Twenty-Two Strings

Twenty-Two Strings
Studio album by Ex-Easter Island Head
Released	5 August 2016 (2016-08-05)
Studio	Parr Street Studio 2 (Liverpool, UK)
Genre	Minimalism gamelan process music
Length	36:21
Label	Low Point
Producer	James Rand
Ex-Easter Island Head chronology
Large Electric Ensemble (2014 (2014)) Twenty-Two Strings (2016) Norther (2024 (2024))

Twenty-Two Strings is the fifth studio album by English minimalist ensemble Ex-Easter Island Head, released on 12 August 2016 by Low Point. It was recorded at Parr Street Studio 2 in Liverpool and features the group as a trio of Benjamin Duvall, Jonathan Hering, and Benjamin Fair, who joined the group during the period leading up to the recording.

According to Duvall, the album "is taking everything [the group] ha[s] done so far and putting it in one place."^[1] The album title, Twenty-Two Strings, refers to the total number of strings across four electric guitars and one bass guitar, as depicted on the album cover. Track titles draw attention to the different preparations and instruments used across the record.

The album received positive critical reviews and gained endorsement from Stewart Lee and James Holden, who, as festival curators, invited the ensemble to perform at All Tomorrow's Parties in 2016 and Le Guess Who? in 2017, respectively.