Three Cane Whale’s eponymous debut album was recorded in one location and in one day. Aware that our unusual (and entirely acoustic) instrumentation suited a range of natural acoustics and ambiences, and also that a lot of our compositions are inspired by particular places and landscapes, we decided to take a different approach with our new album. So the 19 tracks and 3 short interludes were recorded in 20 different locations. The album title reflects this. Holts are the underground dens, and hovers the overground resting-places, of otters. This album was inspired by, and recorded in, some of our own holts and hovers - in Dorset, South Wales, Somerset, London and Bristol. These include churches and chapels, kitchens and hilltops, a greenwood barn and an allotment shed, the top of a Welsh waterfall and the underside of a Bristol flyover. Some tracks were directly inspired by a particular location (eg Issio, by tiny Partrishow Church; Nightingale Valley Halt, by the disused station in the Avon Gorge; and The Trendle, by the iron-age earthwork of the same name up a Dorset hillside), whilst others had a slightly more tangential relationship with their final recording location. {from the Society of Sound album page} User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.