Jeff Parker - The New Breed (IA11 Edition) // OUT NOW on all digital music platforms // LP in stores on June 27th
Jeff Parker
The New Breed
(IA11 Edition)
Out Now on all digital music platforms
vinyl LP out June 27th, 2025
Jeff Parker’s 2016 album The New Breed was a turning point for both Parker and International Anthem, changing the trajectory of his solo career as well as drawing an abundance of attention to our fresh imprint despite our then very limited catalog. Most importantly though, the album is the first to give voice to Parker’s wholly unique take on sample-based beat construction augmented by improvisation and live instrumentation (performed in this case by the high-level crew of Paul Bryan on bass, Josh Johnson on alto saxophone and keys, Jamire Williams and Jay Bellerose on drums, Parker's daughter Ruby Parker on vocals, and Parker himself on guitar, synths, and other instruments).
What began as Jeff’s interest in understanding his own idea of hip-hop processes (and how they related to his work in jazz) expanded into a blueprint for much of his work since then. (Hear also: The New Breed’s expansive followup Suite For Max Brown, the gentle deconstructionist solo guitar of Forfolks, and the long-form slow bloom improvisation of The Way Out of Easy.)
The IA11 Edition LP features our IARC 2025 obi strip, plus a new 16-page 11x11" insert booklet with unpublished session photos, new liner notes by album co-producer Paul Bryan, and an in-depth conversation between Jeff Parker and IARC co-founder Scott McNiece.
In anticipation of that, the #IA11 edition of the album is now available on all digital music platforms, with two digital-only bonus tracks.
IA11 Liner Notes by Paul Bryan
The New Breed was co-produced, recorded in part, and mixed by bassist Paul Bryan in his former Santa Monica studio space. In liner notes he penned for the new IA11 Edition of The New Breed, Bryan reflects on the process of its creation with 10 years of hindsight. Unfortunately, these notes were written just after the complete loss of his home and studio to the Palisades fires. Strangely (or somehow, perhaps, appropriately) Bryan’s words were written from a Santa Monica rental not far from the space where the album was recorded.
“It’s comforting to have retreated to this neighborhood,” says Paul. “A familiar perch from which to take stock of what has happened—a place to lean on my past, feel this raw present, and watch for the future, whatever it may reveal itself to be.”
In Conversation
Jeff Parker <> Scottie McNiece
Also included in the new IA11 Edition LP package is transcript of an extensive conversation between Parker and IARC co-founder Scottie McNiece, as both reflect and discuss context, history, memories around the making of The New Breed.
In anticipation of the vinyl release, we've published that full conversation on our website, along with some of the accompanying photos.
Deluxe Vinyl Package
Jeff Parker's The New Breed (IA11 Edition) comes on a 140 gram classic black vinyl LP inside a heavyweight jacket with a 16-page 11"x11" insert booklet, IARC 2025 obi strip and printed poly-lined printed inner-sleeve. Pressed at Pallas in Germany, with new lacquers cut by Daniel K at SST.
...about...
I A 1 1
On December 2nd, 2024, we marked the ten-year anniversary of our first release. With a full decade under our belt – ten years of commitment to a growing community of artists, and our original mission statement ("to vitalize demand for boundary defying music," among other things) – we've spent a lot of time thinking about how we'd like to celebrate this milestone. What we keep coming back to is: desire to use this opportunity to revisit and revivify music and memories from our first decade; but keeping true to our ethos of always looking forward, all the way.
In that spirit, across 2025, we are doing a series of releases and events under the IA11 banner. Celebrating our eleventh year. Doing our best to retell essential, foundational stories from our past, while keeping our hearts and minds fixed on the present. Trying to establish new standards that can help carry our mission through another decade of work – and hopefully more.
We created an emblem for #IA11 with a vibrating interpretation of a chrysanthemum as the central symbol. Aside from just loving the delicious golden nectar that comes from the leaves of this flower, for us, the image of the chrysanthemum resonates as a symbol of longevity and rejuvenation. Two of the driving intentions behind this effort.
11 of 11
@ Hungry Brain
Chicago
As part of the #IA11 celebration, we have been proud to present this special event series in Chicago, focusing on a different album from our catalog on the last Monday of every month across 2025 at the Hungry Brain. Each 11 of 11 event features deep listening of an album, followed by a small group of musicians performing an interpretation of that album.
The next 11 of 11 event, Monday May 26th, will feature a full listening to Jeff Parker's International Anthem debut The New Breed (originally released June 2016), followed by a performance by Chet Zenor (electric guitar), Brian Seyler (saxophone, electronics), Gus Martini (electric bass), and Andy Danstrom (drums), as the musicians respond to and reinterpret the music of the album.
This event will be extra special too – since it falls on Memorial Day, it's a *holiday cookout* edition. Come by early (doors at 7pm), grab a plate from Bumbu Roux, and hang for the music.
IA11 Editions
Over the course of 2025 we are revisiting some of the most celebrated entries in our decade of releases with a series of *IA11 Edition* vinyl LPs. These revamped LP packages are all presented with new liner notes, new insert booklets, and the fresh 2025 redesign of our obi strip and dome logo. They are also set at a price point intended to make the albums more accessible than ever before.
The first three IA11 Edition LPs
were released on March 28th:
IARC0001LP11 Rob Mazurek - Alternate Moon Cycles (IA11 Edition)
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IARC0003LP11 Makaya McCraven - In The Moment (IA11 Edition)
order here
IARC0017LP11 Ben LaMar Gay - Downtown Castles Can Never Block The Sun (IA11 Edition)
order here
And the next three IA11 Edition LPs
will be released on June 27th:
IARC0009LP11 Jeff Parker - The New Breed (IA11 Edition)
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IARC0014LP11 Irreversible Entanglements - Irreversible Entanglements (IA11 Edition)
order here
IARC0033LP11 Carlos Niño & Miguel Atwood-Ferguson - Chicago Waves (IA11 Edition)
order here
The first three LPs and second three LPs can be purchased as bundles with reduced shipping costs as well, all available via our Bandcamp page now.
