While I wait for my copy, I might as well talk Ghost Box for a bit. Anyone else heard much of their stuff? There's considerable differences between something like Broadcast and the Focus Group Investigate Witch Cults of the Radio Age, which feels to me like it's at the outer edges of the core Ghost Box sound, and From a Distant Star by Belbury Poly, which seems like one of the most straightforward examples of what Ghost Box is about.
My reaction to some of it may be a little different because I'm Canadian and the Ghost Box esthetic strikes me as being very very British, so although intellectually I can make sense of articles about the hauntological sound, etc, I sometimes feel I'd have a stronger response if I'd spent the early 1970s watching British kids shows and science programs and such. So much Ghost Box stuff is reportedly inspired by UK TV library music, the Radiophonic Workshop, etc. Recently I noticed that there were episodes from an old TV version of Alan Garner's The Owl Service on youtube, and my first reaction to the opening credits was, those Ghost Box people must be familiar with this.
All to get to the point that they do some retro synth stuff, John does some retro synth stuff, there's occasional psychedelia references on both sides, they both have a lot of conceptual underpinnings to their music, they share a few reference points, but they still have some significant differences. That makes me eager to hear this. And I'm curious about the reactions to this project from people who've never heard of Ghost Box before.
(For the record, my single favourite bit of Ghost Box so far is the Hintermass single The Open Songbook.)
Although I can't comment on your point Steve because I don't know any Ghost Box stuff besides Empty Avenues. That arrived today and I'm still digesting it. 
