Junkboy's previous album Sovereign Sky was one of my favourite albums from my first stint on the Active Listener so it's only natural that I should belatedly draw your attention to its follow up, 2023's Littoral States.
Like Sovereign Sky, it's an exquisitely arranged and produced affair, with gorgeous string arrangements that can trace their distinctly English lineage back to Robert Kirby's work for Nick Drake, and beyond.
Sussex folk singer Hannah Lewis is a welcome presence on a number of tracks, but for the most part this is a wistful instrumental ramble through the Sussex countryside, evoking a strong sense of place - not surprising given their interest in psychogeography (they were interviewed for Phil Hubbard's book "Listening To Landscape" which looks fascinating and is on my to-read-when-I-can-find-a-copy list).
It's all impeccably done of course. A perfect Summer listen which has accompanied me on many trail walks already with many more to come I'm sure.
Others have already covered this more eloquently, so I'll leave it to your ears to be the judge, but anyone who enjoys investigating the meeting place between hauntology and pastoral folk will find plenty to enjoy here.
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