iled ▁in ▁Le ad ' s ▁recording . ▁Br ust , ▁who ▁is ▁best ▁known ▁as ▁a ▁fant asy ▁novel ist , ▁collabor ated ▁with ▁writer ▁Meg an ▁Lind holm ▁on ▁a ▁novel , ▁The ▁Gy ps y , ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁songs . ▁Bo iled ▁in ▁Le ad ' s ▁album ▁is ▁considered ▁the ▁sound track ▁to ▁the ▁novel . ▁Br ust ▁had ▁previously ▁co - written ▁two ▁songs ▁on ▁Bo iled ▁in ▁Le ad ' s ▁ 1 9 9 4 ▁album ▁Ant ler ▁Dance , ▁and ▁had ▁released ▁a ▁ 1 9 9 3 ▁solo ▁album , ▁A ▁Rose ▁for ▁Icon oc last es . ▁ ▁Songs ▁From ▁the ▁Gy ps y ▁was ▁released ▁on ▁CD ▁in ▁an ▁en hanced ▁multimedia ▁format ▁including ▁both ▁Bo iled ▁in ▁Le ad ' s ▁music ▁and ▁the ▁full ▁text ▁of ▁Br ust ▁and ▁Lind holm ' s ▁novel , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁ 8 0 ▁short ▁sound ▁cli ps ▁of ▁songs ▁referenced ▁in ▁the ▁novel ' s ▁text . ▁ ▁Mus ically , ▁the ▁album ▁lean ed ▁more ▁towards ▁rock ▁and ▁bl ues ▁than ▁the ▁world be at ▁and ▁folk ▁Bo iled ▁in ▁Le ad ▁had ▁become ▁known ▁for . ▁Bass ist ▁D rew ▁Miller ▁called ▁the ▁change ▁in ▁sound ▁a ▁temporary ▁one ▁related ▁to ▁the ▁album ' s ▁unusual ▁gen esis , ▁since ▁the ▁songs ▁had ▁been ▁written ▁six ▁years ▁earlier , ▁before ▁St em ple ▁had ▁joined ▁Bo iled ▁in ▁Le ad . ▁" The ▁Gy ps y ▁album ▁" does