The Almond & the Seahorse (soundtrack)

The Almond & the Seahorse
Soundtrack album by
Released24 February 2023
Recorded2021–2022
Studio
  • Playpen (Bristol, England)
  • Llandaff North Scout Hall (Cardiff, Wales)
  • Wings for Jesus (Cardiff, Wales)
Length1:09:24
LabelRough Trade
ProducerGruff Rhys
Gruff Rhys chronology
Seeking New Gods
(2021)
The Almond & the Seahorse
(2023)
Sadness Sets Me Free
(2024)
Singles from The Almond & the Seahorse
  1. "People Are Pissed" / "Arogldarth"
    Released: 9 March 2022
  2. "Amen b/w "Love Love Love"
    Released: 15 December 2022
  3. "Layer upon Layer" / "Orea"
    Released: 24 January 2023
  4. "I Want My Old Life Back" / "Liberate Me from the Love Song"
    Released: 21 February 2023

The Almond & the Seahorse is a soundtrack album by the Welsh musician Gruff Rhys, composed for the 2022 film of the same name and released on 24 February 2023 through Rough Trade Records. It follows his previous album, the critically acclaimed Seeking New Gods (2021), and it is his second full-length soundtrack album after the 2016 soundtrack for the film Set Fire to the Stars (2014). Recorded in bursts during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown across England, Wales, and France, it mixes original songs with instrumentals, several of which prominently feature the Mellotron and the cello. Preceded by eight of its twenty-two tracks, it debuted at no. 1 on the UK Soundtrack Albums Chart, and it was met with generally positive reviews.