EMF open Schubert Dip wide for its 35th anniversary
Cherry Red holds the 4 December street date for the package, while formats and the full running order remain unconfirmed.
EMF have announced expanded deluxe editions of their 1991 debut album Schubert Dip. The reissues are due on 4 December 2026 through Cherry Red Records and will run to 57 tracks in total.
The editions mark 35 years since the album first appeared. News of the project circulated around 10 October 2026. Beyond that expanded track count, no full tracklist has been issued and no formats have been confirmed.
The band remain best known for the single 'Unbelievable'. With this release they continue to mark catalogue milestones, turning back to the debut rather than attaching a new studio album to the same announcement. Schubert Dip stands as the opening chapter of their recorded work; the December package reopens it at anniversary length on Cherry Red Records.
The fixed details are precise. The street date is 4 December 2026. The label is Cherry Red Records. The set comprises 57 tracks. The frame is the 35th anniversary of the 1991 debut. Those points are firm. What sits outside the announcement is the content of the extra material and the shape of the editions. Whether the balance of the 57 tracks leans on remixes, B-sides, radio sessions or live recordings has not been set out. Vinyl, CD and digital configurations are likewise still to be detailed. Listeners will need the full listing before they can weigh how deep the dive into the debut era goes.
For a group still identified first with one outsized hit single, a deluxe return to the debut album is a way of setting the wider record back in front of an audience. The anniversary gives the project its occasion; the track count gives it its scale. Nothing in the present announcement ties the reissue to live dates, so the story remains a records story — the catalogue, the debut, and the room being made around it.
Further detail on the tracklist and the formats is still to come in the weeks before the December street date. That listing will decide how much of the debut era the deluxe editions actually recover.
Tour dates
DECEMBER 2026
8 – York, The Crescent
11 – Glasgow, King Tuts Wah Wah Hut
The editions mark 35 years since the album first appeared. News of the project circulated around 10 October 2026. Beyond that expanded track count, no full tracklist has been issued and no formats have been confirmed.
The band remain best known for the single 'Unbelievable'. With this release they continue to mark catalogue milestones, turning back to the debut rather than attaching a new studio album to the same announcement. Schubert Dip stands as the opening chapter of their recorded work; the December package reopens it at anniversary length on Cherry Red Records.
The fixed details are precise. The street date is 4 December 2026. The label is Cherry Red Records. The set comprises 57 tracks. The frame is the 35th anniversary of the 1991 debut. Those points are firm. What sits outside the announcement is the content of the extra material and the shape of the editions. Whether the balance of the 57 tracks leans on remixes, B-sides, radio sessions or live recordings has not been set out. Vinyl, CD and digital configurations are likewise still to be detailed. Listeners will need the full listing before they can weigh how deep the dive into the debut era goes.
For a group still identified first with one outsized hit single, a deluxe return to the debut album is a way of setting the wider record back in front of an audience. The anniversary gives the project its occasion; the track count gives it its scale. Nothing in the present announcement ties the reissue to live dates, so the story remains a records story — the catalogue, the debut, and the room being made around it.
Further detail on the tracklist and the formats is still to come in the weeks before the December street date. That listing will decide how much of the debut era the deluxe editions actually recover.
Tour dates
DECEMBER 2026
8 – York, The Crescent
11 – Glasgow, King Tuts Wah Wah Hut