Originally released between 1981-85, 'The Mole Trilogy' sees the band take a closer look at civilisation, telling an epic story connecting several generations of the fictitious race of the hardworking underground Moles and the superficial Chubs. Alternating between the two cultures, the band use a form of lyrical storytelling to follow these two races to their inevitable ideological clash and using pseudo documentary "music", the band show us the musicology of the two cultures, first separate and then evolving as the societies begin to merge. Out in The Coast and with the second part of the trilogy ('The Tunes of Two Cities') the story moves forward when word reaches the Chubs of the impending arrival of hundreds and thousands of refugees. Anxious about this influx of migrants, their fears are allayed as they realise they can use the hardworking Moles as cheap labour. We follow civilisation as told by these two races through a kind of industrial revolution and into a new era where the Moles are forbidden to use their ancient language in public but where a new species, the Cross (a marriage of the Moles and the Chubs) now exist. In this final section of the tale, presented as a cultural artefact of the time, we are introduced to a pop ground called 'The Big Bubble' (its members are Cross species) who use this forbidden language in song. Hardback 32 page booklet double cd set with new liner notes and unseen pictures.