*Comes in a CD-sized papersleeve album replica (gatefold), with obi-strip and insert of notes mostly in Japanese..2024 stock* This record is born from a collaboration between Charles Hayward (founder of This Heat & The Camberwell Now) and multi-instrumentalist Nick Doyne-Ditmas. After Survive the Gesture (songs), Skew-Whiff (tribute to Mark Rothko) and Switch on War (music from the armchair theatre of war), this release reunites the song writing, improvised music and sonic researches in a more positive way to look at the world. Songs and soundfields, a résumé of Charles' universe.
"What interested me is the way certain shapes, figures and textures would reappear in completely different context as if made of different material. It was like a long line, a series of very strong moments that all seemed to relate to each other. It's like breaking a dream but also keeping the dream going. The shapes are there but you can't understand why they are there. That was a big influence for me in terms
The lyrics make a lot of sense in a linear way first and as the record develops it becomes more and more like snapshots and you can't really work out what you are focusing on. This album offers a wide variety of musical landscapes that ranges from clear pop songs (Hilly Fields, Unearthing Fossil Fuels, My Secret Alphabet....) to ambient instrumental pieces." - Charles Hayward