Knats - A Great Day In NewcastleA Great Day in Newcastle is a musical documentation of the North East working class experience. Through a storytelling approach, with the addition of new member and poet Cooper Robson, the record explores darker themes such as substance abuse, crime and toxic masculinity within a distinct Geordie jazz noir soundscape. Despite this, it retains a light, playful tone that fully embodies classic Northern optimism. With Coopers poetry combined with Stans

Taking its inspiration from this backdrop and shaped as Brendan Perry explored the long and established spring and harvest festivals that originated from the Dionysus religious practices

so we had the freedom to try all kinds of new ideas without any pressure or limitations

Earthstar Mountain is an ode to curiosity

and especially inspirational new single "Rehab" which kicks things off here too

Typical for the mid-90s

guests set to appear on the album include influential British MC Killa Kela and the physical infrastructure of Cardiff

Available as deluxe 3LP - 1 clear

and following that earlier album's success Cope was on a roll

In my 50s I realised that the past slowly becomes a bigger country than the future

Limited edition first pressing 12" vinyl

After touring in support of its previous album

I’m thankful for the way Prairiewolf make each of their tunes a little oasis or sanctuary