@voltagepoetry.bsky.social#SketchesOfSheepLP Track 9: Tidal Islanders Apart. Finishing the album in 5/4 time. I had a couple of the Blackwater islands in mind when writing. The poet #LaviniaGreenlaw has a great poem about that river/estuary, by the way. voltagepoetryproject.bandcamp.com/track/tidal-...
@voltagepoetry.bsky.social#SketchesOfSheepLP Track 8: Docklander. This, IMHO, may well have indie chart 1981 vibes (see the #Moonbuilding review); it’s about finding happiness in a place one might have disregarded. I got carried away singing it - hence the “la la la” bit! voltagepoetryproject.bandcamp.com/track/dockla...
@voltagepoetry.bsky.social#SketchesOfSheepLP Track 7: The Biscay Rains. One of two songs on the album to mention a metro / underground station entrance. The other one is ‘Walmer Crescent.’ voltagepoetryproject.bandcamp.com/track/the-bi...
@voltagepoetry.bsky.social#SketchesOfSheepLP Track 6: Nearby Exotica. About finding the exotic near to where you are - in this case, every destination (even the #Suffolk one) is reachable by rail in #Essex. As an itinerary, it may just be doable in a day… voltagepoetryproject.bandcamp.com/track/nearby...
@voltagepoetry.bsky.social#SketchesOfSheepLP Track 5: When Did We Leave The Future Behind? Written in response to the sight of flags on lampposts. Musically this one’s quite a clumsy collage, though I like the changing resonances in the UnoSynth parts. voltagepoetryproject.bandcamp.com/track/when-d...
@voltagepoetry.bsky.social#SketchesOfSheepLP Track 4: Chesterfield. This is a song celebrating being on the cusp of something (as the town’s location is.) It’s also the closest to the Casiotone feel I wanted, though the ADSR riff near the end is only an homage to my #VLTone voltagepoetryproject.bandcamp.com/track/cheste...
@voltagepoetry.bsky.social#SketchesOfSheepLP Track 3: A Misted Morn. Something calm - it’s really just an organ patch I vamped around with, some synth bells and recollection of moments in a morning haar (more of a fog than a mist, factually) years ago. voltagepoetryproject.bandcamp.com/track/a-mist...
@voltagepoetry.bsky.social#SketchesOfSheepLP Track 2: Somehow (He Married His Own Henry Moore.) All about finding one’s feet & fitting in - in your own way. The vocal is treated with a lot of bitcrusher and there are some BassStation atmospherics too. voltagepoetryproject.bandcamp.com/track/someho...
@voltagepoetry.bsky.social#SketchesOfSheepLP Track 1: Walmer Crescent. The thrill at the start of a relationship that might last. Alexander Thomson’s architectural splendour providing an entrance to the endlessness of the Glasgow Subway’s circles is simply an illustration. voltagepoetryproject.bandcamp.com/track/walmer...
@voltagepoetry.bsky.social‘Sketches of Sheep Show They Aren’t All The Same’ is out now, via @hartshornmusic.bsky.social #Bandcamp & a few streaming services. A Listening Party-style thread, introducing the tracks, follows (at a rate of one song per day) below from 26/9/26. #SketchesOfSheepLP will be the 🧵 hashtag :-)