Honest Words is an EP by Scottish singer-songwriter King Creosote

King Creosote

Kenny Anderson, known primarily by his stage name King Creosote, is an independent singer-songwriter from Fife, Scotland. To date, Anderson has released over forty albums, with his latest, Thrawn, released in 2011. Anderson is also a member of Scottish-Canadian band, The Burns Unit...

 and English electronica

Electronica

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 musician Jon Hopkins

Jon Hopkins

Jon Hopkins is a London-based producer and musician who writes and performs his own melodic electronica and dance music. After starting his career performing keyboard for Imogen Heap, he's produced or contributed to albums by Brian Eno, Coldplay, David Holmes, and others...

, released on September 19, 2011 on Domino Records. The release is available on 12" vinyl

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 and digital download

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Following on from their Mercury Prize

Mercury Prize

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 nominated debut, Diamond Mine

Diamond Mine (King Creosote and Jon Hopkins album)

Diamond Mine is a collaborative studio album by Scottish singer-songwriter King Creosote and English electronica musician Jon Hopkins, released on March 28, 2011 on Domino Records. Inspired by the East Neuk of Fife, the album combines Creosote's songs with field recordings by Hopkins...

, the EP features two new recordings alongside a reworking of album track, "Bats in the Attic".

Background

Unlike their collaborative debut, the EP is not directly influenced by the East Neuk of Fife, with Domino Records noting, "Lyrically, there's more soul-searching than Fife folklore on the EP follow up to Diamond Mine [...] The music underneath follows these thoughts into more expansive, crystalline realms, far away from the harbours and tea-rooms where they began."

Track listing

Written by Kenny Anderson and Jon Hopkins, except where noted.

1. "Honest Words" (Anderson/Hopkins/Johnston)
2. "Aurora Boring Alias"
3. "Bats in the Attic (Unravelled)"

Musicians

• King Creosote
  King Creosote
  Kenny Anderson, known primarily by his stage name King Creosote, is an independent singer-songwriter from Fife, Scotland. To date, Anderson has released over forty albums, with his latest, Thrawn, released in 2011. Anderson is also a member of Scottish-Canadian band, The Burns Unit...
  
   - lead vocals, acoustic guitars, lyrics
• Jon Hopkins
  Jon Hopkins
  Jon Hopkins is a London-based producer and musician who writes and performs his own melodic electronica and dance music. After starting his career performing keyboard for Imogen Heap, he's produced or contributed to albums by Brian Eno, Coldplay, David Holmes, and others...
  
   - piano, Casiotone
  Casiotone
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  , electronics, field recordings, atmospheres, percussion, organ
• Lisa Elle - additional vocals ("Honest Words")
• Sarah Jones - drums ("Honest Words")
• Phil Wilkinson - drums ("Bats in the Attic")

Recording personnel

• Jon Hopkins - producer, arrangements
• Guy Davie - mastering
• Julie McLarnon - guitar and vocal recording ("Honest Words")
• Cherif Hashizume - drum recording
• King Creosote - vocal recording ("Aurora Boring Alias")