The Circling of the Seasons

Six years after his last release for Elefant Records, Bobby Wratten (The Field Mice, Trembling Blue Stars), returns under his Lightning In A Twilight Hour moniker. Having released a Double-LP, a 10", and a 12" for Elefant, plus a cassette for Touch subsidiary The Tapeworm, this release marks the first ever Lightning In A Twilight Hour 7" Single. Produced in association with long term collaborator Ian Catt, these two songs trailer but do not feature on, the forthcoming second Lightning In A Twilight Hour album. Bobby and Ian have worked together since the first ever recordings of the increasingly influential The Field Mice. Other long-term fellow travellers are also present: Anne Mari Davies (The Field Mice, Northern Picture Library, Trembling Blue Stars), Beth Arzy (Trembling Blue Stars, Jetstream Pony, The Luxembourg Signal) and Michael Hiscock (bassist and co-founder of The Field Mice).

The open tuned guitars and layered harmonies of the A-side, "The Circling Of The Seasons", belong to the more pop influenced end of the musical spectrum. The B-side, "Neuchâtel", on the other hand, ventures into darker waters. A distorted single chord and a broken up wordless vocal creating a mood piece. Here we have the two sides of Lightning In A Twilight Hour on a single record.