BACK STORY: VULPINE VERSES

● As Days Get Dark ’s Fable Of The Urban Fox describes two country foxes facing hostility in the city. It was inspired by Moffat reading about newspapers’ demonisation of these incomers – “the same papers that are demonising migrants, so it was a very clear metaphor. I don’t even see it as a political song – it’s a human decency song.” Moffat partly credits his exploration of Scottish folk music – caught in Paul Fegan’s 2016 documentary Where You’re Meant To Be – as priming him for this atypical direction. “I like telling stories as much now as I do talking about myself.”