RR 261020

Totoya Hokkei\'s Three Crows against the Rising Sun: three crows, one black and two grey, swoop down past a large orange rising sun, beside a column of brushed calligraphy — Plate. Totoya Hokkei, *Three Crows against the Rising Sun*, from the series *Three Sheets* (Mihira no uchi), mid-1810s. Woodblock print (surimono); ink and colour on paper, 21 × 18.4 cm. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929.

MG x CD + JL =

Cross Whisper

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Martin Gore of Depeche Mode and the artist and lyricist Cliff Damavandi, in a new project. The song grew from Gore telling Damavandi about the birds that came when people and animals close to him died: “When my mother died, a bird came, and again when my dog passed.” Out today on Mute.

ACCESSION: RR 261020
ARTIST: MG x CD + JL = (Martin Gore × Cliff Damavandi)
FORMAT: Single (2026); limited 12″ with remixes due 4 December
PRODUCER: Martin Gore
MIX: Marta Salogni
BACKING VOCALS: Arielle Sitrick, Johnny Lee
LABEL: Mute
FILED: 20 October 2026

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