Playing Out: Songs For Children & Robots

Playing Out: Songs For Children & Robots is the ninth studio album by Kathryn Williams, released on CAW Records on 9 September 2010. It is a collaboration with Anna Spencer (formerly of punk band Delicate Vomit) with both using their own sons as a focus group

Critical reception
The Guardian regarded the songs "sufficiently simple for a child to love but with enough depth that they don't drive parents mad".

Track listing

 * 1) Robots In The Rain—3:25
 * 2) Disco Teeth—2:50
 * 3) Rainy Day—1:12
 * 4) Hopscotch—3:24
 * 5) Emergency—2:53
 * 6) Sweet On The Floor—1:53
 * 7) Lets Dance On The Moon—3:16
 * 8) Spooky Way Home—3:05
 * 9) How Hot Is A Toad?  -- 2:16
 * 10) Pirates On The Bus—2:36
 * 11) Illegal—3:09

Personnel

 * Kathryn Williams – vocals & guitar
 * Anna Spencer – vocals & instruments
 * Simon Edwards—double bass
 * Gayle Hutchinson—viola

Recording details

 * Illustrations by Sammi Solar
 * Engineered by Kathryn Williams
 * Mastered by Denis Blackham
 * Mixed by David Wrench