Inner Roads and Outer Paths/Vic Mars (Clay Pipe Music)
“Inner Roads and Outer Paths” is Vic Mars’ third release for Clay Pipe Music, following the widely acclaimed “The Land And The Garden” and “The Soundtrack To the Hospice” – the latter a cassette only release of Mars’ music to the Robert Aickman short story featured on Gideon Coe’s BBC6Music show. Clay Pipe Music is often characterised by albums that set a specific time and place. The label’s debut release – “The Fields Lie Sleeping Underneath” by The Hardy Tree (aka label supremo and art designer Frances Castle) embarks back to the North London at the beginning of the 20 th Century. “Tyneham House” regresses to a community frozen in time during World War Two when the UK military took over a small village for top secret manoeuvres. “Inner Roads and Outer Paths” journeys to the more recent past of Vic Mars’ childhood in Herefordshire. There have been songs that document the changes discovered when one returns to their old home after many years away – always expecting the