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The story of Summon The Birds begins in a Japanese restaurant in Glen Waverly, Melbourne, in April 2007. Jonathan Shaw and Peter Woodlands mutually mustered forth the intention to create a piece of Art, pure and new, entitled 48. After a ceremony in a shed in Warrandyte involving blood, runes, and a shaking shaman called Richard, rehearsals began, with Kris Arrowsmith brought in on drums. The basic tracks were laid down at Head Gap studios in Preston, in the company of world-class engineer Brent Punshon and his equally stunning tape machine, with initial guitar tracks performed by Ian Posthumous and his legendary SG. Fifty-five-and-a-half hours later, the bare bones of a record were in place, which then entered a four-and-a-half-year overdubbing and mixing period, during which guitarist Tim Clarke entered the fray. Jonathan Shaw (Sagittarius) - guitar, vocals In Amsterdam in October 1998, a vision of Albert Einstein appeared to Jono, suggesting that he ought to have a go at writing