Icechords

This is of course the winter sequel to "Autumnals": its working title was 'Hibernate', until I decided it needed a more distinctive name.

 

Initially I was considering leaving the idea at just an autumn album, but the other three seasons just gave me too many ideas to ignore. I've gone a little more conventioanl with the aesthetic and feeling of the season - lots of melancholy and sadness, but dotted with a few moments of cosiness and joy. To get that icy, otherworldly, mysterious feel, it's a lot more heavy on the electronics, the ambience, and the metallic and sparkling-sounding instruments.

 

Again, the tracks are inspired variously by memories and personal reflections on winter, many of which stem from childhood nostalgia, particularly on tracks like "Lights Of All Colours", about Christmas and New Year's, "Lonely Snow Monster" inspired by the Groke from the Moomin books, and "Scent of Balsam", which was directly inspired by a Christmas fragrance called 'Noël' by Crabtree & Evelyn (sadly discontinued!). You'll notice also that "Drizzle Woods", from Autumnals, has come back but it's frozen over now.

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