Orindal

BLITHE FIELD- Soft Core Hard Wear ORD-98

Release date: October 23, 2026

DUE TO MANUFACTURING DELAYS BEYOND OUR CONTROL, TAPES AREN'T EXPECTED TO SHIP UNTIL EARLY NOVEMBER 2026.

Eighteen unknown zones visited. Corrupted flash game files reconstructed. Cartoon floppy disk factory on the night shift. Point and click memories. Soft Core Hard Wear ☻

Lost in the loading screen. Perplexed at the plaza. Cat in the Christmas tree with the singing lights shorted. Soft Core Hard Wear ☻

Trick candles melting onto the birthday cake. Movie theater patterned carpets being vacuumed after hours. Plumbing beneath the water park being repaired in the off-season. Soft Core Hard Wear ☻

Soft Core Hard Wear is the new album from Spencer Radcliffe’s Blithe Field. A suite of eighteen moments made from synthesizer, sampler, and cassette tape. Accompanying the album is a full-length movie of the same name, comprised of warped and meted together found VHS tapes, color, and general video experiments. Available on limited cassette tape 10/23 through the venerable Orindal Records.

Have a nice day ☻

Tracks

  1. Milked Rainbow (1:44)
  2. Concrete Tears (2:47)
  3. Hotel Morning Alarm Clock (7:04)
  4. Franklin Park Fantasy (6:22)
  5. Gumdrop (2:00)
  6. Clazel Marquee (7:58)
  7. Raining on Titan (2:28)
  8. A Cabbage Story (1:28)
  9. Supply Closet (1:19)
  10. Telephone Number (1:23)
  11. Hedge Trimmer (3:21)
  12. Ice Sculpture (1:41)
  13. Santa's Cookies (0:56)
  14. Celotex (7:50)
  15. Hair Gallery Hallway (3:14)
  16. Mechanical Room Reverie (1:26)
  17. Contrail Over Wheat Field (3:38)
  18. Paper Airplane Path view (2:46)

    19. Credits

      Credits:
      All music by Spencer Radcliffe
      Recorded Winter 2025 to Tascam 244 in Nelsonville, Ohio

      Pressing Information

      Tape edition
      150 professionally dubbed Ferric tapes with imprinted clear shells & full color j-cards. Design by Spencer Radcliffe & Gordon Ashworth. 18 tracks, 59 minutes.