New album · Out now · Wrackline Records WRK-014
Halden Reach
Slack Water
The still minute between the tides. Nine songs recorded on the Forth, over two winters.
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Total 42:02 · Written and produced by Halden Reach · Brass on 4 and 9 by the Granton Harbour Quartet · Mastered at Tidemark, Leith
digital album
FLAC, WAV or MP3 · instant download
CD
Four-panel wallet, 12-page lyric booklet
2×LP
Smoke-grey vinyl, 180g, gatefold. Numbered edition of 1,000 · 412 of 1,000 left
The record
“Everything on it was written in the hour the water stops.”
Halden Reach recorded Slack Water in a boathouse at Granton across the winters of 2024 and 2025, timing sessions to the tide tables. The songs run slow on purpose: a modular drone, a voice kept close to the mic, brass that arrives late.
- Recorded
- Granton boathouse, Nov 2024 – Feb 2026
- Label
- Wrackline Records, WRK-014
- Pressing
- 2×LP, 180g smoke vinyl, 1,000 numbered
- Live
- 10 dates, UK and Europe, Oct–Nov 2026
Live
Slack Water Live · Oct–Nov 2026 · 10 dates · 3 sold out
10 dates · max 4 tickets per order, 2 on low dates
Thu 15 Oct
Edinburgh
Customs Hall, Leith
Sold out
Fri 16 Oct
Glasgow
The Ropeworks
Low tickets
Sun 18 Oct
Manchester
Pier Nine
On sale
Tue 20 Oct
Bristol
The Harbour Shed
On sale
Thu 22 Oct
London
Canal Works, Hackney Wick
Sold out
Fri 23 Oct
LondonNew date
Canal Works, Hackney Wick
Low tickets
Thu 29 Oct
Amsterdam
Noorderdok
On sale
Sat 31 Oct
Berlin
Halle am Ufer
On sale
Mon 2 Nov
Copenhagen
Pakhus 7
Low tickets
Thu 5 Nov
Paris
La Cale Sèche
Sold out
From the last run
Spring Range tour, March–April 2025
Store
Pressed and printed in small runs. UK orders over £60 ship free; vinyl ships now, apparel within 3 working days.
Slack Water — 2×LP
£32
Smoke-grey vinyl, 180g, gatefold. Numbered edition of 1,000
412 of 1,000 left
Contour tee
£30
Heavyweight black cotton, 240gsm. Bone print front and back
Slack Water Live long-sleeve
£38
Bone cotton, tour dates down the left sleeve
Tide chart print
£25
A2 two-colour risograph, signed. Edition of 200
61 of 200 left
Slack Water — CD
£12
Four-panel wallet, 12-page lyric booklet
Canvas tote
£18
Natural 12oz canvas, long handles, holds a 2×LP flat
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