Gegen den Strich
2015 saw the release of "The Velvet Trail", an album of original material produced by Chris Braide. Almond is currently working on a song cycle to accompany the filming of a multi media performance of "À rebours" (translated as "Against Nature") by Joris-Karl Huysmans. The score for this project has been written by Othon Mataragas with words from "Feasting with Panthers" collaborator Jeremy Reed. Reed states that he has written 15 songs for the project commenting that "Against Nature" is "still probably one of the most decadent books ever written" and that Almond had always wanted to perform it, stating that "now we're both jaded aesthetes we could do it".