The archive reissue series continues! Originally released as a handmade CD run of about 50 copies on Ack! Ack! Ack! Records back in 2019 - screenprinted on the sly during lunch breaks at the day job, hand-assembled, long gone - Wild Nature finally gets the vinyl treatment it deserves. Remastered. Repackaged. Super limited edition orange wax.

This is Oli Heffernan working completely alone. The LAST album he recorded entirely by himself - all instruments, recording, mixing, mastering and artwork done at home. Drum machines, guitars, bass, synths, electric piano, percussion. Also the last one with vocals! Recorded sporadically during the first half of 2019, started in one house, finished in another. A final ode to Hambledon Road.

The track "23 Minutes Over Albert Park" was captured with a field recorder during an early morning walk through thick fog - those sounds then processed and transformed. Condensed to 4 minutes for this reissue due to time constraints, but the atmosphere remains. Everything that went through that delay pedal - which is sadly no longer with us - sounds absolutely ESSENTIAL.

People have been asking about a vinyl edition of this one for years. Here it is. One of those under-the-radar documents that the proper heads know about. Lo-fi home recording at its most personal and direct. Heffernan before the collaborations expanded, before the endless run of labels came calling. Just a man, his gear, and a restless mind.

‘Wild Nature was originally recorded sporadically during the first half of 2019. It started life in one house, then I moved and it was finished in another. I remember screenprinting the original CD artwork on the sly at my old job during my lunch breaks and hand-assembled a small run of about 50 that are all long gone. I also remember walking around Albert Park early one morning in thick fog with a field recorder to capture the sounds that were then processed to form 23 Minutes Over Albert Park (condensed to 4 mins for the reissue due to time constraints). I think this was also the last album I recorded vocals on and also the last one I recorded completely by myself - all instruments, recording, mixing, mastering and artwork done by me at home. I know the first and last tracks were recorded as a birthday present for someone but I cant remember much about the other songs i'm afraid - 4 years is a long time in my speedy world. I've been asked a bunch over the years about a vinyl edition of this one - so here it is. Enjoy - especially everything that went through the delay pedal, which is sadly no longer with us.’