John Metcalfe - Tree

John Metcalfe’s new album consists of eight (six for the vinyl format) immersive compositions that take the listener through twenty-four hours in the life of one of nature’s most majestic creations.
The Durutti Column viola-playing master - a composer and arranger for the likes of U2, Coldplay, Peter Gabriel and Blur, as well as co-founder with Tony Wilson of the Factory Classical label - had been composing music spontaneously, instinctively, when the idea of ‘Tree’ arrived. The album came from a desire in John Metcalfe to write at scale - perhaps a natural reaction for a composer writing out of the silences and solitude of our recent pandemic years.