Johnny Flynn & Robert Macfarlane

Following their extraordinary 2021 collaboration, Flynn and MacFarlane have returned to the land for this sumptuous second trip around the maypole.

They walked it. They watched life grow, fade, and die upon it. Synchronised with the titular lunar body, it’s the cyclical nature of, well, nature that blooms at the heart of ‘The Moon Also Rises’. The last Dinked Edition sold out quickly, so you’ll want to be on the case with this one. Straddling light and dark, life and death, the sun and the moon, these dichotomies play out in a field of rapturous folk, ranging from throat-straining ballads to thigh-slapping hoe-downs, all recorded exquisitely in historical places of worship. 'The Moon Also Rises' gathers songs that Johnny and Robert have written together since finishing their first joint album, 'Lost In The Cedar Wood'. At its heart are the oldest themes of all: death and renewal, darkness and light. The first five tracks are songs of burial, shadows and memory, while the final four are songs of awakening, light and love. The album turns around a central song, ‘The Sun Also Rises’, which stands with a foot in both dark and light.