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1. When You Were Dreaming

A song of romantic frustration musically inspired, in equal parts, by droning Teutonic rock and swooning Oriental pop.

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2. You Can Take A Heart But You Cannot Make It Beat

Our updating of the feather-light Brazilian-inflected sounds of ‘60s and ‘70s sunshine pop.

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3. Les Petits Chasseurs De Son

Part two of our long-term mouse opera project. This instrumental - featuring the sounds of a malfunctioning Casio CZ-101 - introduces a band of fantastical sound-hunting rodents, inspired by the real...

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4. Softly Sung

An ethereal lullaby of regret, backed by a Mellotron- and Casio-tooled take on Julee Cruise and David Lynch’s ‘50s fantasies.

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5. My Fantoms

Named in tribute to Théophile Gauthier and his translator Richard Holmes, this title track is rooted musically in the softest and synthiest of ‘70s MOR. The lyrics explore the heedless self-deception...

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6. Theme From King Of Chinatown

From the soundtrack to an imaginary late 1980s Hong Kong action movie set in London's Chinatown, full of honourable bloodshed and mawkish sentiment.

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7. Diaryland

A motorik pop song for synth and drum machine, detailing a private childhood dreamworld.

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8. All At Sea

What we imagine The Velvet Underground might have sounded like had they been forced to perform as a lounge band on a cruise ship.

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9. Cobb's Box

An unearthly mood piece, built on recordings of an antique music box.

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10. At Your Door

Another song inspired by our vision of the lush, warm sounds of ‘70s AM radio.

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11. Les Petits Chasseurs Au Bord Du Lac Lunaire

Part three of the mouse opera, in which the eponymous “chasseurs” encounter a vast and otherworldly landscape.

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12. Shadow Of The Bear

The oldest song on the album, originally written in an attempt to combine the sounds of Nico’s first two solo albums.

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