Release Date: 28 November 2011
The Worlds Not Worth It sees Gavan Kearney working with a handpicked cast of collaborators - including long-time muse Moonswift, Porcupine Trees Steven Wilson, Eden House vocalist Amandine Ferrari and Use of Ashes guitarist Maarten Scherrenburg (on drums) - to create a blissful world of unconventional, yet instantly beguiling compositions. Whilst still working within a by now familiar territory delineated by folk, ambient and progressive rock at a chamber musical volume, elements from the world of classical music are featuring more prominently than ever. In keeping with the classical tradition of more popular inner and slightly more obscure outer works, the first 500 copies of the album are accompanied by full length companion entitled Vanished Chapters, recorded in perfect isolation in Kearneys East London studio room and featuring a similar, albeit even more labyrinthine and withdrawn sound. Taken together, these albums combine into an epic and ambitious journey, firmly grounded in three centuries of music while simultaneously tending towards a new sonic language.
Disc 1 Samhian Rain - Arise Ice And Rainbows Under The Stares A Life Rehearsed Regal Season Events In A Skyline The Rebel's Rulebook
Disc 2 Transfigured Forest System Failure Elemental Temple A Room In South London Afternoon And Afterthought No Goodbye Vanished Chapters The Melancholy Of Departure