Dissolution

Dissolution is the highly anticipated follow-up album to 2016's Your Wilderness and is the band’s second album to feature King Crimson and Porcupine Tree drummer Gavin Harrison, spurring The Pineapple Thief on as leaders of Europe’s experimental rock domain.

The new material establishes The Pineapple Thief's intent to elevate themselves to new heights, with a desire to develop their songwriting and technical capabilities, and with artwork created by iconic design agency Stylorouge, whose previous work includes Pink Floyd, David Bowie, Blur, and British film Trainspotting.

The album concept tells of the often dark consequences of living in a society in which everything is played out on a public stage, a theme paralleled in the cover art, which was created by 'glitching' the original photographs.

The band recorded Dissolution independently across the UK, including at Gavin's 'Bourne Place' studio in London and Bruce's 'Soord Studios' in Somerset, sharing their ideas via instant messaging.

The mixing was handled by Soord and Harrison and mastering by the band's keyboardist Steve Kitch. The penultimate song White Mist also features experimental guitarist David Torn (David Bowie) providing a bedding of abstract, off-kilter sounds.

CD - Presented in Sleevepac packaging complete with a 24-page booklet.

CD+ - Bluray edition includes a 16-page booklet of additional artwork and features the album plus bonus music in a 24/96 DTS-HD MA 5.1 surround sound mix and 24/96 hi-res stereo audio. It is presented in Amaray packaging.

LP+ - Strictly Limited Crystal Clear single LP edition pressed to audiophile 180g Gram vinyl and features a printed inner bag.

4CD - 4-disc deluxe book edition features 52 pages containing exclusive additional artwork, the original album on CD plus a second CD of bonus music, and is topped off with a DVD and Blu-Ray featuring the album and bonus material in a 24/96 DTS-HD MA 5.1 surround sound mix and 24/96 hi-res stereo audio.

LP - Standard edition pressed to audiophile 180 Gram Black vinyl and features a 4-page booklet.