| Release Date | 11/07/2025 |
| Format | LP Colour/ CD |
| Label | Mute |
| Catalogue Number | STUMM517/ CDSTUMM517 |
The groundbreaking, enduringly influential artist Mark Stewart presents his eighth solo album, ‘The Fateful Symmetry’, a vital new masterwork completed shortly before his untimely passing in April 2023.
Across an illustrious career of pioneering music with The Pop Group, Mark Stewart & The Maffia and as a solo artist, Stewart has produced a seminal body of work, galvanized by the DIY ideals of punk, radical politics, protest movements, theory, philosophy, technology, art and poetry. With ‘The Fateful Symmetry’, Stewart’s abiding legacy as a “revered countercultural musician” (The Guardian) is sustained, with an album as fearless and
visionary as his best work.
Testifying to his prolific, unrelenting ingenuity, and signifying one of his most intimate, empowering statements, ‘The Fateful Symmetry’ is an astonishingly expressive and innovative record; a fierce and beautiful manifesto for a better world. The inimitable, titanic Mark Stewart, never normalized, always extraordinary.
‘The Fateful Symmetry’ is released on Mute, Stewart’s long-standing label helmed by old friend and kindred spirit Daniel Miller.
“Mark Stewart is my hero” - Daddy G, Massive Attack
“A fearsome vocalist and unbelievably exciting frontman to whom I am deeply indebted” - Nick Cave
“Bristol would be a very different place artistically and politically if it not been for Mark’s influence on all of us” - Geoff Barrow, Portishead
CD packaged in jewel case with roll fold booklet. Red coloured vinyl with two-page insert.
Tracklist:
Memory Of You
Neon Girl
This Is The Rain
Everybody’s Got To Learn Sometime (Bébe Durmiendo Cumbia Bootleg)
Stable Song
Twilight’s Child
Crypto Religion
Blank Town
A Long Road