No-Man - Schoolyard Ghosts (CD + DVDA)

Written and recorded between Autumn 2007 and Spring 2008, Schoolyard Ghosts is No-Man's sixth official studio album and its first since 2003's Together We're Stranger. A distinctive combination of haunting melodies and cinematic production, Schoolyard Ghosts sees No-Man's core duo of Tim Bowness and Steven Wilson expanding the band's sonic palette by collaborating with, amongst others, Californian pedal steel ace Bruce Kaphan, saxophonist/flautist Theo Travis, drummers Pat Mastelotto and Gavin Harrison, and the London Session Orchestra (arranged by Dave Stewart). Featuring the sweetly hypnotic Wherever There Is Light, the warped dynamics of Pigeon Drummer, the outsider lament of All Sweet Things, and the subtly evolving explorations of the uplifting 13 minute semi-orchestral epic Truenorth, Schoolyard Ghosts reveals the band taking its accessible and ambitious blend of Post-Rock and Singer-songwriter influences to an even more focused and personalised place than before. The cd/dvda comes in a super jewel case with a booklet and also features a 5.1 mix of the album, a photo gallery and videos for 'all sweet things, 'truenorth' and 'wherever there is light'. for vinyl edition - The 180 g black vinyl edition includes the album as well as a full side of alternates and edits, and is packed in Tonefloat's trademark heavy duty gatefold picture sleeve with innerbags, with photography and design by Carl Glover.