Ed Harcourt has released Beyond The End, his eighth studio album, and his first for Point Of Departure. This album is his first fully instrumental album. Ed Harcourt has been an acclaimed recording artist who released his Mercury Prize nominated debut, Here Be Monsters on Heavenly Records in 2001, and in recent years he has gained acclaim for his songwriting for a variety of artists. The instrumentals are inspired by Debussy, Satie, Mozart, Grieg, as well as modern composers like Max Richter, Philip Glass, Arvo Part, Warren Ellis (with whom Harcourt worked on the new Marianne Faithfull album) and Nick Cave.