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- The artwork is unoffical and is just something I put together. It returns to the
God Save Us From Our Governments idea, illustrating two chapels which
have fallen into dereliction due to UK government policy. Someone has thrown a chair through the stained glass window where
it's remained suspended in space - but this is difficult to see on the image and I'll have to take a better photograph.
- The band finished
The Black And White 050505 tour after the Edinburgh show
(28th August 2006) so they could firstly rest and then concentrate on the next album.
- The sessions for Black And White 050505 yielded an album and a half of material.
Jim questioned decisions to leave off
Light Travels and
Fortune Teller, feeling they were equally as good as
material selected for the album, but he did not want to compromise the album’s structure or overall feel.
- Other songs mentioned during the recording sessions, yet to see the light of day, were
Automatic Love,
God Save Us From Our Governments and
Scorpio.
- Furthermore, other songs remain unreleased from the various writing sessions after
Cry including
Precious,
So Precious and
Easy. The only songs recorded and released
from this writing period were
Stranger and
Freedom Angel (the latter appeared as a
Billy Sloan session).
- The Devil Came Down To Moscow was mentioned during the
Black And White 050505 tour as a parallel project
but has probably been given low priority over the album.
- The "lost" album
Our Secrets Are The Same is also fertile territory
for songs; with
Jeweller To The Stars being reworked for
Black And White 050505, it’s not inconceivable the band will cherry pick
other tracks for the new album (hopefully
Space). Unreleased
Secrets tracks have also become B-side fodder (such as
The Garden and
Bird On A Wire) so I wouldn’t be surprised if more surface on
future singles. Perhaps even the long lost
title track?
- This album will pick up the baton from Black And White 050505
and run with it.
- It could have been completed by late 2007, but an unexpected opportunity to tour in Australia moved the album's
release date into 2008. This will suit the band, as the album will then coincide with their 30th anniversary.
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