It's done. It's out!
The new album, The Recovery Position, is finally available for download from iTunes and Amazon or for streaming on Spotify or Deezer.
It's been a long, hard road to get this done. The sudden death of my wife in 2015 meant I didn't do any writing for a year and just as I finished the final mix just before Christmas 2017 my father passed away. This is for them and for the 10 sets of footprints that are left.
I hesitate to call this a concept album but there's certainly a theme running through the songs. How could there not be? It strikes me that we think we are in control of our lives, but we're not. Lives can be snuffed out in a moment by natural disasters or terrorist attacks and it's all down to being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Our aspirations, our careers, our mental health, our futures such as they are, are governed by decisions made by others behind closed doors over cheap coffee and crap biscuits.
So while we try to find our way out from the middle of the maze all we can do is assume the recovery position and hope we don't choke on our own vomit while we ride out the storm.
Oh, and there's a cool funky song on there too.
Enjoy!
Sorry about the swearing.