The moon has been taking centre stage these last couple of days, with a lot of excitement about the solar eclipse. It has been good to see everyone else as tuned-in to the movements of the moon as we are!
With that in mind, the new moon brings the Dark-Side Mix of One by One, which is out today and mixed by Tchad Blake.
“There are two or three story songs on the record and I actually like the length of time they occupy and I like the fact that you have to stay in it for the ride to understand the story,” says Peter. “It’s like when you arrive in some hut in the woods and it takes a while just to settle in and get yourself tuned-in to the pace of that place. I wanted a bit of that in the song. If people are on for the full ride, they’re going to take it through to the end. It’s a long journey, but I think its place in the show, which is percolating in my head, it’ll be towards the end, if not the end.”
The cover art for One by One is called ‘Pieces’ by Canadian sculptor David Altmejd. Peter discovered David’s work through his 2022 piece, 9x9x9 and then asked him to create a new work in response to the music.
“One of the things I loved about what David does is that he seems to get these images and ideas and then cuts them up and reassembles them. Almost like moments of time or maybe like an old-fashioned flick book where you get just an incremental movement from one image to the other. It looked like David had a similar direction in that he’s taking the same thing and cutting it up and reassembling it. That worked perfectly for this song and I was excited that David was happy to be part of this project.”