Album Notes

They say coal, if it's kept underground, will turn into diamonds under pressure and time. Timothy Dick is keeper of a deep, gleaming mine of songs, some sooty and rough, others white and chiseled. He holds a bright light to his characters- they're refugees, damned and blind, but never too far gone to wince when Death steps past, or to pluck the lilies of the valley that bloom in its footfalls. And the song isn't over until he's taken that same bright light and turned it on himself. - Tim Gallogly