Harry Fowler has stepped out with a record under his own name. Blankets, the Wunderhorse guitarist’s debut solo album, arrived independently on October 30, alongside “Perfect Colours”. Eight tracks make up the release, which is available to hear digitally while the first vinyl pressing awaits its November shipping date.

Harry Fowler sits with an acoustic guitar beside a turntable in a black and white photograph.
Harry Fowler. Photo: Harry Fowler / Blankets release publicity.

There were only three hundred copies in the initial vinyl run. Fowler’s shop now marks it sold out, as checked on November 1. The listing is still useful for people who ordered: it specifies black twelve-inch vinyl, a printed inner sleeve and 45rpm playback. The advertised dispatch date is November 27.

That puts four weeks between the digital release and the planned dispatch of those records. Delivery comes after dispatch, of course, so November 27 is the date to look for shipping rather than a guaranteed arrival. There is no need to wait those four weeks to hear the music. The album’s release page has listening options across streaming services.

The running order gives Blankets two almost equal halves. “Stoner Talk” opens side A, followed by “Blankets 1”, “Eclipse” and “Forget”. Turn the record over and “Blankets 2” starts side B. “Perfect Colours”, “Interlude” and “Gameboy” complete it. The numbered title tracks are separated by two songs and the side change.

Add up the published digital timings and side A lasts fourteen minutes and sixteen seconds. Side B comes to fourteen minutes and two seconds. Only fourteen seconds separates their lengths. For anyone streaming from the beginning, stopping after “Forget” reproduces the break in the vinyl sequence. It is a small way of following the physical edition’s layout while copies are still waiting to ship.

“Perfect Colours” lasts four minutes and thirty-two seconds, making it the longest track here. It arrives fairly late, sixth out of eight, with the much shorter “Interlude” immediately afterwards. Fowler has also put out an official visualiser for the song. Start there for the single, or start with “Stoner Talk” to reach it in album order; the two routes land at different points in the same twenty-eight-minute record.

For vinyl owners, the 45rpm specification deserves a second glance when the parcel arrives. A twelve-inch disc does not automatically mean 33⅓rpm. Use the speed given on this release to hear it at the intended pitch and pace.

For Wunderhorse listeners, Blankets offers a separate artist catalogue to explore. The name on the album is Harry Fowler. The three-hundred-copy pressing may have gone, but the digital release remains available; a further vinyl run has not been promised in the current shop listing.