When Anathema's 10th studio album 'Distant Satellites' was originally released in 2014, the Liverpool-based six piece were, in many respects, at a peak in their career. Following the success of 2012's 'Weather Systems'--widely acclaimed as one of the band's best works--& extensive global touring throughout 2012 & 2013, Anathema was brimming with vitality & artistic confidence. Very few predicted that 'Distant Satellites' would end up being the band's penultimate studio release--a fate that left scores of fans around the world devastated, but ultimately imbued the album with a sentimentality & nostalgia that only enhances the emotional weight of the songs within.