Oliver Coates’ Throb, shiver, arrow of time is a portal into somatic chiaroscuro, aglow with the embers of imperfect memories and smudged with the plumes of internal echoes, which augment in vast, mercurial dimensions.

For his third album on RVNG Intl., the British cellist, composer and producer offers a capsule of personal resonance and remembrance, assembled over the past six years. Throb, shiver, arrow of time traces the familiar metallic anatomy and viscous string modulations of his 2020 release skins n slime, while cultivating his inner compulsions following a procession of lauded score writing projects, including the films Aftersun (Charlotte Wells, 2022), The Stranger (Thomas M Wright, 2022) and Occupied City (Steve McQueen, 2023).

Tracklist:

01. Ultra valid
02. Radiocello
03. Please be normal
04. Apparition (feat. Malibu)
05. Address
06. Backprint Radiation (feat. Faten Kanaan)
07. Shopping centre curfew
08. 90
09. Living branches (feat. chrysanthemum bear)
10. Make it happen