Details
Release Date: November 2017
Played and produced by Will Datson. Recorded at Rock Magnetism Studio, Scotland.
Catalogue Number: UP0016
About
14 tracks, a mix of songs and instrumentals recorded in Scotland over the summer of 2017. The cover illustration is by the long-lived German scientist and artist Ernst Haeckel (1834-1919).
Will’s comments about the album:
The previous album was called Opt Out and I think of it as a pop album even though they’re not all conventional pop songs. And so for the next phase I set out to keep the tempo down and rejected most of the fast tracks. It was made within a few months in 2017 and is the first album for years that was wholly recorded in the countryside. It’s also the first for a while that has no other artists on it. I wanted to keep it fairly simple and also decided the vocals would be more upfront. Getting a good vocal sound is a big thing when making music - for me that is a challenge as I’ve never been a confident engineer. If I listen to my older music my technical inadequacies are the hardest part to see beyond. And so, it wasn’t quite as simple as when I set out but it was also the easiest thing I’ve done, I refused to work on a song if it didn’t quickly come together. I didn’t want an album that was hard work.
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Track List
01. Charm
02. River and Sky
03. Blaze
04. Lifeboat
05. Anemone Anima
06. The Next Connection
07. Starfish
08. Pepper’s Ghost
09. Scenario
10. Call To Mind
11. 101 Lakeview Drive
12. Wooden Bird
13. Lifelike
14. Parks and Gardens
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