Johnny Flynn and Robert Macfarlane - Lost In The Cedar WoodLost In The Cedar Wood, Johnny Flynns much anticipated fifth album, is co written with his friend Robert Macfarlane. Johnny and Robert began work on the album in the first weeks of the pandemic, wanting to make music that sang of those dangerous, disorienting spring days; when birdsong was brighter and the sense of bewilderment more powerful than any of us had known before. They drew inspiration in part from The Epic of Gilgamesh, the oldest surviving

He joined a Buddhist monastery shortly before his death

technology and so on

like ten personas or ten scenes in a play where each character has its own keynote

with the polarities of psych and post-punk smelted into a brutal cobalt alloy

loud motorcycles

Overdubs & vocals were added at Narcissus Studios in Neasden

where TV was banned in the house - Glover first entered the spotlight as a member of sketch-troupe Derrick Comedy

Reed's insight and genius was finally allowed to shine through

and rightly so

'Are You Serious'

conga-led version of the classic Feelin‰۪ Good a song made famous by Nina Simone

Some were recorded in studios and some recorded on a portable four track