Scottish composer and producer Erland Cooper has announced that his new album, Carve The Runes Then Be Content With Silence, will be released on 20 September via Mercury KX / Decca.

The mastertape of the album was buried underground three years ago (with all digital copies permanently deleted) to be nurtured and manipulated by the soil until it was excavated recently and allowed to dry out before being prepared for release. It's been an unprecedented and, some would say, reckless procedure, but evident of the artist himself, hailed by The Guardian as "nature's songwriter". The attached press release documents the process and the journey.

The record will receive its world premiere at the London Barbican on Saturday 8 June as part of a brief tour that month, which will then be followed by a full tour in November. UK dates as below.

June

Sat 08 London Barbican

Tue 11 Liverpool Philharmonic

Wed 12 Cardiff Acapela Studio

Thu 13 Stroud Sub Rooms

Fri 14 Totnes St Mary's Church

Fri 28 Orkney Kirkwall St Magnus Cathedral

November

Wed 20 York National Centre for Early Music

Thu 21 Manchester Halle St Peters

Fri 22 Saffron Walden Saffron Hall

Sat 23 Sheffield Upper Chapel

Sun 24 Sunderland Fire Station

Mon 25 Glasgow St Lukes

Tue 26 Norwich Arts Centre

Wed 27 Oxford SJE Arts

Thu 28 Southampton Turner Sims

Fri 29 Bristol Beacon

Sat 30 Brighton Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts

Tickets for all dates are available HERE

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