100 Acres Of Sycamore

If The End of History was the sound of the countryside with its woodland lanes, this record is the sound of towns with their dimly lit streets; heartfelt and with a ragged edge. Regan has ploughed himself a new furrow. It was during a period of great global upheaval, whilst touring his debut album for two years worldwide, and in particular across American, as Fionn puts it "seeing the world, the bone structure, the pulp" that he began work on its follow up. It seems natural that his response was to become more outward looking "as a writer you hold up a mirror, its reflections become the work" and in The Shadows of an Empire this manifests itself in a collection of songs that are peopled with characters and conversational dialogue. The often witty vignettes are used to facilitate more complex soul-searching.