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This live album was recorded during this extensive tour, at the Baked Potato, Los Angeles, USA on 1st February 2019 and is released as a CD on Dyad Records. The material mixes tunes from the\u003ci\u003e Hidden Details\u003c\/i\u003e album, some older material (newly recorded by this line-up) and their trademark improvisations. The band, with a world tour under their belt and a partisan crowd urging them on, are absolutely at the top of their game - powerful, committed and idiosyncratic. 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