Entitled Amateur Dramatics, the album will be released by 4AD on August 11th. Cuts from the Minotaur Shock back catalogue, can be heard on the MS MySpace. But for those harking what the new album has instore then click here for an audio shufty of the track My Burr.

As for what to expect from the album, allow Mr. Edwards to reveal all.

“I’ll keep this short because there’s lots to read elsewhere. I’d describe Amateur Dramatics as school band meets Italo meets chamber music rubbing up on electro with a slice of acid, a sprinkling of minimalism and a short attention span. It's got saxophones, violins, clarinets and the insides of my grandma's mini-piano on it.

"It was influenced by many things, notably Fleetwood Mac, Detroit techno, Frank Zappa, Cluster, Andrew Poppy, Bowie, Italo house, Glass/Reich, Gentle Giant and Todd Rundgren. Each track has it’s own artwork and the tracklisting is pretty fluid.

"It was all written, arranged, recorded and produced by me mostly at home (occasionally in other people’s houses). All instruments were done by me except clarinet, flute and saxophone which were played by the wonderful Emily Wakefield, and violin which was played by the excellent James Underwood of the Iskra String Quartet. Anna-Lynne Williams of Lotte Kestner provided vocals for This Plane Is Going To Fall."

And that all important tracklisting:

Zookeeper
Am Dram
This Plane Is Going To Fall
Accelerated Footage
Jason Forrest
Two Magpies
My Burr
BATS
Snapdragon
Buzzards
Beekeeper

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