Following Peter Hammill is an adventure because even his aficionados cannot predict what the veteran experimentalist’s next step would land. It may be a VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR concert document or a joint effort with ISILDUR’S BANE – but Hammill’s latest offering may seem like the most unexpected turn he might take. Wanting to reissue a couple of his obscure classics – such an oxymoron should feel fitting for this artist – yet unable to clear the rights which allow 1988’s “In A Foreign Town” and “Out Of Water” from 1990 to see the light of day again, Peter decided to cut the two albums afresh.
The results will released on November 24th as a 2CD package, with each disc dedicated to a single record – with no additional numbers but sounding rather different from what originally featured a now-dated production that left quite a few fans unhappy, even though there are snippets of old tapes amidst new parts. An interesting prospect – and a sign of the British master’s non-stagnancy.
In a Foreign Town / Out of Water –
2023
CD 1 – In A Foreign Town (2023):
1. Hemlock
2. Invisible Ink
3. Sci-Finance (Revisited)
4. This Book
5. Time To Burn
6. Auto
7. Vote Brand X
8. Sun City Nightlife
9. The Play’s The Thing
10. Under Cover Names
11. Smile
12. Time To Burn (Instrumental)
CD 2 – Out Of Water (2023):
1. Evidently Goldfish
2. Not The Man
3. No Moon In The Water
4. Our Oyster
5. Something About Ysabel’s Dance
6. Green Fingers
7. On The Surface
8. A Way Out
