Orla Wren – The Blind Deaf Stone – CD Edition – Available Now!

Available Now!

Our first release of year 2021 sees the return of much beloved English musician Orla Wren. Recorded in, inspired and infused by his home in the wilds of the Scottish countryside, his first album in 5 years is entitled “The Blind Deaf Stone”, and is a paean to a certain pastoralism, and to the life of this somewhat secluded artist. What makes this record of particular interest is that it was made entirely with one monophonic synthesizer, an analog study in radical reductionism!

The four longform tracks are distinct excursions into a personal landscape of organic and broken melodic meanderings…the slapping spokes of a bicycle ridden through the tall grass, the swish of the walking stick, the buzz of the fly on the manure and the mysteriously subtle drone like chattering and burbling of the deepest countryside. Plaintive…melancholic…beatific…this is the loveliest of soundtracks to a simple life well lived away from the maddening crowd, and without regret.

As with most TRS releases, TRS096 is available in two distinct physical versions. 

The very special deluxe edition of only 55 copies comes in the form of a double, 10” lathe cut record version, in modified, recycled 10” kraftboard, gatefold jackets with a Scottish pastoral theme package...

This is the listing for the very limited CD version in an edition of just 100 copies. In a lovely 4 panel digipak, featuring vintage photos of fellow animals of bygone days.
Of course the music is also available digitally to those that prefer it so.

This release will ship the week of the 18th of January 2021

More Info about the deluxe packaging and Sound Clips!