Following a string of electroacoustic releases with Australian label Room40, The Necks’ pianist Chris Abrahams is set to share his new solo piano album via the imprint. Appearance features two long form pieces, “Surface Level” and “As A Vehicle, The Dream”, the latter of which is streamed for the first time here.

These new compositions are released alongside an anniversary edition of Abrahams’s 2005 album Thrown, which saw him playing a positive organ, piano and a DX-7 synthesizer. “It was the first recording Chris had made like it,” says Room40 label head Lawrence English, “and in my opinion it set a benchmark which has guided his numerous releases for Room40.”

Appearance is released on 20 November. It's available to pre-order now.

Read an interview with Australian trio The Necks in The Wire 356, in print or online.