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We Had Other Words

Twelve fictional lives · 1932–2026

Twelve songs follow the changing cost of ordinary words between men. A cinema seat, a coat, a cassette and two coffee mugs become measures of intimacy and permission.

Inside the work.

The protagonists are fictional. The project situates their lives within researched British queer history, while resisting a simple progression from repression to freedom. Its central concern is how much translation love requires in different rooms, relationships and periods.

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THE TWELVE FICTIONAL LIVES

A changing grammar.

These years belong to the fictional narrative, not to the recording dates.

  1. 1932

    The Picture Changes

    Looking
  2. 1937

    Another Fitting, Then

    Touch
  3. 1944

    The Wall Knocks Twice

    Signal
  4. 1958

    Your Coat on My Chair

    Home
  5. 1967

    The Man Outside the Church

    Conscience
  6. 1972

    The Address Inside My Shoe

    Movement
  7. 1978

    Everyone Knows the Knock

    Belonging
  8. 1986

    Say It with the Door Open

    Public language
  9. 1992

    Your Chair Is Empty

    Grief
  10. 2001

    We Left the Lights On

    Memory
  11. 2015

    Dinner Stays the Same

    Ordinary recognition
  12. 2026

    I Loved Him in Daylight

    Direct love

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After Dark edition cover: monochrome faces, reflections and a figure receding into shadow.
Sound Syntax of Paradox

The Indiscreet History of a Discreet Love

What happens to love when it cannot be named? Queer memory becomes a world of voice, rhythm, masks and image, approached through three distinct listening environments.

Record based on the artist’s published descriptions. Curatorial copy is an editorial synthesis. Primary source ↗ · Editorial method