Flower Days launched towards the end of April and it was gratifying see reviews shoot up during those Spring months. Below are some highlights of what people had to say. Also, follow the YouTube link to check out M G Boulter's insightful "making of" podcast where Samantha and Matt discuss the genesis of the album and how it all came to fruition.

"A deeply felt and humane work full of quiet joy and love of life and nature, this fresh and evocative release is one to savour."—KLOF Magazine

"The sound of the flowing mountain spring yields to a soft , gentle, theme before Samantha steps forward to deliver a passionate lead vocal for the album's title track."—At The Barrier

"[...] both are imaginative and sensitive songwriters. It is perhaps therefore no surprise that this joint effort, their third project working together, works so well [...] The music is gentle with stunning harmonies and, at times, a soothing swaying rhythm."—FATEA

The latter half of 2024 saw the release of new music from Pyrofon founder's electro-skewed alias, Palermo. Early 2025 will see more from this project, as well as an intriguing flower-themed release from long-time collaborative duo M G Boulter & Samantha Whates.

M G Boulter and Samantha Whates have been collaborating since 2014. Both respected and busy singer songwriters in their own right, they are set to release their third collaborative project in the spring of 2025. Flower Days is a collection of alt-folk and experimental recordings, inspired by flowers and their cultural significance throughout history. Recorded at the historic Cambo Country House and Estate in Fife in the winter of 2024, by producer Douglas Whates, Flower Days blends the duo’s well established songwriting style with the Estate’s inspirational surroundings.

Pyrofon welcomes composer Matt Rogers to the fold. The embodiment of genre-defiance, Matt (a.k.a. Gameshow Outpatient, a.k.a. The Something Puffs) writes classical concert music, opera, prog-punk, chiptune and experimental electronica. He has been artist in residence at Southbank Centre, Tokyo Wondersite and Royal Opera, and his music has been called ‘spellbindingly beautiful’ (TEMPO), ‘neurotic, fiercely atmospheric’ (The Times), ‘strikingly original’ (The Spectator), ‘crazed motherboard abuse’ (We Need No Swords), and ‘pretty damn great’ (Bleep).

His first release on Pyrofon is Haunt Game, a collaboration with acclaimed author M. John Harrison. Recipient of the presitigious Goldsmiths Prize for his novel The Sunken Land Begins to Rise Again, Harrison continues to elude categorisation with his most recent offering, the sublime anti-memoir Wish I Was Here. Further probing at boundaries, Haunt Game sees the author performing words adapted from Wish I Was Here, with composer Rogers deftly weaving them into an audiobook from a fever dream.

From the liner notes: 'Over time, we come to be haunted by our previous selves, by their thoughts and words, the sounds they have heard and made. In Haunt Game, M. John Harrisonʼs text about a life in writing and Matt Rogersʼs music, a collaged retrospective, haunt themselves and each other.'

Haunt Game is released digitally on 22nd December 2023, with CD to follow early 2024. Head over to the release page to listen now and pre-order.