The Candle And The Flame consists of 9 songs written and produced by Robert and co-produced by Karin Bumler and Louis Forster (The Goon Sax). The album was mixed by Victor Van Vugt (Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, PJ Harvey) and features former Go-Betweens and Warm Nights bass player Adele Pickvance as well as Scott Bromiley and Luke McDonald (The John Steele Singers), who worked on Roberts Inferno and Songs To Play albums.