new group with peter murphy (bauhaus), jim kerr (simple minds), dot allison (massive attack, death in vegas), shelly poole (alisha's attic, red sky july), kate havnevik, catherine ad, mercury prize nominee helicopter girl, with producer paul statham (dido, pete murphy, kylie). the inspiration for 'dark flowers' came whilst paul was reading sam shephard's award winning autobiography 'the motel chronicles'. taking a series of passages from the book and creating a basic soundtrack he then approached the artists for their unique vocal take on the content, before adding slide guitar, banjo and found sounds to create the finished composition. that the likes of bon iver's 'for emma, forever ago', brian eno's 'another green world' and bruce langhorne's 'the hired hand' were influences on the shape and sound of the album will be audible to the discerning listener.