that emerged while finishing that record, allowing guitars, samplers and digitally manipulated sounds to pull against one another.
From bright electronic sketch to darker guitar music
According to the band, the single began as a brighter electronic idea before its London sessions saw the material taken apart and rebuilt into something darker. That process is arguably the most interesting part of the announcement: rather than placing electronic effects on top of a conventional rock song, Ulrika Spacek are using sampling and digital manipulation as part of the composition itself.
The single is accompanied by a video from LA-based Low Limit Vision. Its electronically fractured direction offers a preview of how the band are thinking about the relationship between electronics and a live rock band.
A record about the spaces between
Where EXPO explored isolation in an intensely online world, field to the left turns towards the suburban landscape — the uneasy meeting point between concrete, green space, city and countryside. The band have described experimenting with heavier guitar arrangements and unfamiliar tunings while retaining the analogue warmth of playing together.
That tension is what makes this more than a routine EP announcement. Ulrika Spacek are exploring what happens when the tools of electronic music become part of a guitar band’s songwriting language, rather than merely its finishing touches. It is a fascinating contrast with King Gizzard’s modular-synth approach on Entropy, another recent example of electronic tools reshaping guitar-led music.
field to the left tracklist
- light blue inverted
- model behaviour
- field to the left
- shadowwork
- ulrika_adjacent_132.exe.
field to the left is released on 5 February 2027 via Full Time Hobby. Pre-orders are available through the band’s official Bandcamp page.
Sources: Ulrika Spacek official Bandcamp; The Line of Best Fit.
