Songs of Solace is a musical response to Julie Nicholson's book A Song for Jenny. The book details the harrowing events surrounding the 7/7 London bombings in which the lives of Julie's daughter Jenny and fifty-one others were cruelly taken. The writing and recording of this disc has been a 5 year process - gradually refining the material through live performances until it felt ready. The songs with words are all settings of texts quoted in the book or included in Jenny's funeral service. The songs without words are a more visceral response to having read and re-read the book: sorrow, questioning, anger, despair, grief, memory, love.

Tracklist:

The Traveller
Fear No More I. Prelude
Fear No More II. Where Are You?
Fear No More III. Lament
Fear No More IV. Fear No More
Life's Strange Waltz
Idle Tears
Defiled
A Time
Fear No More Reprise
Anointed I. Anointed
Anointed II. Flowing, Gushing
Anointed III. Timeless Ritual
Anointed IV. In Preparation For Battle
Anointed V. Coda
The Traveller Reprise
Remembrance

UPC: 5065001015045
Label: Integra Records Uk
Release Date: 10.9.12
Format: CD

Christian Forshaw & the Sanctuary Ensemble - Songs of Solace (CD)