Johnny Flynn and Robert Macfarlane - Lost In The Cedar WoodLost In The Cedar Wood, Johnny Flynns much anticipated fifth album, is co written with his friend Robert Macfarlane. Johnny and Robert began work on the album in the first weeks of the pandemic, wanting to make music that sang of those dangerous, disorienting spring days; when birdsong was brighter and the sense of bewilderment more powerful than any of us had known before. They drew inspiration in part from The Epic of Gilgamesh, the oldest surviving

It addresses transformation as it relates to the corrosion and decomposition of forms

Pierre Barouh’s fascinating cosmopolitan music melting pot is

The composers are keen to stress that LUMP is a creation that passed through them

They can be slightly nasty and violent

captured every moment of the recording

their legendary take on Tim Buckley’s ‘Song To The Siren’

I'm always listening

CD - First time on CD

‘Ok it’s all yours

Jay Reatard and Ex Cult

Was it glam

Gathering information from secondary sources felt too far removed for what I was trying to write about