Breathing Instruments will include contributions from a range of artists, including Julianna Barwick, Mary Lattimore, Emily A. Sprague, Andy Strain, Úlfur, Kacey Johansing, Constant Shapes and more.

Pitchfork reports that each artist was directed to create a song that highlights "the ways in which instruments sound like they are breathing". The Bandcamp pre-order page states, "Some have recreated the literal experience of feeling or hearing the human breath. Others take a more abstract approach, where "breathing" is more motif than object of emulation."

On Instagram last night (26 July), Smith shared a snippet of Jeremiah Chiu's "Poems One & Fourteen" track.

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New release from the label I started @touchtheplants is a available for pre order now. It is a compilation album inspired by the many ways that instruments sound like they are breathing. This is a sound clip from @some_all_none go to Touchtheplants bandcamp page or website for pre order. thank you to all the artists that contributed! @bathsmusic @juliannabarwick @maryoverthere @crbear @coolmaritime @ulfur_ @kaceyjohansing @constantshapes @mlesprg @t45hi @kathrynshu Andy Strain @sinusoidaltendencies - big thank you to photographer @chantalaanderson for the amazing cover photo

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The compilation album will follow on from Smith's own The Mosaic of Transformation LP that arrived in May, and her recent singles "Grasslands" and "Lagoon".

Tracklist:

1. Dim Arc - Breeze Shapes
2. Sunmoonstar - Sleepy Dragon
3. Emily A. Sprague - Flew
4. Fools - I Can See Your Voice Thru The Trees
5. Cool Maritime & Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - Daybreak
6. Constant Shapes - Wind Leaf Shimmer
7. Kathryn Shuman - Objects
8. Jeremiah Chiu (Feat. Stephen Honer) - Poems One and Fourteen
9. Kacey Johansing - Whales of Agate
10. Julianna Barwick - Newborn
11. Mary Lattimore - She Remembers Sitka
12. Geotic - Uncaught
13. Andy Strain - Patience
14. Bana Haffar - Circulations
15. Úlfur (Feat. Cellist Gyda Valtýsdóttir) - Feathered