February 10th will see both albums released through Cryptogramophone. Nels' long-player is entitled Coward, whilst Alex's set is dubbed Continuation.

The Cryptogramophone label boss, Jeff Gauthier blogged about the dual-Cline album similarities: "Both albums were unintentionally recorded the same week. Both album titles are one word beginning with the letter C. The covers of both recordings were painted by women artists. Both albums make references to orchids. Both contain two pieces that are 18 minutes long. Both have one piece that is over 15 years old. Drones are featured in several pieces on both CDs. The original designs of both CD discs were (again, unintentionally) practically identical, although Nels' was changed because of this. And finally, Alex's CD is about seven minutes longer than Nels'. Not a coincidence, you say? Maybe not, unless you consider that Nels is about seven minutes older than Alex. OK, maybe that's stretching it a bit."

Gauthier went on to add that the strange parallels didn't end there, as it was only "until recently both artists had been working with absolutely no knowledge of what the other was doing."

Cline tracklistings:

Coward:

Epiphyllum
Prayer Wheel
Thurston County
The Androgyne
Rod Poole's Gradual Ascent to Heaven
The Divine Homegirl
X Change(s)
The Nomad's Home
Onan Suite I. Amniotica
Onan Suite II. Lord & Lady
Onan Suite III. Dreams in the Mirror
Onan Suite IV. Interruption (Onan's Psychedelic Breakdown)
Onan Suite V. Seedcaster
Onan Suite VI. The Liberator
Cymbidium

Continuation:

Nourishing our Roots
Clearing our Streams
Fade to Green
Steadfast
SubMerge
On the Bones of the Homegoing Thunder
Open Hands (Receive, Release)

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