Following the release of the 2024 acclaimed album Rose Main Reading Room, Peel Dream Magazine returns with an expanded edition of last year's mini album Taurus.

The expanded edition features four previously unavailable tracks. Taurus gives a wider glimpse into songwriter Joseph Stevens' process and creative output from various songwriting sessions over the years.

The band, whose name nods to the BBC Radio 1 legend John Peel -- arbiter of all things underground, quality, and (it must be said) "cool" -- has since its inception been a genre-hopping experiment, jumping from motorik krautrock to shoegaze and space age pop.

Of the new songs, Peel Dream Magazine's Joe Stevens writes:

"The four new songs are from the same period as the others on the record, as well as Rose Main Reading Room. It wasn't planned like this, but they kind of represent the outer boundaries of that bunch. "Blind Faith" has this tantric, expansive energy, whereas "Lot To Tell You" is this really minimalistic song.

Going back to when I first started the writing process, "Fear of the Other" was actually slotted as the first song on Rose Main Reading Room. "Ruins" was a later one. All of these songs kind of reflect on personal perspective and open-ness to change. "Lot To Tell You" is kind of about being on tour and talking to the person you love at home, telling them about all the amazing things you've seen. "Fear of the Other" is unpacking some suburban upbringing stuff and moving past it.

Taurus has evolved in a way that harkens back to more old-school compilation albums - it started out as a collection of songs sitting on my hard drive, then turned into a short cassette, and now has morphed into a full length LP. Maybe down the road, someone will see this collection of 12 songs as this distinct thing that feels really intentional, which is funny to me because it's truly a happy accident with a twisty story. At the end of the day it doesn't matter what anyone knows about it. It's a part of the discography now - some people's favorite one - and that's so cool."