Catholics Against Architecture is Chris Connelly (Finitribe / Pigface / Revolting Cocks). Here he has crafted rivulets subdued of noise, location recordings, tender guitar work, tape manipulation and all kinds of other sounds into sonic collages, spoken word, fractured melodies, with vocals reminiscent of David Bowie.

From its occasionally lo-fi stature (due to being recorded on antiquated reel to reel and various cassette players in a state of disrepair) to its jittery blend of free jazz, tone poetry, labyrinthine textural currents and found sounds, passages of hiss and mature songcraft, "Columns" points to an artist perfectly at ease. An artist continuing to explore new trajectories and remain true to his place as someone far more than the sum of his parts.

Thematically bound to an anti-religion stance which makes sense in these especially turbulent times where rampant polarisation is galvanised by religion as well as politics, "Columns" stands as a testament to something that can never be compounded enough. The title itself subtly refers to the columns found within churches as well as the columns of smoke generated by religious war.

Ltd x 300 copies in a digipak.