Zeni Geva & Steve Albini “SUPERUNIT: Maximum Implosion” Deluxe 2xLP Drops Today for Record Store Day 2026
Today is the day. After months of anticipation, the collaborative works of Japan’s progressive noise-rock titans Zeni Geva and the late, incomparable Steve Albini have been collected on vinyl for the first time ever. “SUPERUNIT: Maximum Implosion” is a deluxe gatefold double LP arriving exclusively at participating record stores worldwide for Record Store Day 2026 — and digitally everywhere for those who prefer their crushing heaviness in ones and zeros.
This is not a simple reissue. This is a monument. SKiN GRAFT Records has assembled the complete Zeni Geva and Steve Albini studio and live recordings into one comprehensive, lavishly packaged set. The first LP contains Zeni Geva’s landmark album “Nai-Ha” alongside the rare SUPERUNIT studio sessions — two tracks, “Kettle Lake” and “Painwise,” that found Albini stepping out from behind the mixing desk to join the band on guitar and vocals. The second LP is “All Right, You Little Bastards!,” a ferocious live document pulled from historic performances at 20,000 Volts in Tokyo and Fandango in Osaka, recorded in the spring of 1992.
Steve Albini produced five Zeni Geva albums over the years, but it was during a particularly prolific stretch — right around the dawn of Shellac — that he crossed the line from engineer to collaborator. The SUPERUNIT sessions captured something volatile and unrepeatable: Albini’s wiry, abrasive guitar locking horns with K.K. Null’s ultrasonics and Mitsuru Tabata’s six-string punishment, all driven forward by Eito’s merciless drumming.
The physical package is no afterthought either. The first LP is pressed on “Bigman” Red vinyl, while the second comes on “Imploded HZ” randomly colored wax — no two copies alike. Hidden among those random pressings are a handful of solid-color rarities: 50 orange, 110 blue, 51 yellow, 65 green, and 46 pink. Only 1,500 copies exist worldwide, each individually numbered on the reverse of a collectible two-sided “Footlong OBI.” The set also includes a large-format booklet featuring a behind-the-scenes memoir by Tabata titled “The Future Belongs to Analog Loyalists,” a new comic by cartoonist Rob Syers, a pull-out poster, and previously unseen photos from the band’s history. All tracks have been freshly mastered for vinyl by Carl Saff and Bob Weston.
For a deeper dive into how SUPERUNIT came together, IDIOTEQ recently premiered the track “Angel” alongside a behind-the-scenes feature, and the EVERY ALBUM EVER Podcast hosted Tabata for an exhaustive conversation covering every Zeni Geva album — during which it slipped that yet another Zeni Geva record will be making its way to vinyl for the first time in the not-too-distant future.
Get yourself to a record store today. Use the Record Store Day store locator to find a participating shop near you. If you’re a digital-only listener, head to Bandcamp and grab it there.