California

Mr. Bungle’s genre-bending masterpiece California returns for Rocktober 2025, now pressed on striking Translucent Ruby Vinyl across two LPs. Originally released in 1999, the album stands as one of the band’s most accessible yet wildly inventive works — a surreal collision of lounge pop, doo-wop, surf rock, exotica, jazz, metal, and pure experimental chaos, all filtered through their unmistakably eccentric lens.

Featuring favourites like “Sweet Charity,” “Retrovertigo,” and “None of Them Knew They Were Robots,” California balances beauty and absurdity with razor-sharp musicianship and Mike Patton’s chameleonic vocal performances. This new 2LP edition offers an immersive way to experience the album’s lush, unpredictable arrangements.

A must-have reissue for Patton fans, collectors, and anyone drawn to the strange, brilliant corners of alternative music.