A slightly morbid take on Margareta Magnusson's concept of death cleaning.  With a cover merging reflections from a Surrey lake with detail from Amedeo Modigliani's "Marie, fille du peuple" (1918) and Claudia Casarino's "Desvestidos" (2005)

Swedish Death Cleaning

The Corduroy Crusader sings his latest, "Outnumbered", with a cover by cinnamon string featuring a detail from Harmen Steenwyck's "Stillleben mit Totenschädel, Büchern, Flöte und Pfeife"  1632-60

The Corduroy Crusader sings..... "Outnumbered"

Alien Hours has been months in the making.    "Protest Song" is a song protesting the obvious; the voice sample was used without any permission whatsoever.   "Hello Hello (Feeling Fine)" features a sample from Nick Heyward's 1983 classic "Whistle Down The Wind" (Arista Records/Bryan Morrison Music).  And  "You Know What I Mean" owes some obvious melodic and lyrical inspiration (in the first verse, at least) to "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" (Lennon/McCartney, Sony/ATV Music Publishing).   The cover features a detail from Lucy Howarth's "Not Pastel" (2026), in a private collection.   Apart from that, it's all original material.   Enjoy! 

Protest Song

You Know What I Mean

Hello Hello (Feeling Fine)

Only Human

Track features dialogue from the 1982 BBC serial "Smiley's People" and the 1966 Malcolm Muggeridge interview of John le Carré on BBC's "Intimations".    Several lyrics by Shakespeare.  
 
RIP John le Carré

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