The Cinematic Orchestra
To Build A Home (Versions)

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Epic, exciting and beautiful, ‘To Build A Home’ sums up everything that is great about  The Cinematic Orchestra in one small and perfectly formed package.
Before the release of The Cinematic Orchestra’s acclaimed third album, ‘Ma Fleur’, Ninja Tune sneaked out a download-only version of ‘To Build A Home’, which was met with the kind rapturous response and succession of TV-sync requests which show you’ve hit a nerve.
Since then, featured singer and co-writer Patrick Watson has become something of a sensation in his own right, ‘Ma Fleur’ has become the latest critical badge of honour pinned to J Swinscoe’s CV and The Cinematic Orchestra are preparing to headline their own show at the Royal Albert Hall on 2nd November. There could hardly be a better time to revisit this utterly beautiful, sweeping and emotive miniature masterpiece.
Featured here in a compressed version for the nation’s airwaves, plus the original, the package is completed by a new version from Brooklyn’s Grey Reverend. A Brownstone-dwelling neighbour of Swinscoe’s, the Reverend replays an acoustic cover version, giving it a down-home flavour without losing any of the emotional uplift.