Jarvis Cocker releases free, National Trust, album

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As what should probably come as no surprise, given Jarvis Cocker’s love of all thing English, the great man has recorded an album for The National Trust. For free. You can download it here, and this is what the NT have to say about it:

We are famed for our care of some of the nation’s most visually stunning locations; from castles and gardens to great swathes of coast and countryside, which are often promoted as havens of tranquillity. But the release of our new album is the first time that the very sounds of these special places have been given their place in the spotlight.

Jarvis Cocker, best known as the former front-man for the band Pulp, has worked with us to produce the album, entitled National Trust: The Album, comprising of British natural sounds including birdsong, crashing waves and wind breezing through a country garden.

Eleven of our special places across England, Northern Ireland and Wales feature on the album, so we hope you’ll enjoy listening to the sounds of these places – to hear them for real, come along for a visit – we’re closer than you think.

I’m going to have a listen now… let us know what YOU think of the sounds of gravel… and gardens… and old homes…