Recently got into (VU-inspired) Ultimate Painting, and see Jack Cooper (also of Mazes) has a solo album out on 25 August, Sandgrown. Really looking forward to this one.
Description (courtesy of Trouble In Mind, not my own): “Evoking the delicate but often widescreen musicality of Bill Fay and the abstract lyricism of the late 60s Scott Walker records, as well as the more experimental sounds of John Cale and Robert Wyatt, Sandgrown is a collection of tranquil ballads that evoke feelings of nostalgia and re-evaluation about where you come from, wherever that may be.” But don’t let that put you off …