I Trawl the Megahertz is the sole solo studio album by singer-songwriter Paddy McAloon, originally released in 2003 by Liberty Records. The powerful and poignant album is now re-released under the name Prefab Sprout and on vinyl for the first ever time. The largely instrumental album marked a notable stylistic change featuring classical passages and orchestration reminiscent of Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel, McAloon's two favorite composers. The seeds of this album were sown when McAloon discovered he was losing his sight thanks to a damaged retina. Denied the pleasure of reading a book, he retreated into listening to the radio, mainly late night talk shows.