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Iam8bit’s in-house music group, the Blueshift Huge Band, has put collectively one other franchise-specific report with the Persona thirtieth Anniversary Jazz Album, and pre-orders are reside now by June 1. The Persona thirtieth Anniversary Jazz Album is available in three flavors: a Translucent Purple vinyl unique to FYE, or a Blue Butterfly or traditional black model from iam8bit and different shops. The purple FYE unique prices $40, whereas the opposite two price $32, and copies will begin delivery out within the closing quarter of 2026.
All variations carry the identical eight reimagined songs from the collection’ storied historical past, together with “Heaven,” “Final Shock” and “Aria of the Soul.” You may stream the complete album out of your most popular service proper right here, proper now.
The album options artwork by award-winning illustrator Mark Borgions, whose work is crammed with mid-century magic. He additionally does the visuals on the Blueshift Huge Band’s different albums within the Joystick Jazz collection, which presents big-band covers of widespread online game songs. There are three Joystick Jazz data and one EP. The primary two volumes characteristic jazzified tracks from The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time, Grim Fandango, Kingdom Hearts 3 and different classics, whereas the third full album is Mario-specific. The Bonus Degree vinyl has 4 songs from Pokémon, Ultimate Fantasy, Sonic the Hedgehog, and DuckTales.
Sega and Atlus are celebrating Persona’s thirtieth birthday in numerous methods this 12 months, together with pop-ups at conventions and, fittingly, a big-band live performance tour throughout Asia in the summertime (unrelated to iam8bit’s efforts). The subsequent mainline Persona recreation continues to be in improvement with no launch date in sight. Persona 4 Revival can be in manufacturing and hotly anticipated by longtime collection followers (like 30 years lengthy), and it is probably, perhaps focusing on a launch window of late 2026 to early 2027.
As at all times, iam8bit has a big assortment of Persona vinyl and many different online game treasures on the market, no ready obligatory.
