1st solo album in 5 years, the album was constructed at Western Works, Sheffield, over a three-year period. Work began with recording on midi and analogue synthesisers before guitar and vocals (Kirk's first use of vocals in 10 years) were added. Kirk explains, "A lot of time was spent on post-production, editing and then living with the material and I think it benefited from stepping back and then revisiting after doing other things." Although not an overtly political album, it's hard not to hear a reaction to recent years' world events in the overwhelming urgency of "Nuclear Cloud" or "20 Block Lockdown" or in "New Lucifer / The Truth Is Bad". When questioned Kirk admits, "It's not really a political album, but over recent years - during the ... mehr lesen