{"product_id":"the-anchoress-as-we-once-were-vinyl-lp-cd-cassette-lossless-dl","title":"The Anchoress - As We Once Were - Vinyl LP \/ CD \/ Cassette \/ Lossless DL","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\"\u003eExpected release date: 7 Aug 2026\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ci data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"\u003eAs We Once Were\u003c\/i\u003e is the third studio album from twice Welsh Music Prize nominated artist and producer \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Anchoress\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (aka Catherine Anne Davies). This new record is the long-awaited follow-up to the UK Top 40 album \u003ci\u003eThe Art Of Losing \u003c\/i\u003eand features an all-star cast of guest vocalist, including Mercury Music Prize nominees \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHannah Pee\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003el\u003c\/b\u003e and Welsh-Cornish musician \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGwenno\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, long-time collaborator\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eJames Dean Bradfield\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003efrom \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eManic Street Preachers\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003ealso contributes vocals and electric guitar on ‘Throw Over Your Man’ - a song inspired by the love letters between literary legends Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville West - and newcomer \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEaves Wilder\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (Secretly Canadian) duets on ‘Damsels’.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eThe Art Of Losing\u003c\/i\u003e received wall-to-wall critical plaudits upon its release in 2021 and scooped up a raft of Album of The Year nods from\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/span\u003e, to\u003cspan\u003e Prog\u003c\/span\u003e, to the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMail on Sunday.\u003c\/span\u003e With\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSir Elton John \u003c\/strong\u003enaming it “one of my favourite records of the year” and\u003cspan\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eCaitlin Moran\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003ecalling it “the inadvertent, beautiful and truthful soundtrack to this moment”, it went on to sell over 10,000 physical copies via the power of word of mouth.\u2028\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThree-times Music Producers Guild nominated Davies created the new album at Black Lodge Studios, while being given access to \u003cstrong\u003ePete Townshend\u003c\/strong\u003e’s collection of vintage analogue synthesisers to produce an epic 14-track widescreen exploration of the nature of time and transformation. \u2028\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAgainst the backdrop of the birth of her first child, after multiple losses and the discovery of her grandmother's voice on a long lost cassette tape in her mother's attic, Davies found herself asking the question: \u003ci\u003e\"What can we build out of the past? Are we destined to be held down by it? Can we ever return to these past versions of ourselves?\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #eec01b;\"\u003eThe album will be released on two shades of double vinyl (coral and linen) with a leopard print etching on side 4. A third exclusive denim blue colour variant will also be available for members of LNFG. The single gatefold CD comes with a 24 page lyric booklet while the deluxe 2CD hardback media book edition will include a 48 page hardback book w\/ exclusive artwork, unseen photos, extended liner notes, scans from Catherine’s studio notebooks + 1 additional CD featuring original demos, alternative mixes, and writing demos. A strictly limited edition cassette album will also be available.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #e5b815;\" lang=\"EN\"\u003eTwo bundles will be available : \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #e5b815;\" lang=\"EN\"\u003eThe Almost Everything Bundle including a Linen LP, The Deluxe CD, CD and Cassette\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #e5b815;\" lang=\"EN\"\u003eThe Absolutely Everything Bundle including Both LPs. 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