The first single from the album, Learning to Be by The Other Way. Rowan Porteous - trumpet and electronics Elly Hopkins - voice Billie Bottle - keyboard and voice Guillaume Ottaviani- bass Emma Holbrook - drums Music and lyrics by Rowan Porteous Lyrics based on the poem ‘In a Museum’ by Thomas Hardy Recorded by Nicholas Dover at Canyon studio, Bristol Mixed by Martin Pavey

Ecological jazz noir music from our forthcoming album, ‘Learning to Be’ - Lyrics: Walk across the field Sticking to the wall Then you’ll find a gate Left across the bridge Pull into the town and see The graves of ancient clans Spirits of the trees exhale The cold against their skins Bear towards the church By the sighing stream See the ancient copse Feel a sense of loss Harden in the sun somehow Necessity takes hold We can only wonder why We never can let go Follow down the lane By the leaning tree See the spreading mound Don’t be tempted down Hide among the reeds which ooze Their power and decay You were never meant to see This breaking of the world As you move around Try to understand Sacred leaves intact To rub upon the wound Harden in the sun somehow Necessity takes hold We can only wonder why We never can let go Voice - Elly Hopkins Trumpet and bird sounds - Rowan Porteous Piano - Billie Bottle Bass - Guillaume Ottaviani Drums - Emma Holbrook

Elly Hopkins - voice Billie Bottle - keyboard and voice Rowan Porteous - trumpet, bird sounds, beats, synth bass

Gig number 2, at the Goods Shed in Stroud, 23/10/21, supporting Waldo’s Gift. This song was written by Rowan Porteous and features lyrics which are based on Thomas Hardy’s poem ‘In a Museum’, about a prehistoric bird. Elly Hopkins, vocal Billie Bottle, keys and vocal Guillaume Ottaviani, bass Emma Holbrook, drums Rowan Porteous, trumpet and bird noises

From our debut gig at the Bristol Fringe, 19/10/21 Song written by Rowan Porteous, from the point of view of a chrysalis. Elly Hopkins, vocal Billie Bottle, keys and vocal Guillaume Ottaviani, bass Emma Holbrook, drums Rowan Porteous, trumpet and bird noises

Rowan Porteous - trumpet and sampler Elly Hopkins - vocals Billie Bottle - keyboards Guillaume Ottaviani - bass Emma Holbrook - drums

New tune featuring Billie Bottle on keys and vocals and me on trumpet. Mixed by Martin Pavey. Video shot in and around my boat, and somewhere in a field in Devon,