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Only Children

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Spinning 07:50
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Blue Hour 04:49
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Murmuration I 05:54
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Murmuration II 03:22
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Murmuration III 01:54
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Stunt 02:02
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Contortion 04:32
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Begin Again 07:33
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Sibling 02:41
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about

'Only Children' is a collaborative work between Anthony Christopher (Fictions), James Lees (Ghostwoods, Silver Sircus), and Joshua MacGregor (Spirit Lights).

Developed out of demos and sketches initially recorded to a mobile phone, compositions were approached in a similar way to painting - thinking about sound as brushstrokes on a canvas, as colour or texture, then stepping back to examine how different elements interact together. Altering or reducing until an image formed. Recorded in a home studio environment by Jim Jones (Scum Vegas) across 2023-2024, the collective contributions birthed something that feels simultaneously intimate and distant, existing at the border between the alluring and the ominous sides of suspense.

Making use of piano, nylon string guitar, drums, synthesisers and drone elements, the album’s nine tracks traverse themes of identity, creation, human limitations and obsessions, illusion versus reality, and time’s passage.

Symbolism is deployed across the album as a vehicle for storytelling and predominantly has origins in nature and memory. Much like the artworks selected, sounds from the natural world are used symbolically throughout to communicate movement, tension, and turning points. Sounds drawn from musical instruments serve a similar purpose in signalling changes to scenery, as is reflected in album centrepiece Murmuration which uses enveloping orchestral strings, coiling piano runs and trailing sine wave arpeggios to symbolise the synchronised movements and patterns of birds swarming in the sky. Similarly, opening track Spinning sonically depicts totems of childhood. An exploration of the contrasts between innocence and corruption, the surface and the unseen threats that lie beneath it, the long-form piece of music transpires in slow motion across an imagined playground-like setting with hypnotic nylon string guitar figures and sparse drums left hanging in the air until delicate piano phrases provide a space for landing.

'Only Children' is an album of ever-shifting landscapes, distortions of natural phenomena, and recurrent dualities. Unfolding with a dreamlike quality, it creates a circular narrative ending where it began.

The album is dedicated to David Lynch (1946-2025).

credits

released October 16, 2025

Composed and Performed by Anthony Christopher

With help from
James Lees:
Piano and drums on ‘Spinning'
Field recordings on 'Blue Hour'
Piano and drones on ‘Murmuration'
Drones on ‘Stunt'
Piano and drones on 'Contortion'

Joshua MacGregor:
Modular synths on 'Begin Again'

Produced, Recorded, and Mixed by Jim Jones

Mastered by Andrew Garton

Artwork by Lend Me Your Underbelly / Christian Berends - lendmeyourunderbelly.com

Special thanks to the Floydd’s - who generously opened their home and provided the space and resources used to record all collaborative pieces.

‘Spinning', dedicated to Ming (2013-2025). A life teacher and listener, she was an overseeing presence across the album’s mixing and production sessions, embedding her personal Hz in the process.

Created on the unceded lands of the Turrbal and Yuggera people.

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Fictions Brisbane, Australia

Fictions is the instrumental music project of Anthony Christopher from Magandjin (Brisbane), Australia.

Drawing inspiration from film, literature, memory, and the temperamentality of nature, atmosphere-driven compositions invite the listener into imagined worlds and landscapes where storytelling takes place through sound. ... more

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