Steve Hughes (Ex drummer for Big Big Train, Kino & The Enid returns with his follow up album to Tales From The Silent Ocean. With an ambitious double album set to launch this year. The album will be released in two parts and is entitled Once We Were(Part one and part two) The first CD will be released in May 2016 and the second part in December 2016. It's quite a departure from his debut in terms of styles but still retains the progressive edge and strong melodies reminiscent of Tales From The Silent Ocean with a larger emphasis on stronger structures of arrangement and enhanced variation in styles. A whole year and a half in the making, multi instrumentalist and composer Steve Hughes takes care of most of the playing on Once We Were and is joined by Friends Keith Winter (guitarist from Shakatak fame) Dec Burke (Ex guitarist from Frost*) Old band mate from The Enid, Bassist Alex Tsentides puts in an appearance along with Tales From The Silent Ocean alumni J.C Strand who also puts in a cameo appearance on guitar. Other guests include German singer Katja Piel, Violinist Maciej Zolnowski and Steve's sister Angie Hughes on vocals. The concept is largely about a man who appears in several different timelines from the past up until the future and the very different stories he's involved with including themes about Love, grief, separation, broken families, death and war.