Traumatized by the sudden disappearance of her mother, and following the sage advice of her pet pigeon, Courier, a talking cow named Clare attempts to hitchhike to India from her farm in Kentucky.

This album where the song “Henry Hudson” comes from, and it has a number of other classics, including “(She’s in) a Pizzeria”, “Tiramisu”, and a 15th anniversary edition of the Band Of The Land song “Faster”.

It also includes some narration recorded on cassette in the legendary Trnava, Slovakia arts space Kubik, and it’s also notable for being the first album I made with Gem on drums, and the first album I made with the producer Ben Turner.

The release party took place on the Winter Solstice in the city of Tainan, during the East Asian leg of my 2016-’19 World Tour.

released December 15, 2017

All lyrics and music written and composed by Cannonball Statman in the days and nights between December 9th, 2016 and September 8th, 2017, and recorded in Trnava, London, and Bristol that same September, at Kubik, James’ flat, SpaceWolf, Joe’s Garage, and Hazel, Ben, and Kitten of Love’s place.

Engineered, mixed, and produced by Ben Turner.

Mastered by Joe Caithness.

Album art designed by Brian Kelly in Brooklyn, with photography by Emre Sendogan in Bratislava Castle.

Acoustic, electric, and bass guitars, hammond organs, pianos, xylophones, synthesizers, and vocals – Cannonball Statman.

Drums – Gem.

Vocals on tracks 4, 5, 6, 8, and 9 – Hazel Winter.

12-string electric guitar on track 10 and vocals on track 6 – Michael McNeil.

Vocals on track 7 – James Robinson.