BALTHVS — Manifest LP

THIS IS A PRE-ORDER , STREET DATE IS OCTOBER 7,2026

Manifest, the fifth studio album from BALTHVS, is a record born from motion and stillness. Captured between legs of a 2025 world tour and a retreat to a rural farm studio outside Bogotá, Colombia, the eleven-track LP balances five road-hardened singles with six intimate new recordings that feel rooted in something deeper. It's BALTHVS at their most expansive and their most grounded, all at once.

Over the past several years, the trio has quietly become one of the most celebrated psychedelic exports from Latin America — more than 140 million streams, performances in over 26 countries, a Libera Awards nomination, and main-stage appearances at Electric Forest, Austin City Limits, Outside Lands, Lollapalooza, Jam Cruise and SXSW Sydney. At the center of it all is the live chemistry between guitarist-producer Balthazar Aguirre, bassist Johanna Mercuriana and drummer Santiago Lizcano — a band that thrives on spontaneity, turning every performance into something that evolves night after night.

Manifest marks a pivotal chapter, shaped in part by Mercuriana's return following the birth of her first child. After stepping away from the road to focus on motherhood, she reunited with Aguirre and Lizcano in the Colombian countryside, bringing fresh perspective and what the band calls a creative renaissance. That renewed energy runs through the entire record. Where Transmutations reflected the band's evolution on the road — the improvisational spirit of hundreds of live shows — Manifest turns inward, written and developed in the studio as eleven entirely new compositions: intentional creation over reinterpretation.

Alongside their signature psychedelic grooves, Manifest ventures into new territory — drum and bass, a more rock-driven attack, and Ethio-jazz influences — making it BALTHVS' most adventurous and sonically expansive work to date. As above, so below. Pressed on orange splatter vinyl in a full-color gatefold jacket with hermetic text artwork, finished with a printed obi strip.

Side A: In-N-Out (Downtown) · Liminal Stages · Motion (For Ashra) · Rare Psalms · Eternal Flow
Side B: Pale Blue Dot · Flesh and Soul · Year of the Snake · Three Day Forecast · World Is (More Than I Can Handle) · Kilig

— 140 Gram Orange splatter LP, gatefold sleeve
— Obi strip + full-text jacket art
— Edition of 2,000 · MR1616