NEWS + NOTES
“I think one of the big things where the band has got better is [that] I’ve learned to completely let go and say, ‘That’s different… but let’s go with it!’”
since Bruce Soord was the sole creative force behind veteran prog project the Pineapple Thief, yet — their 15th full-length — is far and away the most collaborative effort yet. In recent years, Soord would shoot out tracks to a pool of players, who would add ideas piecemeal; this time around, he drove out to drummer Gavin Harrison’s home studio to employ “old-school writing techniques” — i.e. by jamming things out together.
