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12" vinyl version of The Last Remaining Light. Pressed on light green translucent vinyl.

Includes unlimited streaming of The Last Remaining Light via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more. I started writing for album 2 the day after I handed in the mixes for 'Ways To Get Out'. I felt exhausted from trying to piece together the first album but when it was done I was inspired to start the next thing and learn from my mistakes. I knew straight away that I wanted to write a 10 track-40 minute album after making a long debut.

I moved into a derelict basement in the city centre and got inspired by the daily commute. Commuter repeating was written on the first day of moving in and the last remaining light followed the next day. I had forgotten to bring my headphone adapter on those first sessions so the drums on those songs were recorded without a click. You can hear them slow down and sped up throughout the first song. I think that works really well as it feels a bit hectic and unorganised. Very similar to my view of the city in the mornings.

This approach led me to keep the mindset of not chasing perfection. Instead, I decided to only record my parts once or twice and keep that initial hesitation. I moved out of the studio after recording was finished and moved my studio back into my loft for mixing. I bought a Tascam 244 4 track the year before to demo on but was gathering dust in the corner of the room so I thought I'd get it going again. Most of the elements in the tracks were printed to cassette and back into Logic. It was pretty cathartic to send a nice recording into the Tascam and destroy it with tape saturation.

Throughout the final part of recording and mixing I was listening to alot of The Microphones and Brian Eno. On every trip into the studio I'd listen to 'Discreet Music' by Brian Eno. And the experimental nature of Phil Elverum's music encouraged me to be comfortable in the imperfections. I think with this album I'm starting to become comfortable with myself and my art and I'm looking forward to expanding on the next record.

Far Caspian is the project of singer, multi-instrumentalist and producer Joel Johnston. Choosing to record with a DIY approach - recording, playing and mixing everything himself - his sound is a deftly combined blend of chiming guitars, rich harmonic melodies and crisp rhythms.

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