Robert Sandall: “Let's talk about some of the other influences on the album. I gather Alice Coltrane - a piece by Alice Coltrane - was quite influential on one of the tracks.”

Jonny Greenwood: “Yeah, there's a series of records on the Impulse label that just all seem to feature lots of tambourine shaking and bell shaking and harps, people like Alice Coltrane and Pharoah Saunders. That was again something that we found only fairly recently. Wonderful textures to the records, and very atmospheric recordings, which is a criticism that some people often make of jazz, that the recordings can sound dry or sound like they're a bit clinical, but her records have a depth to them that we try to emulate.”

Ed: I had a feeling that what I’m trying to do is, I’m trying to make sort of sacred music. I listen to a lot of Alice Coltrane, devotional music. I love it, but I don’t want to force it. It has to be a very natural thing, because I also like powerful music. When you hear a track like “Kashmir” by Led Zeppelin, there’s a power to it, there’s a sacredness to that music. I think Zeppelin touched those moments really brilliantly. I listened to [John Coltrane’s] A Love Supreme a lot, trying to understand the language of that, or just the feeling of that. I never force anything, it’s just what comes out, and it’s like feeling, okay, that feels right.