We at EM Records love to transport our listeners to new worlds other worlds; “Pantilde” this magical new album from Cornish avant-folk performance artist The Worm is indeed an ethereal new world: otherworldly but somehow rooted; an imaginary oral and musical story of everyday village life in an alternative Celtic landscape. The music here is strange yet familiar fantastical and enchanting while remaining simultaneously attached to the earth. Amy Lawrence aka The Worm plays cello harp recorders and percussion accompanying and framing her rich voice which is often overdubbed into lovely homespun vocal ensembles; they tell song-stories of mythical and mystical village life of nature and the human relationship with the natural world. The Worm can be considered part of a lineage which includes The Incredible String Band Shovel Dance Collective Bridget St John Dorothy Carter Vashti Bunyan Jessica Pratt Cathrine Howe Mary Lattimore Tristwch Y Fenywod and of course many others. “Pantilde” a time-trip to a dreamlike pastoral world that nevertheless feels distinctly realized is a remarkable avant-folk fantasia co-released with Prah Recordings.