The album is composed by Cerys Matthews with Hidden Orchestra and features 10 UK poets: MA.MOYO, Raymond Antrobus, Lemn Sissay, Liz Berry, Anthony Anaxagorou, Adam Horovitz, Cia Mangat, Imtiaz Dharker, Kim Moore and Kayo Chingonyi. In February 2020 Abbey Road studios welcomed each of the 10 poets to record pieces from their collections. Then lockdown hit... but remotely and with the additional help of field recordists and musicians around the world, Cerys and Joe Acheson (Hidden Orchestra) created a sound journey for these poems with the theme of: genesis: birth, heritage, a journey about to begin.
Track Listing:
1. Flame Lily (Cerys Matthews) - Hidden Orchestra
2. Happy Birthday Moon (Cerys Matthews) - Hidden Orchestra
3. Adventure Flight (Cerys Matthews) - Hidden Orchestra
4. She Strikes the Ball Like a Match (Cerys Matthews) - Hidden Orchestra
5. Once I Had an Acceptance Speech (Cerys Matthews) - Hidden Orchestra
6. And the Soul (Cerys Matthews) - Hidden Orchestra
7. Connemara (Cerys Matthews) - Hidden Orchestra
8. A House Built from Cloth (Cerys Matthews) - Hidden Orchestra
9. Loch Long By Adgartan, Argyll (Cerys Matthews) - Hidden Orchestra
10. The Trick (Cerys Matthews) - Hidden Orchestra
11. Birmingham Roller (Cerys Matthews) - Hidden Orchestra
12. Sometimes You Think of Bowness (Cerys Matthews) - Hidden Orchestra
Year of Production: 2021