Leave to Remain (album) Leave to Remain (album) Leave to Remain is the sixth studio album by Kathryn Williams released on CAW Records on 1 October 2006. It was her first to feature Kate St John who would produce her next solo album, "The Quickening", in 2010. The track 'Stevie' on the album refers to the poet and novelist Stevie Smith with its chorus echoing the title of her poem 'Not Waving But Drowning' . The song premiered at 'The Beat Goes On' at the Royal Albert Hall in 2005, an event to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the 1965 International Poetry Incarnation at
Citizens Here and Abroad as dreamy and cerebral. While their songs are built on catchy melodies, they don't tend to follow traditional verse-chorus-verse song structure, opting for a more experimental approach to composition. In 2004, their debut album, "Ghosts of Tables and Chairs" was released on Omnibus Records. The band toured the US and the UK in support of the album, and the track "Appearances" ended up being used in the U.S. television teen soap opera, The O.C. Their follow-up album, "Waving, Not Drowning" (see Not Waving but Drowning) was released in 2006 on Turn Records. Albums Compilations Citizens Here and Abroad Citizens Here