Between Dust and Desire by Stephen Stannard

Pre orders available direct from MillerSounds Bandcamp from 28th April 2023. (Orders begin shipping around 5th May 2022).

Pre-release Deluxe Limited Edition CD and Exclusive Bandcamp Digital release : 2nd June 2023.

CD and general Streaming Digital release : 7th July 2023.

Track Listing: 1. Lost and Alone (and Driving) (Album Mix). 2. The Lacemaker. 3. The Key of Life. 4. Hanging on the Wire. 5. Summer Rain. 6. Beauty and Desire. 7. Concessions to the Muse. 8. We Can Begin. 9. The Early Hours. 10. Dust and Desire. Bonus track only available from CD release 11. The Key of Life (Demo).

The 'Between Dust and Desire' album is a 10 track, 45 minute, debut album release by Stephen Stannard (after previously releasing solo album under the names The Rowan Amber Mill and Making Tea For Robots). An album of songs charting a course between dust and desire, taking in: the call of summer; the regret of Autumn; an AM radio as it drifts between stations on a long car journey; the French New Wave cinema; Paris; Paris / Texas; the glow of red sandstone; an old, faded copy of The Grapes of Wrath with copious pencil annotations; and the scent of the pine forest in the heat of Summer.

Format: Deluxe Limited Edition (95 copies): Includes A4 poster, four art cards, four stickers, two metal badges, a full colour CD-r, a glossy gatefold digipack, all housed in a screen-printed hessian bag. Includes and exclusive bonus track

Purchases of the CD Edition from Bandcamp also includes a digital download.

CDs by other MillerSounds artists are available to buy on Bandcamp, and MillerSounds Store as well as all the usual online places Amazon, iTunes, CDbaby etc.

Reviews

"At last delivers the full-length solo album he has been threatening for a while now, and what a startling gem it is.", Dave Thompson, Goldmine magazine (Read full review here