Tracklist:

1. Could Not Make It Up
2. Walking Backwards
3. Days of Lantana
4. Life In The Time of Captivity
5. Moonraker
6. Richmond Avenue
7. Interim of Sense
8. Total Eclipse
9. Spirit
10. Little Plant

In March 2022, Ben Howard was sat in his garden when he found himself unable to think clearly, form sentences or speak for almost an hour. A month later, after the same thing happened again, the Ivor Novello Award-winning singer-songwriter learned hed suffered two TIAs (transient ischemic attacks – known as mini-strokes). It was out of the blue, says the 35 year-old. It was a confusing time.That June, after a month of inconclusive hospital tests Howard and his band returned to Le Manoir de Lon recording studio in south-west France, where theyd previously worked on his acclaimed third album Noonday Dream.

We went in and put down ten songs in ten days, then spent the rest of