Peter Hammill - X/Ten (2018)

Live recordings. Something of an oddity, this release. For the first time ever, I believe, I performed all of the songs from my latest album, 'From the Trees' in the course of my tours at the end of 2017 and the start of 2018. One of the guiding principles behind the recording of 'Trees' was that I'd be able to do versions of all the songs in a stripped down, one voice, one piano or guitar form before starting the recording proper. This collection, then, squares the circle, consisting of live solo performances of the entire album, fully informed by the arrangements which the originals featured on disc, yet also true to the original spirit in which they were written.