"Written in 1976, and in two continuous sections, The Mantis and the Moon could be a kind of existential 'Insect/Lunar Comic-Tragedy of Whimsical Proportions'! A short frenetic Scherzo depicts the life of a praying mantis, especially in its incredible movements of swaying around then darting off. The more extended Largo depicts its death in which I imagined the dying mantis 'seeing' the moon and dreaming for the first time, before slowly curling up (represented by the slowly played tremolo fade-out) and all is still."

- Phillip Houghton, 1994

Recorded in Friedberg in March 2019

Video and Audio: Jakob Schmidt

Guitars: Lance Litchfield (Emma-Shay) and Jayson Elazzi (Hamish)

Guitar Supports: Guitarlift