All the music on this record is composed by the band, sometimes co-writing at others individually, and many are tunes. The final track 'Maxwell's Light' is a tribute to Scottish scientist James Clerk Maxwell, arguably most famous for his unifying theory of electromagnetic radiation published in 1861-2. A true Victorian polymath he was also a fine engineer and the inventor of light-fast colour photography.
Three of the four songs are poems by Orcadian writers set to new tunes by the band. The fourth is a tribute to a lost relative.
Fara - Times From Times Fall (Fara Music, FARA002, 19 October 2018).
Fara - Times From Times Fall
- The Port Polka / Rognvald Ritch, The Little / The Shore
- Speir Thoo The Wast Wind
- At The Ebb
- 7, 8, Nein / I'll Do It Last Friday
- Song (Love Gathers All)
- Miss Rosa Sermanni Holmes / Vintage Pals / Upside Down Under
- Frances' Day
- See It All
- The Depliction / My Favourite Cow / Farewell To The Prid
- Simple Dirt / The Fighter
- The Road Home
- Maxwell's Light
In my opinion absolutely everything on this album is well worth listening to. The lead release taken from it is 'Speir Thoo The Wast Wind', a poem by Christina Costie set to music by Fara. It is available to listen on Spotify here.
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