“Ullstair University was a centre for esoteric further education, located above the basalt northern coast of a Parallel Ireland of 1987. Her students were free to explore the occult mysteries of people and place, without fear of the prosaic, physical violence that afflicted lower realities
No doubt the beer in the liminal Student Union bar was sub-sidised, too. This is the shaggy dog backstory to , a splendidly eerie new record from regular FT contributor Ryan Shirlow. Split across two seamless suites, it’s an affecting mish-mash of haunting