Look at this!



Just look at it! This astonishing front cover was done by Jubatian, who (rather appropriately) found me through my coverage of Albion as a song subject, many years ago when I posted on Modplug.

I had been thinking about what I wanted this cover to look like for a long time, but I had no idea who to approach until I remembered about his rather beautiful desolate cityscapes. Even then, I had absolutely no idea that I would get something that was equal in detail to Iron Maiden's covers - apparently I just happened to email at exactly the right moment, when he wanted to start a big art project but didn't know exactly what he wanted to draw. And after exchanging ideas, a terrible sketch by me was gradually painted into what you see up there now.

I really admire people who have the talent to draw - it's an incredible thing, watching someone perform a process that you can't do.

I've done a back cover as well, complete with the final track listing (but not the final track times) - it feels unimaginably strange to even associate my music with something this professional-looking... now I really need to press on and put the finishing touches on the introduction, final and bonus songs, before releasing it for real at some point this month. I just couldn't resist the appropriateness of announcing such an accidentally maritime-themed album on May Day.

Preorders are available on Bandcamp now - donate $10 or more and I'll post you a physical copy when it's released! (As soon as I work out how I'm going to print it.)