“The others kept putting it further back on the list. Finally I said, ‘No, we’ve got to do it now’”: After five albums, this unique band accepted it was time to face the climate crisis head on. They don’t regret it

The Emerald Dawn.

The Emerald Dawn have placed the climate emergency at the centre of their sixth album The Land, The Sea, The Air. Ally Carter and Tree Stewart tell Prog how the first volume of this ambitious two-album set came together and how a new-found love of fusion has bolstered their sound.

Even within a genre of music as diverse as prog, The Emerald Dawn are unique. Formed in 2010 by Ally Carter and Tree Stewart, the band have gradually built an increasingly devoted as they release their sixth album. Carter and Stewart – who remain at the heart of the group – are recently back from an appearance at the prestigious A New Day festival. But, by contrast, they’ve just played live to an audience of zero.