French hybrid-electronic collective THIS IS SHIT have announced their return with their second studio album ΛV, set for release on 30 October 2026, alongside the unveiling of their latest single “Moloko Plus” featuring Johnny Longlegs.
Marking a new phase in their evolving rock-meets-electronic identity, ΛV (pronounced “lambda V”) continues the group’s mission of fusing two seemingly opposing worlds — raw, guitar-driven rock and precision-built electronic production — into a single, seamless sonic architecture. The project follows a lineage that began with their early EPs / (Slash) and // (Double Slash) in 2018, before expanding into the critically noted album /// (Triple Slash) in 2020, which closed their first creative cycle.
At the centre of THIS IS SHIT is composer and producer Loïc Louraco, who has spent years balancing parallel creative languages: the physicality of rock instrumentation and the digital flexibility of electronic music. That duality forms the backbone of ΛV, a record shaped through months of improvisation, late-night production sessions in Ableton, and a trans-European workflow that moved between Paris and Gothenburg.
For this new era, Louraco teamed up with Swedish producer Hans Olsson (Division of Laura Lee), a collaboration that pushed the project into sharper focus. Initial sessions in Paris captured traditional band instrumentation — guitars, bass, and drums — before the material was reworked in Sweden, where electronic textures were layered over the organic foundation, creating a hybrid structure that feels both cinematic and tightly controlled.
Described as flowing “like a film soundtrack,” ΛV is designed as a continuous emotional experience, shifting between tension and release, celebration and introspection, without traditional breaks between tracks.
The newly released single “Moloko Plus” offers the clearest preview yet of the album’s direction. Featuring Johnny Longlegs, the track expands the group’s rock-techno blueprint into a brighter, more melodic space, driven by soaring guitars, euphoric pacing, and a steadily building sense of release. It stands as one of the project’s most accessible moments, while still retaining the band’s signature intensity and experimental edge.
With ΛV, THIS IS SHIT position themselves at the forefront of a modern French touch evolution — unafraid to blur genre lines, collapse boundaries, and build something that exists entirely on its own terms.
