Conceived on a midnight journey through the south of England, Thee Single Spy's appearance on the internet coincided with his progress into the high green woods and low fogs of north London, bringing with him a guitar, the paperwork associated with the fledgling Pigeon English Records and the assistance of Thee Extended Spy Ring.
Death blues, folk songs of betrayal lust loss murder and the elopement of Joanna Newsom with a swarthy Russian became particular fixations and fodder for the creative juices.