!!THIS NEW UPDATED VERSION FOR 2008 FEATURES FOUR PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED* TRACKS + A FREE POSTER!!

... with their eagerly awaited 10th album... provoking and seducing in equal measures... a soulful, insistent and sometimes riotous collection of songs and distracting instrumentals, the album features the ever present musical heart of shriekback - the vocal and lyrical alchemy of barry andrews, and the percussive bedrock of martyn barker along with mark raudva, carlo asciutti, wendy partridge, barry andrews' son finn and andy partridge who contributes some fiery guitar work, playing alongside barry andrews for the first time in the many years since the early incarnation of xtc...

!!THIS NEW UPDATED VERSION FOR 2008 FEATURES FOUR PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED* TRACKS!!
tracklisting: 1 ronny...2 sea theory...3 waterbaby...4 huytfi dbl plus...5 the strongest wind that blows...6 load the boat...
7 troublemeat...8 reason with the beast...9 bonehead...10 voiled karletus...11 true passage...12 il mystera del tempo
BONUS TRACKS*: 13 month of sand...14 planet...15 nimbulus...16 thumbless
total run time 66m 10s
*these are the four eggstra tracks that appeared on the cormorant's egg, of which only 50 were made, so technically they have been released before