EF - GIVE ME BEAUTY... 2LP Pelagic 2025 LP Swedish POST ROCK SS Subscibers Ed
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EF - GIVE ME BEAUTY... OR GIVE ME DEATH, German PELAGIC RECORDS PEL 300-V, 2025.
German ISSUE with G/F Sleeve, 20th Anniversary Edition, Subscribers Edition, Multi-Coloured Splatter Vinyl, Still Sealed.
Excellent Swedish Post-Rock/Experimental... 20th Anniversary edition with bonus track of their debut album which was originally released on CD in 2006.
Long regarded as singular architects within European post-rock, EF have built a catalogue defined by dynamic patience, melodic clarity, and widescreen emotional reach. Across two decades of touring, the Gothenburg ensemble have carried that language to clubs and theatres at home and abroad, earning a reputation for meticulous, high-impact live shows and a body of work that has steadily gathered critical regard and a devoted international following.
In 2025, EF and Pelagic Records mark a double milestone: the 20th anniversary of ‘Give Me Beauty… or Give Me Death!’ and Pelagic Record’s 300th release. Reimagined and with expanded production, this edition is a considered re-engagement with the material that first crystallised EF’s voice. The band returns to these songs with the benefit of twenty years’ craft, presenting new arrangements that stretch time and deepen narrative, while retaining the quiet-to-catharsis arc that has always set their music apart.
“Since it’s our precious first born we wanted to give it the love it surely deserves. We felt we didn’t want to celebrate its big 20th birthday by just remastering it and we surely didn’t want to make the songs too modern and unrecognisable for the old fans. We wanted to give it a tighter, more dramatic and bombastic make over… a gentle touch of today’s EF.” (Niklas Åström)
Originally released in 2006, ‘Give Me Beauty… or Give Me Death!’ introduced EF’s signature blend of cinematic guitars, patient dynamics and aching melody. For this new edition, along with an incredible cover illustration by Phillip Janta and brand-new bonus track ‘Noll’, the band returned to the material with fresh ears and clear intentions: to open more space in the arrangements and to enrich the melodic lines with orchestral colour.
“When we recorded the originals back in 2005 we didn’t know much about arrangements nor did we know many musicians playing strings or brass. We also didn’t have enough money to rent a studio for more than three days, which forced us to rock and record all the songs live with minimum retakes. The add ons were later done in Daniel’s (Juline) apartment with a shitty microphone and you can hear someone dishes in the kitchen and the trams running by outside.
This time we had money saved up and time to hang out in the studio to play around, arrange and track properly but also to bring in professional musicians to fulfil our musical vision. It was intended 20 years ago but we couldn’t get it done.” (Niklas Åström)
The compositions now open further, allowing phrases to breathe and themes to unfold with greater intention. Brass and strings thread through the arrangements to widen the harmonic field and intensify the music’s gravitational pull. Guitar architectures are voiced with more restraint and more consequence; percussion serving the songs whilst retaining the backbone. Dynamics have been sculpted with greater nuance; crescendos are permitted to unwind more slowly, and motifs are developed with discipline, small gestures accruing significance until the inevitable release, the swell of post-rock roars, in which we find EF’s lyricism within a larger, orchestral-adjacent palette.
“We’ve of course learned a lot about each other. How people behave or act in different settings and time of the day. We’ve learned to listen to what the songs really need and what we can skip. All three guitars don’t have to play at the same time. It doesn’t have to be a drum beat on every part of the song. Less can be more – and that’s very important for the dynamics.” (Niklas Åström)
Production is central to this revisit. Working with the perspective that only longevity affords, EF have re-recorded and refined with a fidelity that reveals the music’s inner geometry. The result is depth—literal and emotional—that reframes familiar material without diluting its intent. Songs you thought you knew adopt a new gait: crescendos bloom with additional overtones; stark passages carry more air; intimate textures sit closer to the skin.
“Our very own Daniel (Juline) have been responsible to write the arrangements and together with our live member János (Alexander Madaras) have together made up what’s possible to add and how to do most of it. I mean, all songs have grown a lot just by using more strings/brass… The biggest change from the original is that we’ve recorded with click making it tight. And since digitalisation is so much more powerful now we can do retakes and edit wherever we want and feel is needed. (Niklas Åström)
For Pelagic Records, release number 300 is both a celebration and statement of intent: an affirmation that the label’s long-game approach to curation continues to reward artists who value evolution. For EF, this release closes a circle while drawing a new one around where they are now—seasoned, sonically expansive, and unafraid to reinvent and elevate.
“We’re all grown up now, but we’re emo kids at heart. The EF story is mainly about being friends – or a family – sticking together. Our songs are about broken hearts, hopeful changes, seasons changing and the moods we experience with that, mental illness. We’ve never had any agenda with EF. We’ve never used the band to spread our political views or messages to affect people. We’ve wanted to keep EF as a musical outlet that hopefully touches some emotional strings in people.” (Niklas Åström)
‘Give Me Beauty… or Give Me Death!’ (20th-Anniversary Edition) is a document of growth rendered with care: more instrumentation, more time, more consequence. The album is an act of stewardship— both a homage and a forward-looking manifesto for EF and for discerning listeners everywhere.
Tracks are: Side 1: Ett, Misinform The Uninformed, Noll. Side 2: Hello Scotland. Side 3: Final Touch/Hidden Agenda, He Came He Stayed He Fell. Side 4: Tomorrow My Friend..., ...We'll Meet In The End.
This is the sold out, subscribers edition which was limited to just 280 copies... sold for 36 Euros on the Pelagic site.
A really nice unplayed copy.
Condition is Mint/UNP (cover/records), cover has no cutout.
POSTAGE:
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PAYMENT:
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GRADINGS:
I DO TRY TO PLAY/TEST GRADE ALL THE LPs I SELL.
MINT:
RECORD: PERFECT...AS NEW CONDITION, SO NO DETEORIATION IN THE SOUND QUALITY…bear in mind that not all ‘new’ LPs are Mint because of the quality of the pressing etc...also SEALED/UNPLAYED LPs should be Mint.
COVER: AS NEW CONDITION WITH NO OBVIOUS DEFECTS.
M-: RECORD: SLIGHTY WORSE THAN Mint, LP may have the odd surface mark due to removal from its sleeve etc…but should have minimal noise and is still in great condition.
COVER: SHOWS SIGNS OF BEING HANDLED WITH THE ODD CREASE/TINY BIT OF WEAR or a Mint cover with a deletion/cutout hole or notch.
EX: RECORD: MOST REGUARLY PLAYED LPs KEPT WITH CARE FALL INTO THIS CATEGORY...LP may play with more hiss/slight crackle but not louder than the music.
COVER: SLIGHTLY MORE WEAR/CREASING/BENDING even some very slight ring wear...or may be a M or M- cover with a tiny split seam or a tiny sticker tear, but still nice.
EX-: Record & Cover a bit worse than EX, but better than VG+.
VG+: RECORD: LP PLAYS WITH MORE NOISE DUE TO EITHER DIRT OR STRONGER SURFACE MARKS BUT NO BAD MARKS/SCRATCHES and is STILL IS IN A VERY LISTENABLE CONDITION though starting to affect the music to some extent.
COVER: HAS QUITE A LOT OF CEASING/BENDING often with FADING/RING WEAR/ STICKER TEARS/TEARS...or may be an EX cover with a split seam(s).
NOTE: Any buyers looking for reasonably nice playing records should avoid anything below VG+.
VG: Not exactly ‘Very Good’, an often-misinterpreted grade, most VG records I’ve bought have some obvious defects affecting the record and/or cover. RECORD: THE SOUND QUALITY OF IS AFFECTED BY SURFACE MARKS/ LESSER AUDIBLE MARKS/SCRATCHES or DIRT etc...but still plays through and is still in quite a REASONABLE condition for playing, though obviously affecting the music to a greater extent.
COVER: PLENTY OF CREASING/BENDING/FADING/RING WEAR but still in one piece.
G: LP still plays through but is very noisy due to scratches/dirt etc....but still not totally trashed!
COVER: AS VG BUT TORN and starting to fall apart.
F/P: LP is trashed...for ornament purposes only.
PLEASE NOTE GRADING IS SUBJECTIVE AND EVERYONE CAN HAVE A DIFFERENT OPINION (for instance, some sellers don’t grade below VG). Myself, I think there should be an obvious difference between each grade.
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