Playing it cool like it’s 1974 – but sounding like 2025.
Prepare to step into a parallel universe of groove-soaked funk and cinematic flair: Seoi Nage will release their debut album No Retreat, No Surrender on October 10.

Named after a classic judo throw and shaped by their shared martial arts background, the four-piece outfit from Münster—Jakob Hersch, Anton Zimmermann, Pascal Schaumburg, and Pogo McCartney—deliver an eleven-track tour-de-force that feels like the soundtrack to a cult film that never existed. Imagine Eastern martial arts cinema colliding with Italian giallo, sleazy car chases, and psychedelic noir—an instrumental crime thriller steeped in color, swagger, and funk.

Mixed by McCartney, mastered by Alexander von Hörsten, and wrapped in the cinematic artwork of Benny Demmer, No Retreat, No Surrender is more than just retro—it’s retro-futurism with a punch. Think MF Doom’s crate-digging spirit meets the analog grit of 1970s detective flicks. This is Fan Art Music at its most vivid.

For fans of: Yin Yin, Khruangbin, GOAT, Altın Gün.

https://seoinage.bandcamp.com/album/no-retreat-no-surrender

Tracklist:
A1. Gongs, Fists & Cymbals
A2. Gentle Ways Are Harder Than (Dear Visitor II)
A3. The Perils Of Pleasure
A4. Caine vs Shaolin Bounty Hunter
A5. Kano Jigoro
A6. Master Shogoro Yano (Interlude)
B1. Enter The Dragon
B2. Brotherhood Of The Wolf
B3. Wu Tang Chief
B4. Muneta
B5. No Retreat, No Surrender