Currently celebrating their 40th anniversary year, Sheffield-based In The Nursery announce a brand new studio album. Entitled 'HUMBERSTONE', the family surname of core group members Klive and Nigel, it is a deeply personal record that sees them in reflective mood as a year in which they also turned 60 comes to a close. "We have always needed a reason to make music, a rationale for its creation and existence," they state. "As composers, the two of us are conscious of the connection between music and memory. The loss of family is a strong emotion, one that we've harnessed to revisit our past. Our antecedents have been a catalyst and a stimulus for this new album and it has been good to reconnect and remember.
[...more...]