Super Deluxe by Morella’s Forest on Vinyl!
Lost in Ohio is thrilled to announce the long-awaited reissue of Morella’s Forest’s landmark 1995 debut album, Super Deluxe — available now for pre-order on limited edition orange and green swirl vinyl!
Hailing from Dayton, Ohio—the same city that gave us Guided By Voices, Brainiac, and The Breeders—Morella’s Forest were one of the region’s most compelling exports of the ’90s. Across four well-received albums, the band conjured shimmering, sugar-drenched dream-pop built from fuzzed-out guitars, hypnotic rhythms, and haunting melodies. Their sound seared the skull in sweetness and screeching noise—a blend of pop craft and pedalboard chaos.
Their debut, Super Deluxe, remains their most spontaneous and unfiltered release. After heavy bouts of touring, the band locked themselves in the studio with engineers Christopher Colbert, Steve Hindalong, and Bill Campbell. In just two weeks, they emerged with an album that drew immediate comparisons to My Bloody Valentine, The Breeders, and labelmates Starflyer 59.
Originally released on July 11, 1995, Super Deluxe opens with “Hang Out,” where high-pitched feedback slices through frenetic drums and scraped guitar noise as singer Sydney Rentz sings: You’re familiar, I’ve seen you before / Where do you go when you hang out? It’s punchy, disaffected, and very much a product of its time. But as the album moves through the lush melodies of “Lush of Spring”, the cheeky swagger of “Superstar,” the New Order-inspired ballad “Oceania,” and the shoegaze-candy of “Puppy Luv,” it’s clear that beneath the noise, Morella’s Forest had an ear for pop hooks and emotional clarity.
"Morella's Forest made dream-pop music that seared the skull in sugar and screeching fuzz," as one description goes. "The singer's bubbling sweetness was matched by a racket of guitar noise, an Animal-istic drummer and a bassist well-versed in electro-funk and Peter Hook's high-necked melodies."
Now, 26 years later, Super Deluxe sounds as fresh, chaotic, and heartfelt as ever—and it's getting the deluxe treatment it’s always deserved.
Lost in Ohio is reissuing the album as a (super) deluxe edition on vinyl, following a successful Kickstarter campaign. Limited quantities remain in both color variants.
This reissue includes:
- Analog remasters by original engineer (and now Grammy-winning mastering engineer) Christopher Colbert
- Lacquers cut by Lex van Coeverden at The Vinyl Room in Europe
- Liner notes by NPR Music’s Lars Gotrich, featuring new interviews with the band
- Recreated Hot Wheels photos by Ohio-based photographer Nikki Nesbit
Whether you’re discovering Morella’s Forest for the first time or returning to one of the great under-the-radar dream-pop albums of the ’90s, this reissue of Super Deluxe is your invitation to turn it up loud and get blissfully lost.