The band's label New Heavy Sounds are proud to have secured Dean's collaboration, noting, "Here Roger goes over to the dark side, moving away from the more fantastical vistas that feature in much of his paintings. For Condemned To Hope he creates something truly bleak and epic."

Asked why he chose to work with the Leeds outfit, Dean tells TeamRock: "I like to work with new bands that are at an early stage in their career. This is Black Moth's second album. But as I had not heard it at the time, it was probably more important that I got on with their record company, and singer Harriet Bevan."

He adds: "In over 40 years it has been extremely rare for me to have heard the music before starting - it's just the way of the world. So talking about ideas is what does it."