It marks the group’s first collection of new material since 2010’s A Paean to Wilson and carries a Factory Too catalogue number in collaboration with Oliver Wilson, continuing the legacy of Manchester, UK's famed Factory Records. Visually, Renascent reunites the band with original Factory design collaborators, Mark Holt and Hamish Muir of 8vo.
Musically, “Every single piece of music writes itself,” Reilly notes. Longtime collaborator Mitchell recalls the instinctive nature of ideas captured quickly, often in a single take. Stewart expands on this philosophy, emphasizing freedom and presence.
The album was assembled over several years in an organic fashion. Recording sessions often took place informally, sometimes in Reilly’s own kitchen, with minimal equipment and an emphasis on immediacy. “For Friends Everywhere” revisits “For Belgian Friends” (from 1980’s A Factory Quartet). Rearranged as an orchestral octet, it transforms a long-standing live favorite.
For Reilly, “empathy is the essence of humanity, if you lose that ability to empathize, it’s the deadening of your own soul.” Renascent's pieces were often shaped by personal connections and human stories.
“Vin’s songs are constantly surprising,” says Mitchell, “you want to keep on listening to them over and over again.” On hearing the completed Renascent Mitchell says: “it’s like a child that leaves home for a long time and then they return and you love them all the more all over again.”
First track “Liars” (listen/watch here) consists of Reilly repeating “I am sorry, I love you.” It’s also evident in Renascent being among the most collaborative albums Durutti have made – and not just because of the increased input of Mitchell and particularly of Stewart. Reilly’s Manchester neighbor, folktronica artist Caoilfhionn Rose sings on “Agonistes” and sings and plays piano on “Sargasso Sea.”
Few people are more unpredictable than Reilly, who says, “From the moment we’re born we’re never ever instigative, only ever reactive. It’s like Newton’s law of motion, if you’re not pushing against anything, you lose momentum.”
The album will be available across a number of formats including digital, CD (both with the bonus track “All They See is Fire”) and transparent yellow vinyl. There will also be a limited edition vinyl LP featuring alternative artwork, pressed on bottle green vinyl and featuring an oversized booklet. The official Durutti Column store will host some very limited editions including a cassette, and a very special edition slipcase version of the album (limited to 1,000 copies worldwide) with alternative artwork, heavyweight black vinyl, a DVD with visualizers for every track, 4 art prints and a folded poster. Rough Trade have their own exclusive edition of the album (limited to 500 copies), a split purple / green vinyl version, with a bonus flexi disc of “All They See is Fire.”
In recent years, songs by The Durutti Column have surfaced across television, gaming soundtracks and high fashion runways.
About The Durutti Column:
From their arrival in 1980 with The Return of the Durutti Column, released on Tony Wilson’s Factory Records, The Durutti Column stood apart from the post punk making waves in the UK. In recent years, artists like Frank Ocean, The Avalanches, Yung Lean, Youth Lagoon and Mark William Lewis have declared or demonstrated Durutti’s influence. In the past year Blood Orange sampled “Sing to Me” for 2025’s single “The Field,” and the band was hymned by Harry Styles as a key influence on 2026’s Kiss All the Time. Disco Occasionally.
Styles has involved the band in his curation of this year's Meltdown Festival, where they will be celebrated with a special concert For Vini: A Tribute to The Durutti Column on June 17 in London. Renascent producer Keir Stewart (guitar, bass, samples, keys) will be joined by Durutti Column collaborators Liz Rossi (violin, piano), Caolfhionn Rose (vocals, piano) and Sam Morris (French horn) as they interpret key moments across the band’s six decade career.
Track Listing:
Echoes In The Memory
Your Shadow At Morning
Time Present And Time Past
Agonistes
Liars
Vapour In A Matchbox
Your Shadow At Evening
Sargasso Sea
Scammer
For Friends Everywhere
All They See Is Fire (CD / digital bonus track)
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