Richard Moult Sjóraust

Richard Moult Sjóraust Reviewed by Grey Malkin (The Hare & The Moon) Sj�raust is the latest release from the prolific Richard Moult; composer, artist, poet, frequent collaborator with the likes of Alison ODonnell, David Colohan and member of wyrd folk collective United Bible Studies. Recorded and inspired by his wild and weather beaten home base of the Scottish Outer Hebrides, the ghosts of both previous Gaelic and Norse inhabitants permeate this recording, giving the album its title; an amalgamation of two Norse words meaning Sea Voice. Moult explains When Glen (from the Second Language label) asked me to record an album for Second Language documenting the landscapes of the Outer Hebrides, I initially spent a brief time walking the beaches where I live, thinking how best to approach this project. Eventually, as I looked out into the abyssal Atlantic, time dropped away, and all that then seemed to possess my consciousness was the voice of the sea... From that moment on, I needed on...