The Cinematic Orchestra - Ma Fleur [2007]

'..The music of The Cinematic Orchestra has always been emotional, but to an extent that’s partly been because it sounds like a soundtrack to a film you’ve never seen. You’re grafting on that resonance yourself as the evocative arrangements plant scenes in your mind. But in the case of Ma Fleur, the emotion is really at the centre of the record. And that’s plainly stated with the opening track, to Build a Home, where a naked piano and unbelievably fragile and beautiful vocal from new collaborator Patrick Watson flickers like candlelight as your ears adjust to the gloom..'

'Out in the garden where we planted the seeds, there is a tree that’s as old as me'