SHroudings

shroudings’ debut record will be released in September 2026.

The songs are:

1. fellbloom (dixon/carbo)

2. tightropes & ghost trains (dixon/a. tolmie)

3. the barghast’s reel (dixon/dupé/randall)

4. the green cathedral (dixon)

5. brandy & morphine (dixon/murphy-haste/telford/a.tolmie)

6. yesnaby (alexander/dixon/peart)

7. she moved through the fair (traditional, arranged dixon/dupé)

8. lake without birds (alexander/dixon/ randall/a.tolmie/j.tolmie)

For complete lyrics, click here.

For this record, shroudings was:

Robin Dixon: voice, guitar, banjo, cello, vihuela, cuatro, double bass, piano, autoharp, mountain dulcimer, organ, lyrics

Phillippa Murphy-Haste: clarinet, bass clarinet, wind arrangements

Mirabai Peart: violin, string arrangements

Jess Randall: violin, fiddle, string arrangements

Tony Dupé: cello, Dulcitone, bowed vibraphone, piano, glockenspiel, production magic

Claire Deak: harp, piano, vibraphone, percussion, spinet harpsichord

Chris Browne: baritone saxophone

Darrell Archer: acoustic guitar

Sophie Grattan-Smith: trumpet

Stu West: trumpet, flugelhorn

Ben James: drums

Alex Tolmie: voice, lyrics, choral arrangements

Jason Tolmie: lyrics, vocal arrangements

Rubaiyat Howlader: voice

Natasha Koch: voice

Sonia Zadro: voice

Hannah Pelka-Caven: voice

Flora Carbo: alto saxophone

Haidee Ireland, Libby Bramble, Rubaiyat Howlader, Tim Byron, Vanessa Fookes, Paul Andrews, Richard Parkin, Dave Carr, Mahesh Radhakrishnan, Betony Dircks: choir vocals

Lydia Alexander: lyrics, moral support

Ben Worsey at Everland Studios: recording, engineering, mixing

Roy Two Thousand: recording

Tony Dupé at abandoned fireworks factory: recording, mixing, arrangements

JJ Golden at Golden Mastering: mastering

shroudings plays live very rarely. On these occasions, the live band has included Mirabai Peart, Peter Hollo, Kell Derrig-Hall, Phillippa Murphy-Haste, Jessica Lyons, Rubaiyat Howlader, Piers Twomey, Sonia Zadro, Libby Bramble, and Emily Edwards.