9 tracks · 51 min
Wonky is the eighth studio album by Orbital, released on their own ACP label (via Warner Music Group/Alternative Distribution Alliance) in the UK on 2 April 2012, and exclusively through iTunes in the USA and Canada on 17 April 2012. The album is their first since the Blue Album in 2004 and the first since they reformed in 2008. It features vocals from Zola Jesus and Lady Leshurr. Wonky debuted at number 22 on the UK Albums Chart, selling 8,001 copies in its first week. This was their highest position on the album chart since 2001. Following their reformation and successful comeback concerts, Orbital decided that they needed to write new material to include in their live shows. The album was recorded mostly using vintage and analogue synthesisers between January and November 2011 in Brighton where the Hartnoll brothers both live, and the producer Flood was brought in to help with the mixing. The album's title is, according to Paul Hartnoll, a reference to the fact that "we've never really fitted in".
