release date: Sep. 29, 2011
format: cd (AATTCDM02)
[album rate: 3,5 / 5] [3,52]
producer: Matthew Devenish (recording credits)
label: AATT - nationality: England, UK
Track highlights: 1. "The Suffering of the Stream" (live in Toulouse) - 3. "Belief in the Rose" (live in Toulouse) - 6. "The Way the Land Lies" - 8. "The Untangled Man" (live in Toulouse)
12th studio album by And Also the Trees is according to the label and the band's official website a 'mini album' containing eight additional tracks to the 2009 release When the Rains Come, thus again an album of solely acoustic versions of older songs.
Without listening to the album I found it a superfluous release having 'just' released an album of this kind, but I have to give it to the band, it's really a fine contribution with strong, intense and quite different versions compared to the originals. The inlay info reveals that the album was recorded in the aftermath of a 2009-10 tour, which apparently exhibited the band playing the acoustic versions from the most recent and acoustic album, and one can only imagine how the need and / or lust for expanding the set list with other songs than the obvious versions. With a bunch of new acoustic songs this album was easily perceived. Despite its shorter playing time of just under 30 minutes it's a rather varied compilation of songs but nonetheless another fine album.
