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This album was recorded at the height of the windswept plague of 2020 on the island of Hydra, Greece in the Old Carpet Factory. The band found itself locked down, with no boats coming or going off the island. In this time, with the last sun kissed days turning to winter in the months of October and November. We sang in the ball room, dined in the old wine cellar and paced round the kitchen taking turns cooking 3 meals a day. We would turn off the stove or a cool a pot of boiling water if we wanted to record a vocal take. The old cobbled streets were our forum, and we would debate which way to go on our many walks. Songs were written as fast as we could, some new from on the island and some old were finished there. We met the ghost of the Old Carpet Factory. We gave her a name; we called her ‘Samandu’.Every time she liked a take the lights would flicker. That’s how we knew it was good.She didn’t always flicker. It was an ordinary time. It was a special time.The album was later finished in France in 2021

Credits:

• Produced by: Oracle Sisters & Maxime Kosinetz
• Mixed by: Noah Georgeson in Los Angeles, CA
• Engineered by: Maxime Kosinetz
• Mastered by: Philip Shaw Bova
• Cover art work by: Eloîse Labarb-Lafon
• Graphic Design: Clément Johanet
• Recorded at: Old Carpet Factory on Hydra, Greece
• Overdubs: Yasmine’s Cabin & La Ferme Records, France

Musicians:

• Drums: Cyprien Jacquet a.k.a 'Wend¥ Kill'
• Bass: Jerome Goldet
• Acoustic guitar: Christopher Willatt
• Electric Guitar: Lewis Lazar
• Vocals: Christopher Willatt, Lewis Lazar, Julia Johansen
• Keyboards and Organ: Lewis Lazar
• Piano: Reni Lane (on Tramp Like You, Hail Mary, Sailor Song & Lunch and Jazz Chords),
  Lewis Lazar (on RBH, Peatfire Morning, Paris III, Tramp Like You and Prisoner of Love)
• Percussion: Julia Johansen and Cyprien Jacquet a.ka 'Wend¥ Kill'

Special guests:

• Saxophone and Clarinet on 'Hot Summer': Leonard Le Cloarec.
• Accordion on 'Hot Summer': Pierre Rioufol.
• Second Piano and Eventide on 'Tramp Like You': Joshua Rouah.
• Bass on RBH and Paris III: Lewis Lazar.
• Horn and Clarinet arrangement on ‘Hot Summer’: Lewis Lazar with Leonard Le Cloarec.
• String arrangement on ‘Ruby’: Julia Johansen.
• String arrangement on ‘Lunch and Jazz Chords’: Lewis Lazar.

Special thanks to: 22TWENTY, Stephan Colloredo, Maja, Margueritte, Cosmo, Our Families, Harvey & Sarah, Theo, Roger Green, Yasmine & Sarah Lavoine, Arthur & Bamboo, Thassula, Bruna Albertini and Samandu for helping us choose the right takes.