My record collection
[286] Cheval Sombre - Time Waits For No One (LP)

This was the first of the two albums by Cheval Sombre released in early 2021 on Sonic Cathedral. I’ve already covered its partner Days Go By which was released a few months later.

Cheval Sombre - Time Waits For No One (LP)

Dean plays guitar on one track “I Could” and Britta plays bass on “No Place to Fall” and adds vocals to “Curtan Grove”.

I do rather love the sleeves of these two albums, and the Art Nouveau typeface used which reminded me of the one on The Moody Blues Every Good Boy Deserves Favour.

The sleeves were by artist and printmaker Craig Carry based in Cork in Ireland, this is what his website says about them:

Both albums "Time Waits for No One" and "Days Go By" are intended as a pair: envisioned by Chris [Porpora aka Cheval Sombre] like Blake's books of innocence and experience, "…but releasing experience first, with a light at the end of the tunnel, with innocence second". Art direction is following the concept of time, with earthly/celestial journeys represented by an austere, minimal bird in flight with horizontal/vertical stained glass-like flight paths over both records.

Colour palette for [Time Waits For No One] inspired by the paintings of Georges Rouault, the horizontal orientation details "the sensual journey between birth and death" [...] "Days Go By" comprises the minimal austere bird flying vertically, to indicate a more heavenly, celestial journey, this celestial colour palette sourced from a magazine photo of a chapel's stained glass windows.

Crucially, the pair of LP covers overlap to form a super-imposed cross "linked together, suggesting the wholeness of human experience. Two birds flying in different directions, but the trail they leave behind, telling a subtle important story".

Craig Carry - album covers

My copy is the limited edition “frosted clear and blue splatter” vinyl that was exclusive to Bandcamp and limited to 150 copies.

• Catalogue Number: AHFOW 12/090
• Artist: Cheval Sombre
• Title: Time Waits For No One
• Format: LP
• Bought from Sonic Cathedral for £20 + postage
• Buy ‘Time Waits For No One’ on Bandcamp