Vanderwolf's new ep leads with A side “When The Fire Grows Cold”, a piano-led cinematic nightmare-lullaby co-sung by the legendary musician-activist, Robert Wyatt.

The B side is “Extinction!”, a 7-minute Balkan-brass psychedelic fantasy featuring the late, great Daevid Allen’s glissando guitar solo and the wonderful Terry Edwards (PJ Harvey, Lydia Lunch, Tindersticks) on saxophone.

These two epic tracks capture the polarities of Vanderwolf’s vision: one song precise and quietly disturbing and one sprawling and transcendent.

As well as being a musician with a long and storied history (most notably as vocalist with semi-legendary London band Last Man Standing, whose sole album in 2007 received plaudits from Mojo and Uncut), Max Vanderwolf has a hugely successful career as a music programmer and concert producer, working for some of the worlds’ most celebrated clubs and concert venues.

Explains bandleader, Max Vanderwolf: “I had produced a tribute to Wyatt in NYC many years ago. Fred Frith, Peter Blegvad, Hugh Hopper, Chris Cutler and many others appeared. When I moved to London we had an opportunity to work together again and a lovely friendship evolved. It was daunting asking him to sing something I’d written. He turns down most invitations. But happily, he said yes. He said he thought he could sing this set of lyrics— and commented about the possibility of singing about his father. It was a huge relief to me-- I would've had to scrap the song if he had declined. It really was written for his voice.”

Watch the brilliant video “When the Fire Grows Cold” directed by Alden Volney.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCnN08lhQkA

Produced by drummer, Chris Wyles at his Camberwell, London studios, both songs feature Last Man Standing as the core ensemble. Chris Cordoba on guitar, Sam Sallon on keyboards, Will Muldrew on bass.

''Im a freak for the music of Soft Machine and Gong. And over the years, I had the opportunity to work with Gong -- in one case intentionally overpaying much to the dismay of their agent.'' Daevid, like Wyatt, is one of my true heroes and he became a true friend. When I asked him to play guitar on this track he didn't hesitate.

The idea of these tracks being paired is partially due to the thematic link of
songs -but also link by the association of Wyatt and Allen, who met as kids and went on to form the pioneering Soft Machine who were regulars at the UFO club and the Roundhouse playing on bills with their contemporaries, Jimi Hendrix and Pink Floyd.

A new album from Vanderwolf will be released this summer.