Whalebone’s 9th album, recorded over two years and featuring 12 tracks that are all inspired by our immediate surroundings. From Holaweg - a tune about a local holloway leading down to a reservoir not far from our studio, Willowherb dedicated the wild flower that becomes so prolific during late summers in the field next to us and the happiest tune

Whalebone’s 9th album, recorded over two years and featuring 12 tracks that are all inspired by our immediate surroundings. From Holaweg - a tune about a local holloway leading down to a reservoir not far from our studio, Willowherb dedicated the wild flower that becomes so prolific during late summers in the field next to us and the happiest tune we’ve ever recorded ‘Mellow’. The title ‘What They Do’ came from Richard Powers’ amazing book The Overstory.

The first album release for The Bare Bones. 16 tracks recorded over two years featuring dreamlike melodies, ethereal accompaniments, and meditative cinematic soundscapes.

As the pandemic turned ours, and everyone else’s worlds upside down, and with all live gigs cancelled, we shut ourselves in our little studio, picked up our guitars and began to

The first album release for The Bare Bones. 16 tracks recorded over two years featuring dreamlike melodies, ethereal accompaniments, and meditative cinematic soundscapes.

As the pandemic turned ours, and everyone else’s worlds upside down, and with all live gigs cancelled, we shut ourselves in our little studio, picked up our guitars and began to play. As a warm Spring became a glorious early Summer, and birdsong and the drowsy hum of bees filled the air, time seemed to stand still around the studio. And reflecting all this, our music started to evolve in response. As we followed the music where it led us, this new ambient side to Whalebone felt deserving of its own distinct identity, and so our dreamy, chilled out alter egos The Bare Bones came into being.