long and welcome though it has been MESHMASS have at last broken their frosty silence, releasing in a sudden slurry (poss. "flurry" - ed.) a new 'album' on bandcamp, described as 'SOCIALLY DISTANCED', as well it might be, since it was. and is. and indeed will continue to be for the forseeable future, which is.... not long. it contains 8 pieces, all of which were recorded in 2 separate locations, richard providing piano, bass and guitar parts from lewes in england and peter responding with saxophone and field recordings from the mayenne, france. so this is a new way of working for MESHMASS, forced upon us by geographical convulsions and pandemic restrictions. it allows a little more consideration in the making of the music, but we have attempted to retain our habitual spontaneity by the stratagem of not knowing what we are doing at any point. much as usual, then, only different. some portions of it either are or will be available under the brand MESHMASS on soundcloud, and free listening is possible on BANDCAMP, where the whole thing can be downloaded in glorious hi-fidelity for a paltry £3:00. not a poultry £3:00, because that would be a chicken. so, as they like to say, in that new-fangled semi-threatening way we have discvovered - 'enjoy'.