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Spanning nearly two decades, Andy Cartwright's exquisite output under the name Seabuckthorn requires little fanfare. Having relocated from the UK to the French Alps in the late twenty-tens, a plethora of battle-scarred guitars remain as Cartwright's main toolset. Yet, Seabuckthorn has subtly evolved from the primitive, Fahey-esque style of his earlier works (In Nightfall), through more experimental folk iterations heavily reliant on bowed strings and minimal percussive elements (They Haunted Most Thickly, Turns, A House With Too Much Fire). Reaching its most refined and sublime stage came as Cartwright began forging hymns of wood and steel that felt more at home on a mountain top than concealed inside some dank cathedral, shifting towards a deep droning, minimalistic approach (Other Other, Inlandscape). Lost Tribe Sound recalled a past conversation had with Cartwright, asking him to one day return with an album full of rhythm-laden work. Nearly ten years on from the release of 'Turns' on LTS, he has gifted us with 'Never the Same River.' The title was born from Cartwright's weekly ritual of walking the same mountain route and each time noticing small differences in the landscape. This led him to the famous quote, "No one ever steps in the same river twice, for they are not the same person, and it is not the same river."
