Annie A is the one-off collaborative project between Félicia Atkinson, Christina Petrie and Time is Away’s Jack Rollo and Elaine Tierney, with Maxine Funke also appearing on their debut album, The Wind That Had Not Touched Land. Released on A Colourful Storm in 2025, the geographically diverse ensemble explores the delicate interplay between the human voice, electronics and organic found sound. Its seeds were sown during A Colourful Storm’s last event at Cafe OTO, a spring night in 2022, when the stage was shared by Atkinson, Time is Away and Petrie after years of mutual appreciation. On record, Petrie’s voice drifts effortlessly from a wide-eyed stream of consciousness to crystalline sensory expression and accompanies Atkinson’s textural tones that reflect upon the fragility of ecology and surrendering of self to air, rain, and earth. Time is Away’s layering of sonic accoutrements and sensitivity to detail is likened to the meticulous textile assembly of Anni Albers, whose enduring spirit and seeking of wonder in intricacies guides the project.

“A tentative interplay of contrasting vocalisations - whispers, repeated phrases, always lyrical or melodic” - The Wire