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The Thief Of Time
We Are Cosmic Ep
Sprechen - Cat No: SMV012
- updated:2026-04-02
The new release from The Thief Of Time — a project that began as Chris Massey's solo endeavor on El Diablo's Social Club and later grew to include guitarist Mike Grubert and Lady Lady — their first since the 2023 album. Dubby, soundtrack-like cosmic synthesizer disco, epic instrumentals, plus vocal features. (Saito)
Track List
Since arriving at the back end of 2023, Chris Massey's Thief Of Time quickly evolved from a solo project into a live 3 piece alongside fellow electronic explorers; Lady Lady and Mike Grubert. The trio quickly played sold out solo shows at The Golden Lion, The Yard & YES with festival appearances and supporting the likes of Lindstrøm and Hifi Sean & David McAlmont.
We Are Cosmic follows on from the semi-autobiographical predecessor 'Where Do I Belong?' and is a deeper voyage through neon nights with a retro-future soundtrack of stacked synths, lush, layered guitars and ethereal vocals by Massey and Lady Lady, who takes her place as an honorary Thief member on this release.
Personal experiences of love, loss, deception, mental well-being and the ever-evolving gentrification of Manchester City Centre along with a response to many gate keepers within are all challenged on the E.P.
Where dark is light, light is dark and emotions are electronic, We Are Cosmic is a natural evolution of The Thief Of Time with elements of contemporaries like New Order, Pet Shop Boys, The Fuck Buttons, Chromatics and The Cocteau Twins being present alongside current inspirations such as Nabihah Iqbal and Night Tapes.
We Are Cosmic follows on from the semi-autobiographical predecessor 'Where Do I Belong?' and is a deeper voyage through neon nights with a retro-future soundtrack of stacked synths, lush, layered guitars and ethereal vocals by Massey and Lady Lady, who takes her place as an honorary Thief member on this release.
Personal experiences of love, loss, deception, mental well-being and the ever-evolving gentrification of Manchester City Centre along with a response to many gate keepers within are all challenged on the E.P.
Where dark is light, light is dark and emotions are electronic, We Are Cosmic is a natural evolution of The Thief Of Time with elements of contemporaries like New Order, Pet Shop Boys, The Fuck Buttons, Chromatics and The Cocteau Twins being present alongside current inspirations such as Nabihah Iqbal and Night Tapes.
"Since arriving at the end of 2023, Chris Massey's Thief Of Time has rapidly evolved from a solo project into a three-piece performing live alongside fellow electronic explorers Lady Lady and Mike Grubert. Headline shows at The Golden Lion, The Yard and YES sold out quickly, with festival appearances and support slots for Lindstrøm and Hifi Sean & David McAlmont. 'We Are Cosmic' follows the semi-autobiographical 'Where Do I Belong?', traveling deeper into the neon night with retro-futurist soundtracks layered with stacked synths, lush layered guitars and the ethereal vocals of Massey and Lady Lady. The E.P. draws on personal experiences of love, loss, deception, mental wellbeing and the ongoing gentrification of Manchester city centre, along with a reply to its many gatekeepers — everything is challenged here. The dark is light, the light is dark, and the emotional is electronic. We Are Cosmic is the natural evolution of The Thief Of Time, where elements of contemporaries such as New Order, Pet Shop Boys, Fuck Buttons, Chromatics and Cocteau Twins sit alongside present-day inspirations like Nabihah Iqbal and Night Tapes. (from the info sheet)"