What their label says...
DEAD FIRES & THE LONELY SPARK IS THE THIRD ALBUM FROM MANCHESTER-BASED COLLECTIVE LAST HARBOUR, FOLLOWING PREVIOUS HIGHLY-ACCLAIMED RELEASES AND RECENT TOURS WITH WILLARD GRANT CONSPIRACY AND MARK MULCAHY. THE SEVEN-PIECE HAVE RETURNED WITH THEIR MOST AMBITIOUS RECORD YET, WHICH VEERS FROM ELEGANTLY ORCHESTRATED SOUNDSCAPES TO FULL-BLOWN ELECTRIC DRAMAS, ENCOMPASSING BIRTH, MARRIAGE AND DEATH ALONG THE WAY. WORKING WITH PRODUCER RICHARD FORMBY (SPACEMEN 3, HERMAN DUNE, DAKOTA SUITE), LAST HARBOUR HAVE TURNED THEIR BACKS ON THE DIGITAL REVOLUTION, INSTEAD USING ANTIQUE EQUIPMENT TO RECORD IN GLORIOUS ANALOGUE ONTO 2TAPE, CREATING A WARM AND ATMOSPHERIC RECORD.