UK LP pressing. His first album since 2008's When the Haar Rolls In, I Was a Cat from a Book finds James playing with a new band comprised of members of Lamb & the Cinematic Orchestra alongside old friends. The album was produced by James Yorkston and Dave Wrench and mostly recorded live during 5 wintry days in Bryn Derwen Studios, North Wales. It's an album full of energy and great musicianship, and contains James' strongest and most bewildering set of songs yet.