< To Pembury / To The Wells > is the sixth album by The Third Space, named after a road sign in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, where Henk used to live and where some of this album was recorded. More than five years in the making, it was finally released on April 29, 2023, after a significant delay, partly due to the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 and

< To Pembury / To The Wells > is the sixth album by The Third Space, named after a road sign in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, where Henk used to live and where some of this album was recorded. More than five years in the making, it was finally released on April 29, 2023, after a significant delay, partly due to the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 and 2021.

The majority of this album comprises songs forged from snippets Joe had recorded on his laptop over the years and shared with Henk in late 2018 and early 2019. Forever the "completer / finisher", Henk took these snippets and wrote first versions of the songs from them. "Banksy", "The Little Things", "Leith Hill", "Animals", "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead", "Tale of Two Lovers" and "Go Gently Into That Good Night" are all examples.

In October 2018 and March and August 2019, Joe and Henk spent time iterating these songs in joint sessions at Joe's house in Swansea, Wales. Some beer may have been consumed.

"Post-Human (Ghost in the Machine)" was slightly different. Although this also started out life as just one of Joe's "snippets", later elaborated by Henk, it wasn't until our occasional drummer and friend Mitch Deighton passed the song to his brother, Paul Deighton, renowned DJ and remixer at Ministry of Sound, that the current version was created. Paul's footprint on the song is immense and we are enormously grateful for his treatment.

Uncharacteristically for this record, one song was written whilst Henk and Joe were both present in the same room, in Joe's house in Swansea, one evening in August 2019: "Lost Without You".

Another solitary song was written by Joe alone, the plaintive ballad "I Love You", which chronicles the break-up of a relationship; though Henk sings harmonies and special effects on the track.

Drums: Mitch Deighton / Max Saidi Drum programming: Steven Separovich (column: inches); Paul Deighton Bass: Joe Farthing; Dan Giles; Hendrik Kleinsmiede; Steven Separovich (column: inches) Bass keys programming: Paul Deighton Guitar: Joe Farthing; Hendrik Kleinsmiede; Steven Separovich (column: inches) Keys: Siljan Panovski; Joe Farthing; Steven Separovich (column: inches); Paul Deighton Strings: Elliott Kempton / Niki Yaghmaee Saxophone (on "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead"): Fabian Saxy Vocals: Joe Farthing; Hendrik Kleinsmiede

Produced by: Paul Deighton: "Post Human (Ghost in the Machine)" for Mighty Moog records Siljan Panovski: "Banksy"; "Tale of Two Lovers" Steven Separovich (column inches): "Funk The Night Up (Last Night On Earth); "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead"; "The Little Things"; "I Love You"; "Animals"; "Lost Without You"; "Go Gently Into That Good Night"; "Leith Hill"