Two-Disc, Forty-One Song Various Artist Compilation Culled from the IPR Vaults and Forthcoming Albums Includes Rare and Never Before Released Tracks from
A Produce, Camper Van Beethoven, David J, Lanterna, Middle Class, Scenic, Shiva Burlesque, and More A New, Previously Unreleased Track from Post-Punk-Meets-Folk Band Shiva Burlesque (Led by Jeffrey Clark and Grant-Lee Phillips) Out Today
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
LOS ANGELES, CA (WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 5, 2025) – Independent Project Records (IPR) announced today the release of a decades-spanning various artists compilation entitled The Well, featuring many rare and unreleased tracks from the label’s vaults, as well as music from forthcoming releases, available on all digital outlets on Friday, November 21 and physically on Friday, December 19.
The two-disc, forty-one song collection of genre-defying tracks features many previously unheard songs from IPR artists such as Barry Craig (A Produce), Camper Van Beethoven, David J, Lanterna, Middle Class, Savage Republic, Scenic, Shiva Burlesque, and more, as compiled by IPR co-owner and founder Bruce Licher. A Bandcamp listening party is confirmed for noon PST on Wednesday, November 19.
Today, which also marks the beginning of label’s two-day 45th Anniversary event at Gold-Diggers in Los Angeles, IPR releases lead single ‘Midnight Chapel’, a new song - the first in thirty-five years - from cult LA band Shiva Burlesque, formed in the second half of the 1980s by Jeffrey Clark and Grant-Lee Phillips. The track is available on all DSPs (here) and features David J (Bauhaus, Love & Rockets) on bass along with multi-instrumentalist Dana Gumbiner.
A full track list for The Well is below.
Volume One:
1 AFTERIMAGE “Afterimage”
From the Faces To Hide retrospective album released on IPR
2 LESLIE MEDFORD “Leslie's Dream”
Previously released as a digital single on IPR, first physical release
3 SHIVA BURLESQUE “Midnight Chapel”
Previously unreleased new recording
4 GREG LISHER “Zen and the Art of Long Distance Driving”
From the Underwater Detection Method album released on IPR
5 THE OPHELIAS “Sleepy Hamlet”
From the Bare Bodkin retrospective album released on IPR
6 SPRINGHOUSE “Sea and Rain”
From the From Now to OK album released on IPR
7 DAVID J “Punishment By Roses”
From the forthcoming Tracks from the Attic Revisited album to be released on IPR
8 HALF STRING “Honeycut”
From the A Fascination With Heights album released on IPR
9 JEFFREY RUNNINGS “Heretofore”
From the Piqued album released on IPR
10 DRIVEWAY CEILING “mr walden”
From the forthcoming death of the walden newspaper co album to be released on IPR
11 ALISON CLANCY “The Valley”
Previously released as a digital single on IPR, first physical release
12 BRUCE LICHER “Tundra”
From the Tape Excavation compilation album released on IPR
13 WOO “The One That Got Away”
From the Xylophonics/Robot X album released on IPR
14 CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN “Vegetables”
Demo recording from 1983
15 FOURWAYCROSS “Halloween”
From the Pendulum archive series release on IPR — forthcoming retrospective release on IPR
16 KOMMUNITY FK “Antipop”
From the The Vision And The Voice album released on IPR in 1983 — forthcoming remastered reissue on IPR
17 JEFFREY CLARK “Sacred”
Previously unreleased recording
18 DECEPTION BAY “It'll Be My Day”
Previously unreleased live recording
19 SPADRA MOODS “New Colours”
From a very limited band-released cassette tape from the mid-1980’s by this group featuring future members of Savage Republic and Scenic
20 BPEOPLE “Persecution, That’s My Song”
Originally released on the Alternative Tentacles Records compilation Let Them Eat Jellybeans in 1981 — forthcoming retrospective release on IPR
21 SCENIC “Hole in the Wall”
From the Incident At Cima album released on IPR
22 A PRODUCE “Tunnels”
From the The Clearing album released on IPR
23 RED TEMPLE SPIRITS “Dark Spirits”
From the Red Temple Spirits 3-CD set released on IPR
Volume Two:
1 SAVAGE REPUBLIC “Archetype”
From the Customs album originally released in 1989 on the Nate Starkman & Son Greece label
2 BARRY CRAIG “I Woke Up Dreaming”
Previously unreleased recording circa 1989 by Afterimage guitarist and well-known ambient electronic artist A Produce
3 DAVID J “No One Looks Like Christopher Walken”
Previously unreleased demo recording
4 TORN BOYS “Mystery”
Previously unreleased version of a song originally released on the 1983 retrospective album on IPR
5 MIDDLE CLASS “Politic (Body and Soul)”
Originally released on the Munster Records compilation What Have We Wrought? A Mike Atta Benefit in 2013 — forthcoming retrospective release on IPR
6 SCENIC “Raintree Road”
Previously unreleased recording from the sessions for The Long Sun 10” release on St. Ives Records
7 THE INVISIBLE OPERA COMPANY OF TIBET “Here I Am”
Red Temple Spirits offshoot from the very limited band-released cassette tape titled The Alien Host from 1996
8 SNUFFY “Breezy”
Previously unreleased recording from Fourwaycross bassist Steve Gerdes circa the late 1990’s
9 WOO “Tibetan Trains”
Bonus track from the forthcoming expanded reissue of the Whichever Way You Are Going You Are Going Wrong album to be released on IPR
10 EDWARD W. DAHL “A Wink and a Nod”
Previously unreleased instrumental mix from the Louder Than You Think soundtrack album to be released on IPR
11 THE SUNFLOWER CONSPIRACY “Spacetime”
Indiana-based shoegaze/dream pop band — from a very limited band-released cassette tape from the mid-1990’s titled Silver Satin Grey
12 LANTERNA “Aegean”
From a very limited artist-released cassette tape from 1992 titled Of Shapes That Haunt Thought’s Wilderness
13 MIKE WHITE “Hangliders Torn Wing”
Previously unreleased solo recording from the 2nd guitarist in the early 80’s incarnation of San Francisco band The Sleepers
14 JAZZ BEDOUINS “Mingus Mountain”
From a very limited 2007 artist-released CDr from this Sedona, Arizona-based modern jazz trio titled Beautiful Trash
15 NEEF “Radiant Transfer To Non-Grey Walls”
From a very limited artist-released self-titled cassette tape from 1979, the first music release that IPR founder Bruce Licher is featured on
16 SCENIC “Film Music #6”
Previously unreleased recording circa 2001
17 A PRODUCE “Jimbe”
From the expanded edition of the Land of a Thousand Trances album released on IPR
18 BOXHEAD ENSEMBLE “Rank”
From the The Unseen Hand: Music For Documentary Film album released on Jealous Butcher Records, featuring guitar work from Bruce Licher
Known for their unique musical sensibilities and extraordinary artwork & design, Independent Project Records is a favorite of record collectors and music fans alike for their bespoke packaging and attention to detail. Grammy-nominated founder Bruce Licher’s graphic design and his hand-letterpress packaging have been a mainstay in music circles since 1982’s Tragic Figures from Savage Republic. Since that time, the label has released seminal albums and singles from artists as diverse as Savage Republic, Alison’s Halo, Human Hands, Kommunity FK, Camper Van Beethoven, Scenic, For Against, Deception Bay, Half String, Autumnfair, The Dentists, Tone, Woo, Stereolab and more.
Since the label’s relaunch in 2020, IPR has released new music, lost albums, reissues with bonus tracks on digital, compact disc and vinyl formats for a variety of artists including A Produce, Afterimage, Alison Clancy, David J, Half String, Bruce Licher, Greg Lisher, Jeffrey Runnings, The Ophelias, Red Temple Spirits, Savage Republic, Scenic, Shiva Burlesque, Springhouse, Torn Boys, Woo and multiple various artist compilations. Coming up later this year and in 2026 are new titles from Woo, David J, Driveway Ceiling, and the official soundtrack album for the award-winning documentary film Louder Than You Think (A Lo-Fi History of Gary Young & Pavement).
ABOUT INDEPENDENT PROJECT RECORDS
Founded in 1980 by musician and artist Bruce Licher, Independent Project Records and its sister entity Independent Project Press are known for their instantly recognizable hand-printed record covers for bands including Camper Van Beethoven, For Against, Polvo, R.E.M., Savage Republic, Silversun Pickups, Stereolab and more. Aside from creating much of the artwork on his vintage two-ton hand-fed letterpress, Licher was nominated for a Grammy Award for his design work on the IPR released debut album from For Against. In 2020, the label was relaunched by both Licher and Jeffrey Clark with new and archival releases and is distributed by MRI/The Orchard & via Proper Music Group outside the USA & Canada. IPR is based in Bishop, California, at the base of the Eastern Sierra Mountains.
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