"A Blade Because A Blade Is Whole" is the latest album from London-based composer-poet-activist-improviser Alabaster DePlume, his first major work following 2022"s "Gold" and 2020"s "To Cy & Lee: Instrumentals Vol 1". The 11-song album covers all of DePlume"s musical touchstones: lush and gentle instrumentals informed by ghostly ancient folk melodies; groove-focused rhythm explorations as a bed for self-searching spoken declamations; sweeping and beautiful string arrangements (in this case by Macie Stewart) set against his trademark vibrato-infused tenor sax whispermoan. A1 Oh My Actual Days 3:47 A2 Thank You My Pain 2:59 A3 Invincibility 3:07 A4 Form A V 3:06 A5 A Paper Man 4:53 A6 Who Are You Telling, Gus 3:56 B1 Prayer For My Sovereign Dignity 4:01 B2 Kuzushi 2:40 B3 Salty Road Dogs Victory Anthem 3:56 B4 Too True 2:34 B5 That Was My Garden 7:34