limited transparent 180g red lp in gatefold sleeve + 8pp booklet a rite-of-passage concept album with a young character called travla at the centre of it, 'the circus and the nightwhale''s 13 tracks have an autobiographical angle for the musician.hackett says about his 30th solo release: “i love this album. it says the things i’ve been wanting to say for a very long time.” recorded between tours in 2022 and 2023 at siren studio in the uk – with guest parts beamed in from sweden, austria, the us, azerbaijan and denmark, the line-up for “the circus and the nightwhale” includes some familiar faces alongside steve on electric and acoustic guitars, 12-string, mandolin, harmonica, percussion, bass and vocals.
