Tenth anniversary re-press of Gravenhurst's 2004 mini- album, the companion piece to their first album on Warp, `Flashlight Seasons'. Includes a download card and new sleevenotes from Nick Talbot.
A mini-album half an hour in length and comprised of six songs, Nick Talbot aka Gravenhurst regarded it as a set of clues to the sound of future Gravenhurst records. A noisier and more overtly lo-fi record of dark pastoral psychedelia, `Black Holes In The Sand' firmly established an enduring Gravenhurst aesthetic: enigmatic lyrics, ghostly vocals and virtuoso finger-picked guitars against a backdrop of cinematic, shape-shifting, semi-conscious textures; subliminal transmissions from the surrounding landscape. For the last decade the title track has frequently featured as the show closer, with its sprawling second half ending the performance amidst a wall of quaking feedback, electronic pulsations and pounding ceremonial drums; a sonic evocation of the forces of nature.
